Never did THAT before
While throwing a castnet for shad yesterday morning, I must have thrown it onto a brushpile, cause it got snagged.
I maneuvered the boat around, tugging on the net the whole time. Finally got it unsnagged, brought it in and was very surprised at what I saw.
I had caught 5 good sized bluegills.....and fourteen big crappie!
Most of the crappie looked to be 11-12 inchers and the others would have been legal for sure.
I've been throwing the castnet for a few years now and have caught everything in the net, and many, many crappies. Just never caught that many in one throw of an 8 ft net. That's very concentrated.
Fortunately for them, and unfortunate for me, they all got released. Game fish caught in a cast net have to be released because I don't pick and choose which laws to follow. I just plainly follow them all.
BUT! I did mark the exact spot on my GPS!!!
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