Fishing with nets?

[gregcharlesnelson@gmail]

I noticed some workers using throw nets in the pond I fish near Briarwood. Is tat legal?

[Fredster]

Apparently it is legal with some restrictions!
Google Florida fishing with nets and you
will get a lot of information!

[fishon]

Using a cast net to catch bait is legal.

[Stu from NYC]

Not exactly sporting. Thought Villages fishing is catch and release.

[Topspinmo]

Who wants to eat fish out of retention ponds??? Not me! But people buy fish deep fried at store that came out of Commercial retention mud ponds who knows where?

[davem4616]

since moving to Florida I've learned that this state has some very different laws and local practices

[Stu from NYC]

since moving to Florida I've learned that this state has some very different laws and local practices

And not to mention what happens during a full moon

[tophcfa]

The nets come out of the water full of golf balls, no fish.

[MandoMan]

The nets come out of the water full of golf balls, no fish.

Yup! Catch and release!

[thecinks1@gmail.com]

Once, I saw a man using a drag net to pull golf balls out of a pond on a golf course.

[banjobob]

There is a fellow that has scuba gear that gathers golf balls from the ponds, probably sells them on eBay lol

[Barb.callow]

There is a fellow that has scuba gear that gathers golf balls from the ponds, probably sells them on eBay lol

We spoke with him a couple years ago — he is hired by “the authorities” (I forget who) to salvage golf balls out of the ponds. At that time he had been bitten 11 times by alligators!

[TheMoyers]

There is a cottage business of retrieving golf balls. Our son is a head pro at a Marriott course, and the contractor pays the club to be allowed to dive for them. It is a win win. They are then sold on eBay and some big box stores sell them by the bag.

[Stu from NYC]

Used to have a special pole that telescoped to about 15 feet for retrieving golf balls.

Worked better than any other club

[oneclickplus]

The nets come out of the water full of golf balls, no fish.

So, then, is it legal to catch golf balls with nets?

[gregcharlesnelson@gmail]

thanks..doubt any balls near there

[GOLFER54]

If the fish has a golf ball in his mouth, throw it back.

[Bay Kid]

The nets come out of the water full of golf balls, no fish.

If looking for golf balls on executive golf courses then most balls aren't worth the trouble.

[Neils]

If looking for golf balls on executive golf courses then most balls aren't worth the trouble.

The balls in the Championship ponds are higher skilled. Lol

[bobnyce]

Only if the golf balls have gills!!!

[Laker14]

So, then, is it legal to catch golf balls with nets?

It is legal, but whoever owns the course that the pond is on also owns the rights to salvage the balls. So typically they contract those rights out to a diver.

Now, the wet "environmental" areas on some of the courses, I'm not sure they can do that. I have often wondered about it, because I was under the impression that keeping people out of the environmental areas was some part of an agreement that the golf course developers made with environmental authorities as part of their responsibility towards the environment. I am not at all sure what that would entail.

Some of those environmental areas are literally a carpet of golf balls, so I can't imagine that's all that effective at keeping the areas free from the impact of golfers. It would make more sense to me to have them fished out now and then.

[Marshaw]

The I only one that works