Helpful Capturing Tips
- Plan ahead. Try and observe the fish you want to catch and see what it is doing, then lay your net accordingly.
- Don't push the fish too hard. If you get too close or try and move it faster than it wants to go, it will dive into the coral or rocks and it is difficult to get it to come out again after that.
- Try and lay your net where there are flat spots. By doing this, there is less chance of your net getting a gap at the bottom of the net where the fish can get through.
- We do not use or recommend the use of slurp guns. These are extremely stressful on the fish and can cause damage. Just think about it, how would you feel if you were sleeping in your bedroom and someone threw open the front door to your home, stuck a big tube in and sucked you out of the bed, down the hall, through the living room, then shot you into a bucket?
- The decompression of fish collected below 25 feet is essential.
Here are the three basic methods of how we used our collection nets to capture fish:
