View Full Version : What are Net Stakes?
Shawn
05-13-2002, 06:03 AM
Was looking at the new Hotspots CD for Erie and saw symbols for net stakes off Huron and Vermillion. Do they cause problems with bottom bouncers?
Ifthey are anything like the ones in Little Bay De Noc, they will eat anything you put down. Cranks, bouncers all get hung up and you won't get them off. Problem is there is usually fish around them.
Walleye Express
05-13-2002, 07:13 AM
Shawn.
Big time problems for bottom bouncers. Net stakes are just that. They are stake used to hold commercial box or gill fishing nets tight at either end. They can run as far as 50 feet either side off the end of the this net. In shallow water they can be dangerous to boat traffic. The law says (or did when I helped my dads buddy in the 60's) they are supposed to be 3 feet under water when the water depth allows. Obviously, in 3 feet of water where things such as carp/suckers/perch are netted they won't be. Often a white, black or orange ball will be placed (much like an anchor bouy) as a flaoting warning bouy near the stake.
Shawn
05-13-2002, 10:41 AM
Thanks for the good info. Are these things live or left over from the 60's? I was surprised to see them on the U.S. side of the Erie map at 24-30 feet...
>Shawn.
> Big time problems for bottom bouncers. Net stakes are
>just that. They are stake used to hold commercial box or
>gill fishing nets tight at either end. They can run as far
>as 50 feet either side off the end of the this net. In
>shallow water they can be dangerous to boat traffic. The law
>says (or did when I helped my dads buddy in the 60's) they
>are supposed to be 3 feet under water when the water depth
>allows. Obviously, in 3 feet of water where things such as
>carp/suckers/perch are netted they won't be. Often a white,
>black or orange ball will be placed (much like an anchor
>bouy) as a flaoting warning bouy near the stake.
Walleye Express
05-13-2002, 01:54 PM
Shawn.
The law states (I'm pretty sure) that no (un-working) nets are supposed to be left unatended for a standard period of time as to trap/kill/waste the fish it has captured. Yet, many fisherman have ruined their boats and lost their lives on Lakes Huron and Michigan running into Indian gill nets left or abandon. My adivce is to stay well away or know exactly where they are and which way they run.