How to Make Gill Nets
- 1). Place the end of a stake or treated board into the ground and hit the end of the stake with your small sledgehammer to knock the wood into the soil, leaving 4 feet of the board above the surface. Walk 10 paces away from the stake and drive the second stake into the ground.
- 2). Wrap the end of the fishing line around one stake in the ground and tie it off securely 3 inches from the top of the stake. Pull the line to the second stake and tie it off 3 inches from the top of the wood. Tie a second line between the stakes 3 inches up from the ground.
- 3). Tie smaller pieces of fishing line vertically between the top and bottom horizontal lines. Tie a vertical line every 3 inches along the horizontal main lines.
- 4). Tie a horizontal line to a stake 3 inches down from the top line. Tie this horizontal line to each vertical line along the webbing. Tie a horizontal line each 3 inches down the stakes until you reach the bottom line. Fasten each horizontal line to every vertical line in its path.
- 5). Tie a weight to the bottom line every 30 inches. Clip a float to the top line every 30 inches. Cut the lines attached to the stakes with your knife and tie each one off before cutting the next. Remove the now empty stakes from the ground and save them for the next net project.
- 6). Tie a long line to each top corner of the gill net. Tie the long lines to a tree or buoy on each side of your fishing area to hold the net in place.
