crab nets

Hi, I was recently given 8 crab nets and am looking forward to catching some crabs in the river this year, however the nets do not have a steel mesh bottom only net with a ring holding it together, will these be ok or should I buy the ones with the steel mesh? Any input will be apprecieated .

 

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steel mesh

Mon, 2017-08-28 20:20

 buy some chicken wire and put the mesh on the bottom.....a pain in the A** untangling crabs from the netting!

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 just use the ones you got

Mon, 2017-08-28 20:57

 just use the ones you got for free. the key is to pull the nets in asap then quickly flip the net into a container like the nylex retangle ones (approx 60ltr) before the crabs start to run about in the net. the quicker you get the crab out the lest chance of tangles. 

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Buy the meshs ones

Tue, 2017-08-29 05:12

 And give me the net ones  

you won't go wrong with the net just flip them over and the crab will drop off ..... make sure you use a plastic bait bag in the bottom ...

 

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Really depends on the

Tue, 2017-08-29 08:00

Really depends on the thickness of the nylon mesh as to how bad the crabs get tangled. All my nets are nylon mesh and don't have an issue so I would just use what you have been given.