Sounds like a ghost net. They should be marked and running north to south. I seen a tug out yesterday anchored just off shore at the maitland public beach. On the way out I spotted a marker in 52fow SSE of port but only the one marker. I've heard reports of nets out there but really haven't seen any besides that one marker yesterday.Went out of Maitland early this am. Both riggers got caught in an unmarked gill net in 60 feet of water. No marker buoys within site. After we untangled I snapped a quick Google earth screenshot of the approximate position. MNR has been given the information. Net was running East and West.View attachment 25949
What you seen was a well head marker.....a net marker will have buoy on the base with pole with flag on top ..they about 4ft high I'm guessingWhat do the net markers look like? We saw a few black sticks sticking out of the water last weekend. I thought they were nets so curious me I drove next to them with the sidescan on and it was just a long pole that went to the bottom.
I never knew the perch nets ran east to west..I thought all nets had to run perpendicular to shore and being mostly north shore they would run north south...special rules for the elusive perch maybe that's why I didn't see the other marker cause I was looking north southGenerally if their running east and west their Perch nets and are on bottom.
Those nets run a long ways maybe half a Kilometre those marker sticks are a Bambo pole with a small black flag on top.
They are hard to see if your not watching or near them.
We ran east and west along that area after the tangle up, and there were absolutely no markers. By your description it sounds like it was a perch net. Thanks Fish Farmer!Generally if their running east and west their Perch nets and are on bottom.
Those nets run a long ways maybe half a Kilometre those marker sticks are a Bambo pole with a small black flag on top.
They are hard to see if your not watching or near them.
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