Whitebait Drag Netting

http://www.fishingmag.co.nz/Whitebait-New-Zealand.htm Drag Netting for whitebait at the mouth of the Waimakariri River, near Christchurch, New Zealand. About making and using a whitebait drag net. More about whitebaiting here: Drag netting in the surf at the Waimakariri Rivermouth is enjoyable and productive with one of these home made nets. Whitebait costs about NZ$100 per kilo in shops so catching this delicacy yourself saves money and is great fun! Net frame is made from PVC pipe.

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[fishingstories874]

Hi James,

Have just posted a new article for first timers about how to catch whitebait

Best wishes

Allan Burgess

[SoggyWeetBix1]

what type of net was that?????

[fishingstories874]

It is a whitebait drag net. You can't actually buy them in a shop. You can buy the net sock but you have to make the frame yourself. Best wishes Allan Burgess

[fishingstories874]

Set nets are more work setting up. You have to move it with the tide. I don't have the time or patience to sit all day. A drag net is easier to use and transport. You avoid the crowd by going down to the surf. If you spend all week whitebaiting a set net would be less work overall and catch more. Once set up a set net catches bait while you sit and watch. With a drag net you have to work it. If I get a few cupfuls in an hour Im happy. Some days you catch heaps other days hardly any! Allan

[jamesrichardlye]

good video, is there someone I can contact about being a first timer wanting to get into whitebaiting? really want to start, but dont know how!

[milfred001]

yea cos the whitebait are so small that they'd fit through the holes of a normal net

[tapapa21]

that may be easy to catch but it looks fiddly to actually get them into the bucket, dont get me wrong i love mahi kai but that looks harder then scoop netting the little morsales

[2rdbase]

Many years ago as a family we would go down to that spot and tow around our customised scoop net and catch a lot of bait. Some days there would be Kahawai in the shallows which would occasionally end up in some ones net. It was good to have sorters and fishers as it can be time consuming to sort through the catch. Nice clip.

[SimmysPvPFans]

Would you say you catch more whitebait drag netting or just setting net up?

[troutman98]

great video ive been salmon fishing at the waimakariri river mouth also seen plenty of whitebait there as well