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 for sales and warehouse
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Catahoula Manufacturing Inc
2901 Fourth Street
Jonesville LA 71343
Over 100,000 square feet for manufacturing and warehouse.
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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 Netcoβs 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