Quote Originally Posted by luvtohunt View Post
I have a request of some of you striper fellows that do this regularly. I have a throw net and can spot a ball of shad and net some to fish with however I could not imagine throwing a net to shad 55-70 foot deep. I would enjoy seeing this done in a short video clip if any of you fellas have done so. It would be a good learning tool for this novice if you had something like that. Thanks fellas.
I can try to put something together if I can remember to do it. The mind is a little foggy at 3 am. LOL Keys to deep bait.. Use a light at night to pull the bait close. Get the light down there. A 20 ft deep light will attract 20 ft deep small bait. Put tape around the bottom of your net. I used two rolls of duct tape and sandwiched the tape together around the net an inch or two above the lead line. You can buy them pre-taped. http://castnets.com/ss-1000-with-tape.html

The nets without tape tend to close as it drops and ends up being the size of a frizby once it gets down there. Nets with tape do the opposite and open more and more as the net drops because the tape works like a wing to flare it open.

I got quality bait for 4 boats last weekend... Probably 500 or so larger than 5". After you catch deep bait you have to be able to keep it.. LOL that's a whole nother topic.