[Paddlewise] nets: was tin cans

    My dilemma has always been old fishing nets. Many times on my long trips I
have found the tangled remains of commercial nets on the beach. Many times
these contained dead birds, including an eagle,  who got tangled up in the
mesh. Typically the nets have been too bulky, heavy and dangerous for me to
think about carrying them back. Flipping with a net on the deck of the boat is
surely a formula for disaster. In the past I have built a driftwood fire and
burned up the net. The problem with this is the black toxic smoke (most nets
are nylon) that poured out from the fire. Still the nasty smoke was the lesser
of the two evils.
     A friend of mine recently told me a better way. He suggested rolling up
the net into a tight ball then building a fire and toss in several beach rocks
and let them get super hot. Then with improvised tongs lift the hot rocks out
and place them on top of the net ball. The hot rocks will melt into the net
and fuse everything together. This will prevent the net ball from unraveling
and endangering wild life. The smoke will be minimal.
    After that if possible bury the ball or wedge it into the rocks. A good
soluition to a bad problem.

Bob
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