Advice on cast netting some shrimp?

[ubermensch1324]

IMO you've got to be either lucky or good to cast net a mess of scrimps. I'm neither, so if I must use live, I buy it or I steal some of the ones you bought and call it rent for you using my dock.

Ha ha ha...sweeeet!

[Lori77563]

Wow never knew it was illegal to "bait shrimp" after 2PM April thru August 14, violated that many times.

[coachlaw]

IMO you've got to be either lucky or good to cast net a mess of scrimps. I'm neither, so if I must use live, I buy it or I steal some of the ones you bought and call it rent for you using my dock.

[Primer]

I've never had much luck gettin shrimp with a cast net. The only place I've had luck is right by BR. The best places have always been right along the marsh in a mud with scattered shell. But that's just my research.

[GoldSpoonGeneral]

Murderer

[ubermensch1324]

I am pretty sure it is illegal to catch shrimp in Clear Lake. TPWD considers it a nursery area.

You better look into it before you get an insane TPWD ticket. I may be wrong, but you still need to cover your azz.

www.tpwd.state.tx.us/regulations/fish_hunt/fish/shrimpreg.phtml

Crap did not know this - won't cast there again (not like we caught much anyways). Thanks for the heads up buoy!

[ubermensch1324]

wow....how quickly the mighty have fallen....

You are the guy who told me to throw live bait at this spot stop trolling! We are in our kayaks in channel under the small bridge throwing into lights at night and 25 feet of water. Arties do not work there @ night until the sun comes up - at least for us.

[buoy37]

I am pretty sure it is illegal to catch shrimp in Clear Lake. TPWD considers it a nursery area.

You better look into it before you get an insane TPWD ticket. I may be wrong, but you still need to cover your azz.

https://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/regulations/fish_hunt/fish/shrimpreg.phtml

[FP10]

wow....how quickly the mighty have fallen....

[ubermensch1324]

Hey fellas. So, I feel kinda dirty saying this but for the next few trips I'm biting the bullet and going to start fishing some live shrimp at night in the lights - at least till the sun comes out and I can throw tops. It seems like right now if you throw a live shrimp out it gets eaten before it even hits the water. The past two trips trout seem to only want to hit nothing but live bait at night - tried throwing gulps, mirrodine, husky rapala glass minnow, 3d glass minnow, spec rigs, DOA...everything in soft plastic colors.

Just looking for some advice on cast netting some shrimp. Is is better that we just pay the money and buy it every time or is it worth the trouble to try and catch some ourselves? Any direction or area we can head to find some and save us some monies would be appreciated!

Don't gotta give me the exact location but 2 hours of cast netting for 4 shrimp and some finger mullet (under the Kemah bridge, lighted boat docks) is so brutal! Caught 4 keeper trout on all 4 shrimp - lol.

Thanks in advance!