Trawling question.

[swamp snorkler]

Originally Posted by alphaman

I see a few people trawling for bait in vermillion bay with flat bottom boats. Has anyone ever did this in there fiber glass bay boat? Is this a messy process. id looks like you can save some time vs making the run to marsh island or the wiers on the west side for bait.

Also how do you do this and what size nets can you trawl with? I'd like to try it��

You can pull whats called a test trawl (a trawl up to 16') for bait and keep up to 100lbs legally. My suggestion is that if you've never done it go with someone who has. Moving 1 or 2 chain links on your boards make a differnece in how the trawl works. You can pull from a fiberglass boat but it is messy. You would better off learning how to throw a cast net if you all you need is some bait.