Who LaBayou Wholesale is

LaBayou Wholesale is a division of The Fish Net Company LLC, dba Nets and More. In business since 1981, Nets and More is family owned and operated.

Requirements to buy from LaBayou Wholesale

  1. We must have a copy of your business license.
  2. You must be buying to resale.
  3. Initial purchase of $1,000. ($3,000 per year thereafter)
  4. Minimum purchase of $250 per order. ($25 charge for any order under $250)
  5. A 4% surcharge will be added to any order paid by credit card.
  6. All prices are FOB Jonesville, Louisiana.
  7. Catahoula Manufacturing, Inc. customers already qualify.

To be set up as a dealer, call Lee at 800-256-5256 or email lee@labayou.com.

Products presently offered at wholesale prices

  1. White twisted nylon twine
  2. Tarred twisted nylon twine
  3. LaBayou™ baskets
  4. Maybrun® catfish skinners
  5. Flat net needles
  6. Alligator hooks
  7. Catfish hooks
  8. Trotline swivels
  9. Gator grabbers
  10. Gator getters
  11. Bait bags
  12. Power and cheese bait
  13. Diddy poles
  14. Head lights
  15. More to follow soon

History

The Fish Net Company LLC (FNC) dba Nets and More
3509 Fourth Street
Jonesville, LA 71343

5 separate buildings totaling over 60,000 square feet sales and warehouse.
The Fish Net Company buildings

Catahoula Manufacturing Inc
2901 Fourth Street
Jonesville, LA 71343

Approximately 100,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse
Catahoula Manufacturing buildings

Time line for The Fish Net Company LLC (FNC) and Catahoula Manufacturing Inc (CMI)

1981 - Started FNC in old 3,000 sq ft building in Jonesville, LA
1983 - Started making baseball nets at FNC
1985 - Bought land and built first building at 3509 Fourth Street
1987 - Started Louisiana Net in Lafayette, LA
1989 - Started (CMI)
1989 - Bought first twine twisters (CMI) (now one of largest capacity in US)
1990 - Bought braided machines for twine and rope (CMI)
1990 - Started fiberglass department to make rings for hoop nets (FNC)
1991 - Bought first netting machine (CMI) (currently 9 in operation & 2 for future growth)
1992 - Bought "Texasphaltic Net Dip" (FNC)
1993 - Bought injection molding machine (for making floats and rope spool ends) (CMI)
1994 - Bought Pine Mountain twisting company for equipment (CMI)
1995 - Started sport nets fabrication (primarily baseball) (CMI)
1997 - Built building at CMI for dye house
1997 - Bought twine dyeing equipment (CMI)
1998 - Started Netco LLC in Memphis, TN
1999 - Began acquiring netting machines from Southern Net
2000 - Bought high speed braiding equipment (CMI) (eventually about $3 million)
2001 - Started making nets for MLB teams (CMI)
2003 - Bought all of A & S Tribal Industries twisting and netting machines (CMI)
2005 - Bought Maybrun Manufacturing (catfish skinners)
2005 - Bought twisting and netting equipment from Nylon Net (CMI)
2007 - Closed Netco LLC in Memphis, TN
2007 - Started filling Netco's large (specialty) orders at FNC
2007 - Started making trotline kits (FNC & CMI)
2008 - Started making polyester netting for the water park industry (FNC & CMI)
2010 - Added survival nets to our product line (FMC & CMI)
2014 - Started making high-performance netting (mostly MLB teams) (CMI)
2016 - Bought Johnson Bait equipment for making bait (FNC)
2017 - Fish Net started doing business as "Nets and More"
2017 - Bought fish basket mold from Southern Net (FNC)
2018 - Bought Great Lakes Needles (FNC)
2020 - Bought Galan twister for making large twine (CMI)
2021 - Added line winders for mason line (CMI)
2022 - Bought last 2 netting machines Southern Net had (CMI)
2023 - Fish Net bought "Catfish Getters" (Diddy Poles)
2023 - Started LaBayou Wholesale as a division of FNC