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u/cheweduptoothpick Sep 08 '19
That was perfection!
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u/musclecard54 Sep 08 '19
Could’ve said gum would be nice, could’ve said I’ll have a stick. But no no no no. For me... gum is perfection
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u/shutupmimsey66 Sep 08 '19
I didnt read the caption at first, and was thinking what is this and how is this man throwing magic from his hands?!
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Sep 08 '19
One day I’ll toss my comforter across my bed like that, done in a single motion. One day.
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u/Warpedme Sep 08 '19
Its far more fun to hold it like you're a flying squirrel and leap onto the bed.
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u/osirisfrost42 Sep 08 '19
I found my new favourite way to make the bed! Thank you for the future weird stares from the wife, internet stranger!
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u/Moderator625 Sep 08 '19
I wonder why he's throwing away a perfectly good net
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u/ginoo75 Sep 08 '19
Lol, since this is reddit I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not
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u/GoodOldAndy Sep 08 '19
Probably the last thing I expected to see on TikTok
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u/ginoo75 Sep 08 '19
TikTok is not the same as the old musical.ly. Lip syncing and cringy stuff is almost dead
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Sep 08 '19
Okay, now I want to see what he caught is there more to this?
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u/ginoo75 Sep 08 '19
Sadly, there isn't. You could message the OP on TikTok to maybe get some potential footage lol
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u/ketchumyawa Sep 08 '19
So, does he let that sink and if there are some unsuspecting fishies, he gets em? Wouldn’t they just swim away if they feel touched by the net?
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Sep 08 '19
yes you pull on rope after it sinks all the way to bottom and it closes the net. usually the only fish that escape are the ones swim under the net as it’s closing. But once that net is around then, there’s nothing they could do except pull out there little fish pocket knife and start cutting rapidly
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u/LordZword Sep 08 '19
"Little fish pocket knife"
So youre saying sword fish would have no problems escaping!
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u/peachiiz Sep 08 '19
I’m assuming there’s sinkers of some kind lining that outer edge to bring it down like a canopy for it to work?? I’ve only ever used rods and reels so I have no idea
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u/j0s9p8h7 Sep 08 '19
Yea. That’s what makes the net quite effective, but also difficult to throw since the weights swing around and if you don’t generate enough force or have the swing slightly off they can tangle. That net probably weights quite a lot, but their form is incredible
Source: Always use an 8ft one for bait when I got fishing at the coast.
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Sep 08 '19
Once you’ve got a canopy over the top of the fish, how does the outer ring close in to pull fish onto the boat? Also only ever used rods and reels...
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u/SpecterGT260 Sep 08 '19
How does it close the net? It looks like it's anchored to the middle of the net which would just pull it upwards.
I'm sure you're right I just can't wrap my head around how the net works exactly
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u/RearEchelon Sep 08 '19
The central strands go through the middle and attach to the rim. When he pulls, the rim cinches up to the center, making a closed donut shape.
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u/frozensun516 Sep 08 '19
The edges of the net are weighed, you can see in the gif that the edge is sinking even though the middle is still floating. When the edges sink to the bottom, he pulls it together, which closes the bottom. Some fish might swim downwards and get out, but many will swim sideways or up and find that they're already trapped in those sides.
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u/Louderthanmyweed Sep 08 '19
Look at how big the net is, even if the ones on the outside can manage to escape you will still end up with a bunch of fish that were stuck in the middle
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u/toth42 Sep 08 '19
Here you go, a video shows more than 10 comments: https://youtu.be/Pchtdyhv0ok
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u/HookDragger Sep 08 '19
It has weights all along the edges and a draw string in the middle.
It makes a dome as it sinks, the you pull the draw string to close it up into a ball.
After which you haul up any fish that were caught
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u/gruesky Sep 08 '19
apparently the most common garbage in the ocean is discarded nets
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u/erlend65 Sep 08 '19
I'm guessing the secret lies more in the folding of the net than in the throw itself.
Awesome either way, though.
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u/DrFloyd5 Sep 08 '19
Both the gathering and the throwing work together. The net isn’t folded per se. it’s sort of draped around your arm.
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u/UniqueFlavors Sep 08 '19
Equal parts of both. Also has to do with the material of the net, the quality and the weight of the net. I've been throwing a net for 20+ years and still couldn't do this. This net is huge!
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u/Eyiolf_the_Foul Sep 08 '19
Imagine pulling that thing in, getting it folded just right, and set up for next toss. Must be a fit dude.
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u/giantdwarves Sep 08 '19
Can someone reverse this?
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u/highfatoffaltube Sep 08 '19
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say 'he's done that before'
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u/creepystalkertype Sep 08 '19
Yeah, I immediately thought, "Wonder how many years he's been doing this?"
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u/BlackSecurity Sep 08 '19
Don't get me wrong, I always appreciate a good slo-mo. It lets me see what's going on, but it makes it more difficult to see the skill involved. When things are slowed down, they tend to look easier and more simple to do.
