How to Catch Shrimp
Buy a cast net., Analyze your local tide charts., Travel to a spot that would put you in a place where you can toss the cast net free from getting caught., Toss your cast net into the water and let it sink to the bottom., Prepare to get messy., Grab...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Buy a cast net.
If you've never thrown a cast net, go to youtube.com and watch a video on how to throw a cast net.
The best place to practice is your own backyard because the grass will actually show you how your throw would end up in the water. -
Step 2: Analyze your local tide charts.
Look for the low-tide times on the tide chart.
Low tide is the best time to shrimp.
Dusk to evening at low-tide is optimum. , Banks, piers, docks or by boat are great places.
You want to find a place that is no deeper than the radius of your cast net. , When the lead weights reach the bottom, use the rope and pull in the net.
As you pull on the rope, the horn of the cast net will close in the circle of the net trapping what's inside. , When pulling your cast net up from the water, remember you were just dragging this net through the mud.
Pull the cast net up quickly (but not too fast).
Buy a wide-brimmed bucket to put your net in. ,,,, they are usually in bays that lead to the ocean. ,, -
Step 3: Travel to a spot that would put you in a place where you can toss the cast net free from getting caught.
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Step 4: Toss your cast net into the water and let it sink to the bottom.
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Step 5: Prepare to get messy.
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Step 6: Grab the lead-line on the cast net to loosen up the net and dump the contents into this wide-brimmed bucket.
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Step 7: Pick out the shrimp you have caught and place in a cooler with some ice.
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Step 8: Keep tossing that net into the water until you get your fill of shrimp or your arms get tired
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Step 9: whatever comes first.
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Step 10: A very easy and inexpensive way to catch shrimp or prawns
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Step 11: is to use a very fine butterfly net and scrape along a pipe that may stick out of the water and near a dock.
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Step 12: If all else fails try using a cheap butterfly net and scraping along the sides of piers or docks and through the sand.
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Step 13: You might catch something interesting.
Detailed Guide
If you've never thrown a cast net, go to youtube.com and watch a video on how to throw a cast net.
The best place to practice is your own backyard because the grass will actually show you how your throw would end up in the water.
Look for the low-tide times on the tide chart.
Low tide is the best time to shrimp.
Dusk to evening at low-tide is optimum. , Banks, piers, docks or by boat are great places.
You want to find a place that is no deeper than the radius of your cast net. , When the lead weights reach the bottom, use the rope and pull in the net.
As you pull on the rope, the horn of the cast net will close in the circle of the net trapping what's inside. , When pulling your cast net up from the water, remember you were just dragging this net through the mud.
Pull the cast net up quickly (but not too fast).
Buy a wide-brimmed bucket to put your net in. ,,,, they are usually in bays that lead to the ocean. ,,
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