Frog Net

Does anyone know where around the Baton Rouge area I can buy a net for frogging?

We normally use our hands but occasionally a frog will be in an area where we cannot reach it. I do not like to use a gig and we have tried one of those spring-activated grabbers such as the ones at Academy Sports but find they do not work that well. We usually miss more than we catch with the grabber.

I'm not talking about some kind of fishing net. Back in the day when gigs or things that pierced the skin were illegal, there was a net made specifically for catching frogs. It was about maybe 8-10 inches in diameter and a foot and a half to two feet long on a long pole. I think it kind of looked like a witches hat with it tapering to a cone at the end. Some of you old timers may know what I mean.

I've searched the internet and some stores in the Baton Rouge area but haven't found what I am looking for yet. Just thought I would ask here to see if these nets still are being made.

Thanks!

call spillway sportsman I believe they have them.

all you need is a section of old trawl preferably the pockey and some wire, not sure of the gauge, maybe the size wire they use on the homemade crab nets. make the net about 2 1/2 feet long tie some rope to the end of it and tie the other end to a screw on the end of the pole. Set above frog and it will jump all the way up the net and get stuck.

The reason for the misses with the grabber is caused by the trigger by the spring....file it down a bit and it will be super sensative. It will go off at the 1st touch of the frogs skin.

The Pierre Part Store is the only place I've found them.

I aint seen one in a while but those things work great!

Not sure on the spelling but Templaits meat market in Pierre part has the best frog nets. the Pierre Part store has them but they are not long enough. Templaits is just a few hundred yards past the Pierre part store on the opposite side of the highway

Buy a Crabhawk, and attach it to a gigging stick, should work great!!

Not sure of the gauge, maybe the size wire they use on the homemade crab nets. make the net about 2 1/2 feet long tie some rope to the end of it and tie the other end to a screw on the end of the pole.

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