Nets!

[Hanr3]

Up until now I have never had the need for a net in MY boat.

So, educate me!

What do you have, and why?

Why I ask? Going to Kentucky Lake next month and I expect to catch some serious slabs, and we all know Crappie have paper mouths. So I figure I will need a net.

I also ask, because there isn't a converstaion about nets yet. So lets get one going.

What do you have, or wish you had and why?

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[bcbouy]

4 ft. handle and nylon mesh so i dont have to lean over the side,also wood so it floats

 

[Captain Ahab]

After reading about it on TB I went and ordered an AGO Slider S2

It is bad ***!

https://www.egos2slider.com/

 

[Hanr3]

Ahab, much much is that little doggy in the window?
Looks like a pretty cool net.


Floating, yea, big plus and with my butter fingers not a bad idea.

 

[fish devil]

:twisted: I always carry a NET. The bigger the better!!! Helps me haul in the big ones, including this 24lb carp....

 

[Orbits3]

I bought a net with about a four foot handle because my small boat is a little tippy if you lean over the side to grab a fish. I found out that being a hollow metal handle it fills with water and gets all over the boat. I filled the handle with expanding foam and now no more water gets in the handle plus now it floats. For 15 dollars it's perfect

 

[200racing]

i like a thin nylon net with big holes allows you go through the water quickly. i actaully was able to lunge and get under a bass that came off my b.i.l hook as we were trying tto net him.
my handle colapses down to which is handy.

 

[earl60446]

Plain old medium sized net made of aluminum and cotton (I think) net, it is old but it has always worked for me and I usually don't replace stuff that still works good. I might try to find some foam and fill the handle though just to make it float.
Tim

 

[Hanr3]

I like that expanding foam idea for several reasons.
I'm cheap and a DIYer. :mrgreen:


Anybody have one of those collapsing nets? The kind the fold back into the handle. How do you like them?
Concern being I too have a small boat and dont have the room for the net end.

 

[CodyPomeroy]

I have a net but I have never used it. Normally I lip the fish, or use an imitation boga grip for the toothy critters. Then one time I snagged a huge carp in the back with a crank bait. I didn't care about the fish, but I wanted my bait back and I almost didn't get it. A net would have helped a lot, so I got a cheap one a the local farm store. Still waiting to catch a fish big enough to use it.

 

[bduffel]

Have a folding/telescoping net from Wal-Mart that's the shizzle. folds and stows compact but opens and you can extend the handle to about 3-4 feet. Only need for crappie or trout so use rarely but it works well when you need it. Telescoping handle is a great feature.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Ahab, much much is that little doggy in the window?
Looks like a pretty cool net.


Floating, yea, big plus and with my butter fingers not a bad idea.

Somewhere between too much for a friggin net but not enough so you do not lose that fish of a lifetime

 

[Ictalurus]

I bought the biggest that would fit where I intended to store it. Ended up with one of the cheap ones from BPS (black net w/ red handle), costs around $12 or so and works just fine.

 

[muskiemike12]

Loki Nets are the best American made net on the market! They cost more, but I have had the same Loki net for 15 years and it is still in great shape. They are tough to find. I don't think you will find them at any of the big box stores. I got mine at a local tackle shop.

https://www.lokinets.com/library/LokiNets_Catalog_Web_1277916951.pdf

MY favorite in my 14' tin is the TECH4SH it is a great little net.

 

[Dman23]

I have a frabil orange colored one that colapses into the handle. It rocks!!!! I got it for $60 new so it isnt cheap but it takes less room than a rod and folds open quick. Highly recomended on a small tin!!!!! I dont know what size mine is but i think its the smallest. I figure even a big northern all i need to get is half the fish in it. It will hold any walleye or bass just fine.

 

[Dman23]

You can see mine along the floor in this pic

 

[willfishforfood]

Beckmans net are one of the best made and hold up the the riggers of salmon fishing but for my smaller nets are $25 nets you can pick up anywhere.

 

[nimmor]

The only time I carry a net is if were going Crappie fishing. I use my bogo grips for everything else. Takes up less room in the boat.

 

[shamoo]

What netting does everyone perfer Nylon or rubber? I heard rubber is better, hooks arent suppose to get hung up plus its suppositly easier on the fishes body. Wouldnt rubber dry rot over time?

 

[baldrob]

What netting does everyone perfer Nylon or rubber? I heard rubber is better, hooks arent suppose to get hung up plus its suppositly easier on the fishes body. Wouldnt rubber dry rot over time?

I like rubber and I have found everything you said to be true about mine. I've only had it three years, so don't know if dry rot is going to be a problem.