Bridge Shrimping Dip Net Handle
Bridge shrimping dip net handle is a common necessity for those in South Florida who buy hoops from out of the area. Central Florida can ship the hoop (go back to website menu for nets and get phone numbers) but you must engineer some sort of handle. This page is going to give you 2 options to accomplish this. Call local aluminum companies for pipe.
Bridge Shrimping Dip Net Handle Suggestions-
- Home Depot – Unger Poles (Telescopic 8-20 foot under $35). Members have been successful in taking the hoop rim and adapting this to the unger pole. I have never seen the finish product but have heard of shrimpers talk about it in S. Florida.
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Aluminum Distributing, Inc. – 2930 SW 2nd Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 333151-866-825-927. Will sell (1) piece of aluminum $1.25 per foot (24 foot long) with 1 inch handle.
The Academy Of Shrimping member shared how he made his own long shrimping dip net. This gent decided on using 1 inch sections of 10 foot pipe to lighten the pole.
And rather than use 1 1/4″ tubing AND 1″ tubing for a telescoping setup… he decided to go with 1″ (1/16 wall) tubing for the entire 20 feet keeping it light weight.
Ten feet of the 1 1/4 tubing on the other hand seemed to add too much weight to the setup which presumably would get rather heavy after holding onto it for hours on end.
A picture of the end screw eyes for tying a rope onto (and the other end of the rope to the bridge railing) to prevent loss of the net if the user happens to momentarily lose their grip.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida aluminimum distributor will sell small qty of pipe handles.
Materials:
- 1″ x .062 round aluminum tube… $1.25 per foot (sold only in 24 foot lengths)
- 1 1/4″ schedule 40 aluminum pipe (for splicing) – $3.00 per foot.
- Splices are 12″ each ( 1 1/4″ aluminum pipe) which bind the two 10 foot 1″ round pieces together in the middle.
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