Adventurer Survival Gill Net

I bought this as insurance for 'Hard Times', whatever the definition of that may be. So, I haven't had the 'mis'opportunity to try it yet and hope I never do. But, you never know. Especially now with the direction our country is headed in regards to our current fiscal policies. That being said, from what I can see, it appears to be a quality made product and I have no regrets about purchasing it. Even IF I never have to use it. I also suggest anyone purchasing this, also buy 'The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse' by Fernando Ferfal Agguire. Forget the Zombie Apocalypse. It is one of the best books out there on what may ACTUALLY happen.

I bought it for survival situation and haven't got a chance to use it yet but I did open the product and checked it out. Seemed like good build quality and should last. Would recommend although I feel it's a little expensive for a gill net.

Awesome little survival net! Might buy an extra one for my vehicle just for fun Compactness is pretty good you can fit it inside a Pringles can for reference Weights not bad relative to the use of the net Comes in a reusable mesh net that can be repurposed as a little trap as well

Impossible to review from use as it is illegal to use under normal conditions. I purchased this for my bug-out-bag. It seems to be well made with heavy fishing line filament for the netting. The weighted bottom seems that it would do the trick but may have difficulty in actually holding the net down in faster moving streams/creeks. All-in-all, I'm happy with the product and I think it is well worth the weight for an emergency fishing/small animal trapping tool as opposed to the typical emergency fishing kits. In a survival situation, I don't want to play with hooks and hope to catch a fish. I love the idea of the net doing the work for you and much more efficiently.

This mono-web rig is certainly a useful item to have. In an emergency situation it would be worth it's weight in Gold. Aviators who fly over remote country come to mind for one thing. People who live remote and may become snowed in or isolated due to natural disaster or something could really find it a valuable tool for putting food on the table. HOWEVER... you could certainly take the time and effort to put one together, yourself, for less. This thing, as you receive it, is not well suited to use in catching fish. It can be done but the float line does not generate enough relative buoyancy and the "lead line" isn't heavy enough. I've improved mine for that purpose by fabricating a better cork line and replacing the lead line with lead laced ground line. This specializes the rig toward fishing which hinders it's use for other purposes. As it comes to you it can be used effectively for catching rabbits, upland birds and other small animals if you set it up to do so and it would make an effective bird trap if you suspended it in the right place. Ducks which are compelled to fly through the narrow entrances to lagoons and such are vulnerable to suspended web like this (I've seen it done with a regular gill-net. After about 20 minutes the Natives that did it had to run back to the net and lower it as fast as they could. They had to release about 75 birds because they had already caught too many by that time. This piece of web is much smaller, of course, but it would work well enough if one had the means to suspend it in the right place in the evenings. This thing can also be used to catch fish in winter with relative ease. Smaller trout and such can be caught by suspending the rig under the ice. Bring two poles of sufficient length, cut three or four holes in the ice so that you can pass the end of a line from one pole to the other person at the next hole until you've got the line run far enough to pull the gillnet under the ice and have it stretched out the way you want it. It won't hang very well because the thing is so short and there isn't an effective way to put tension on the lead line but it will work. Maybe you could use some sort of rod to keep the bottom weighted and stretched in that case. Anyway, consider this item a general purpose, not the best for anything but useful for an array of tasks, sort of item. I like it but the fact that you can build two or three similar rigs on your own, each for more specific applications, for the same amount of money knocks it from five stars to "...meh".

A product like this is difficult to review. You're not legally allowed to use it, so how can you review it? Anyhow, it appears to be well constructed and should work very well for its intended purpose. I bought this to throw in my pack while hiking & camping, as insurance in case I were to get lost or stranded and needed to find food and build shelter. Just don't forget to have a plan for how you'll cook the fish if you plan on relying on them to feed yourself in an emergency situation!

This gill net is not 12 foot wide as advertised. It is only half the length described. I am very disappointed!

did a rough inspection but through it in the bob. good size, easy to carry