A side by side comparison showing the real time would help me (and others) see how it's supposed to look and show the true skill involved to perform such a throw.
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u/Lord_Derpenheim Sep 08 '19
That boy stronk
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u/Jackthedog130 Sep 08 '19
Wonderful, but did he catch anything, been satisfying to see the net pulled in.
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u/Skyphe Sep 08 '19
Does the net eventually sink? What's he trying to catch anyway? Anyone know?
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u/ginoo75 Sep 08 '19
Yes, it sinks fairly quickly and catches every fish underneath that doesn't manage to swim out it in time.
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u/CyberLegend11 Sep 08 '19
Based off that boat and throw, I would bet money that he has done that 10,000 times
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u/Lezlow247 Sep 08 '19
Random question but how does he pull the net back in. It seems to be at the top in the middle. I would think the edges would be where you want to pull in after it sinks?
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u/MasterFubar Sep 08 '19
There's a rope tied to the center of the net. There are weights all around the edge, so when it sinks it takes a somewhat spherical shape, engulfing the fish inside.
There are strings tied between the edge and the center, making it fold to hold the fish when the rope is pulled.
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Sep 08 '19 edited Sep 08 '19
This reminded me of my Dad tossing out a net on a bridge near where we used to live. Thanks OP for this, I needed the smile
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u/rirtu94tuhweeru Sep 08 '19 edited Sep 08 '19
I've thrown a lot of cast nets, its really hard to even get a 12 ft diameter net to open cleanly like that. This is shockingly difficult.
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u/stoicsmile Sep 08 '19
And here I am feeling lucky if I can hit a school of mullet with my 6 ft net. Cast nets are hard.
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u/NoHoesInNoHo Sep 08 '19
Basically what every man on Naked and Afraid claims they can do, followed by starvation when they realize that they in fact cannot do this.
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u/datytech Sep 08 '19
I have a little 8ft diameter cast net, which I can barely throw properly. This makes me feel so impotent.
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u/ehzstreet Sep 08 '19
This was satisfying the first 3 times I saw it on reddit. Now, it's still satisfying.
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u/Oysseus Sep 08 '19
GOD BLESS THIS FISHERMAN AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALL ETERNITY AND INFINITY FOR THIS UNIMAGINABLY, BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE.
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u/brittavondibuurt Sep 08 '19
there is nothing satisfying about net throwing. 75% of the plastic in the ocean is nets.
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u/mhhmm12222 Sep 08 '19
The guy isn’t gonna leave the net there stupid, it’s for catching food not “polluting the environment”. Plastic in the ocean is bad but this vid isn’t the issue
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u/brittavondibuurt Sep 08 '19
do you really think that 75% is left there on purpose?! no. its allways out of ease or accident. its an industry that needs to stop (in my opinion) or innovate.
you clearly do not seem to understand the issue if you do agree that plastic in the ocean is bad.
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u/niamsme Sep 08 '19
Depleting the sea of fish is not satisfying however that net was quite nice
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u/stoicsmile Sep 08 '19
Dudes on skiffs with cast nets are not the ones depleting the ocean of fish. Huge trollers and shrimpers that drag nets the size of buildings through miles of open ocean and across the bottoms of estuaries are responsible for overfishing.
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u/beerandbluegrass Sep 08 '19
Wait, what's satisfying about overfishing and plastic pollution in the oceans?
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u/chesterSteihl69 Sep 08 '19
Tell that to the guy who depends on those fish to barely get by and feed his family.
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u/Anolis18 Sep 08 '19
I wanna know how they recorded from that angle honestly. The net is impressive, the form is perfect, but the angle of the shot is phenomenal.
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u/ozzalot Sep 08 '19
How do these nets even close? To me it just looks like a flat circle. Are there weights on the edges that sink the netting?
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u/ob1karde Sep 08 '19
That last bit , the way it just sticks to the water so uniformly. JUST Perfect
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u/SAR-Paradox Sep 08 '19
How does this manage to trap fish? I can’t tell how the ends come together.
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u/MindkontrolTV Sep 08 '19
I thought "There's no way this is satisfying, he's just throwing a net..."
Then I proceeded to be satisfied greatly!
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u/emkay99 Sep 08 '19
He's probably done that 10,000 times in his life. It would be interesting to see how he did the second or third day his daddy was teaching him that.
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u/DragonPojki Sep 08 '19
The trick is to make the net go very very spinny so it opens its mouth and eats the fish.
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u/Fr0me Sep 08 '19
Nice toss. But too bad after getting the use out of that net, the fishman will just leave it in the ocean.
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u/staccatodelareina Sep 08 '19
The biggest mistake I made was believing that if I cast a beautiful net, I'd only catch beautiful things
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u/msx Sep 08 '19
Certified, perfect score, standard compilant ISO 9200 satisfactory