Does anyone use a throw net for bait?

[autococker04]

I went down a YouTube rabbit hole on throw nets. I don’t really even use bait often, but you can’t argue that it’s effective I don’t really like having to stop and buy bait, but if I can catch it on the water it might not be bad.

[Fubarius]

Actually that's illegal in my state, at least like 95% of the time (there's always an exception somewhere).

But a number of years back I went on a fishing trip down to Missouri, primarily for Paddlefish, but we did some fishing for catfish as well. For bait the local guy we were with cast a net around some of the side bays for baitfish. Worked pretty slick. There's a definite skill to getting that net to fly and open just right.

[autococker04]

I never even considered if it would be legal or not. Guess I should look into that first haha.

[Junglepeanut]

Yea illegal in most cases here in communist California as well

[Killerito]

only a no go in fresh water ocean go nut freeze the left overs

[Secretweaponevan]

In PA, you have to pay for a $10.97 throw net permit PER location that you want to throw at (<20' diameter) in addition to a regular fishing license.
Here are your locations.

PFBC-168R
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Permit Fee
$10.97* Lake County Region
Lake Raystown Huntingdon Southcentral
Lake Arthur Butler Northwest
Blue Marsh Lake Berks Southeast
Shenango River Lake Mercer Northwest
Beltzville Lake Carbon Northwest
Nockamixon Lake Bucks Southeast
Lake Wallenpaupack Wayne/Pike Northeast
Allegheny River Southwest
Monongahela River Southwest
Ohio River Southwest

https://www.fishandboat.com/Transact/Forms/CommercialPropertyWater/Documents/pfbc168r.pdf

[autococker04]

Good find, the only place I’d be going regularly and want minnows would be lake Arthur. It may be worth it, but probably not.

[maggot]

I went down a rabbit hole one night and came out the other side with a handful of fish traps. The idea in my head was that I'd toss some bait in there over night and come find a bunch of minnows the next morning in my trap.
Used once, caught no fish. Never used again

[Axel]

Wow, memories... My grandfather used to use "minnies" for bait, and I haven't thought about this for maybe 20 years, but he taught us to use a throw net in the backyard. I remember practicing over the grass. It does take a special skill to spin it just right and get it to hit the water open wide
thanks for bringing that back 🙂

There's also a family story about my uncle as a kid, told to "put the minnies in the crick", i.e. tie up the bucket and leave it in the running water to keep overnight. Of course he comes back with an empty minnow bucket, having dumped the contents in the creek as he was told to do