Our Top 5 Best-Selling Fishing Net Products Right Now

We've pulled the numbers from the last 90 days of orders, and these are the fishing net products Kiwi customers have actually been buying the most of. No guesswork, no marketing spin — just what's been walking out the door from our Fishing Nets range.

1. 5mm Braided Lead Core Rope — $1.50 per metre

Our runaway number one. Lead core rope is the weighted bottom line that holds a set net down on the seabed, and at 5mm it's the sweet spot for most mullet, flounder and general set net builds. It's sold by the metre, so you buy exactly what your net needs.

Who's buying it? Net makers and net fixers — people rebuilding a footrope after a season of wear, and plenty of hobby builders putting a net together from scratch. It sells because it's the one part you can't fudge: get your weighting wrong and your net fishes badly.

5mm Braided Lead Core Rope · see also Net Parts & Supplies

2. 1G-5 Floats, 85g Flotation — $1.16 each

The other half of the equation. Where lead core holds the bottom down, these little orange floats lift the headline up, and together they give your net its shape in the water. 85 grams of flotation each, priced so you can space them properly rather than skimping.

They're bought by the handful and by the hundred — a few to patch a tired old net, or a bulk run for a full build. Bright orange also makes a net far easier to spot and handle.

1G-5 Floats · browse Fishing Net Accessories

3. Mullet Nets, Mono — from $133.00

The headline finished net in this list, and proof people still want a net that arrives ready to fish. Available in 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m, 60m and 100m lengths in 90mm and 100mm mesh, starting at $133.00 for the 20m.

These go out to Kiwi mullet fishers up and down the country, and they're also one of our steadiest Pacific Islands lines — Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and the Cooks all order them. Mono is light, fishes quietly and won't break the bank, which is exactly why it keeps selling.

Mullet Nets Mono · Mullet Nets · Pacific Islands range

4. Cray Pot Mesh, 120ply 3inch 20MD Black — $13.00 per metre

Heavy 120ply mesh for re-covering cray and crab pots. Three inch mesh, 20 meshes deep, sold by the metre in black. If you've ever had a pot come up with a hole chewed through the cover, you know why people go heavy.

Cray potters buy it seasonally — a pile of pots get stripped and re-meshed before the good months, and this is the one they come back for. We also stock 60ply and 45ply if you want something lighter or cheaper.

Cray Pot Mesh 120ply · Cray Pot Netting

5. New Zealand Eel Fyke Net, 3 Funnel — $119.99

A proper specialist net that quietly sells all year. The three-funnel design guides shortfin and longfin eels through into the holding end, and it's built for New Zealand river and lake work.

Buyers are typically farmers, lifestyle block owners and folk with a creek at the back of the property, plus commercial eelers replacing gear. At $119.99 it's a set-and-check bit of kit that does the work for you.

NZ Eel Fyke Net 3 Funnel · Eel Fyke Nets

What the numbers tell us

Two things stand out. First, a lot of you are building and repairing your own nets rather than replacing them — lead core, floats, needles and twine dominate the order book. Second, when people do buy a finished net, mono mullet nets lead the way, here and across the Pacific.

If you're part way through a build and not sure what weighting or flotation to run, flick us a message before you order. We make nets here in New Zealand every day, so we've usually seen your setup before.

Browse our full range at actionoutdoors.kiwi