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Show IHs HIGH HOOFER ON 1HE NETWORK ... It looks easy enough when you watch an expert like Juan Montalvo toss a 25-foot net 40 feel out into the briny. But Juan has been doing this since he was 12 on his native Cabras Island. Puerto Rican fishermen make these nets from five spools of nylon at a cost of about $16. When expertly handled, the nel will cover a large area, trapping mullet, red snapper and other small fish which travel in schools. Using it Is a definite art. however, and the beginner would have little luck with the net. |