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 Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Fishing Forum Folding Landing Nets Reply
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| wb4syth |
08/26/2011 08:25AM I have two - a Rapala and a Frabill folding and extending net. I really like the Frabil as it allows be to better reach a kid in the bow. BUT both now have holes in them due to having to cut treble hooks out of them (yes I patch them but it is a pain). So I will probably invest in a Stowmaster (much less tangles with the rubberized netting). |
| lakescout |
08/25/2011 09:49AM Well I have gone with and without a net. But, I think that a bad net, or a small net, is way worse than no net. Either the net is too small for the fish you really need it for, or it is only good for one use on a large fish. You will probably loose more fish with a small crappy net, than with no net. I have seen lots of big northerns destroy small nets. Once the lure is in the net and they start thrashing about, the fish usually wins and the net is toast. Plus with a small net, you will likely end up carrying around a broken net the whole trip. So if you bring a small net, you can only use it on the small fish, which to me totally seems to defeat the purpose. So if you want to bring a net. Bring a good sturdy net with as little plastic you can find, suitable for large northerns. They are really pretty darn light. A youngster can easily carry it. Make sure the netting is coated so you do not spend hours getting treble hooks out. You might have to deal with a little frustration on a portage or two, but you can easily deal with 5 or 10 minutes of that, to have a net worth having. I would also put a half dozen zip ties in your tacle box, to make minor hole repairs a snap. Plus a good sturdy alum net is probably 1/2 the price of a smaller, telescoping, colapsable plastic one. In my experience the totally colapsable ones are neat to play with and seem like a neat idea, until you actually get a fish in them... It does not have to be a Musky net, but if I bring a net it is a good size sturdy one. |
| Kendra |
08/17/2011 09:24PMquote izzy: "Reach over the side and get em Kenda !" Did that once. Having to deal with a cut up hand wasn't fun. I'll send the B's after them. They have larger hands than I do. Thanks for all the input guys. Now what to buy? Hmm |
| Wabler |
08/15/2011 12:55PM I have been looking at the folding nets for awhile - but haven't found one I like yet. I'm a pike guy, so I would need one with a fairly deep net in order to safely land a nice fish. We spend our time looking for the larger fish, so I would need something that I can fish a 40 inch plus into - the folding nets I have seen just don't look like they are up to the job. For now, I take what is designed to be a wading steelhead net - nice short handle & very deep net. NET TIP - if taking a net (that doesnt fold) take a hair tie and place it around the base of the net. During portages or when not in use, stuff the net into the hair tie - it keeps it from dangling & snagging branches or whatnot - very easy to acces net quick with a simple yank. |
| PineKnot |
08/15/2011 11:44AM Thks for all the informative posts. I'm looking for a new net as the cheap one I've had for a couple years bit the dust this summer. Has anyone ever used the Solvkroken folding net? Used to be on BWJ's Voyageurs Trading Post but not there now. |
| PINETREE |
08/15/2011 09:57AM I looked at that net and liked its folding quality,but was worried about hook entanglement,that's why I went with a larger and stiffer net mesh. |
| MagicStik |
08/15/2011 09:49AMquote mr.barley: "I had one of these that I liked to use in my solo. It currently recides on the bottom of Tuscarora. Maybe if you're towing there some day you might hook it. I really liked it and thanks for reminding me I need a new one. frabill net. " Quick rant....I have the same net...and I hate it! NEVER land a fish that moves in this net unless it's a trophy fish!!! It takes 10+ minutes to get your single barbed book out of this material...20+ minutes if you land a brookie or laker on a lure with trebble hooks. Frabill usually makes a high quality product...I have no idea why they make the meshing so bad on these particular nets! Thanks for the post...heading up in a couple weeks...need to pick up a new net. MagicStik |
| buz |
08/15/2011 08:32AM I use an inexpensive 15" hoop size one with aluminum handle. I modified it as follows: Bought deeper replacement hoop net, stuffed aluminum handle full of packing peanuts, net now floats if dropped. I take 2 machine screws off that seperate the handle from hoop, for portaging, duck tape screws to handle, fits easily in any pack. Cut handle to length you like as well. $10 or less. The gripper Kanoes uses works as well, the fish just has to cooperate some for you to get the grip on its' lip. I have one of those as well. Big/bigger fish = way less cooperation, :-) |
| jb in the wild |
08/14/2011 08:35PMquote izzy: "How big were the fish ? They were bigger than yours bwahaaaaa. Hi Iz JB |
| jb in the wild |
08/14/2011 08:21PMquote Kendra: " I am looking for a Folding Telescopic Net. Have two in mind but wondering if I should go with a 44 in. or 52 in. length. What would you buy and why. Just got back from from our trip. I have to go find it it's still packed. I got it at Cabelas in the fly fishing section. As I remember it was very inexpensive. I'll get back to you. Hope you and the B's had a good time. JB I'm back My Net |
| Richwon4 |
08/14/2011 08:32AM A guy that went with me in the spring brought a net made by Rapala I think. It telescoped up and folded inside of itself. Total lenght exetened was approximately 24" Folded was near 12". Might be worth checking out, but I cannot see how it would be so effective against the big ones. |
| PINETREE |
08/14/2011 08:24AM I agree great Outdoors-that's what my net does |
| jeffsiv |
08/13/2011 09:00PM I bought a Solvkroken net from Piragus back in 2004. It is very compact. It can handle most bass and walleye though trout and northerns can be a challenge. Even the net end collapses when you fold it up. One issue... it does tend to catch all your hooks when you do use it so getting them out can be a pain. |
| The Great Outdoors |
08/13/2011 08:57PM If you get one with a handle that slides into the hoop, it's a lot cheaper and very easy to strap into the canoe. |
| izzy |
08/13/2011 08:21PM Reach over the side and get em Kenda ! |
| Kendra |
08/13/2011 08:05PMquote izzy: "How big were the fish ? One nice walleye guessing 6+ pounds. Two northern/pike, I don't know 24 inches each. The worst part was watching B2 almost in tears. Monsters no, but to a twelve year old girl it was devastating. |
| kanoes |
08/13/2011 07:20PM i know, it looks like a toy but it works great and is a nice alterative to a net. |
| mr.barley |
08/13/2011 01:57PM I had one of these that I liked to use in my solo. It currently recides on the bottom of Tuscarora. Maybe if you're towing there some day you might hook it. I really liked it and thanks for reminding me I need a new one. frabill net. |
| mooseplums |
08/13/2011 09:50AMquote ILikePike: "We use this Frabill Net and it fits right in the side of the pack so we don't have to carry it. It also has the rubber netting so we don't have to worry about hooks getting too tangled up." I use one very similar to that net, but I have the "Steelhead" size. I strap it to the outside of my pack. |
| PINETREE |
08/13/2011 09:23AM Use to land lake trout of 2 to 5 pond size with my hand and twice the fish decided to move and I ended up playing the fish with hooks in my hand. Pain was rampant,it hurt. Still will land smaller fish with my hand.If you do get impaled with hooks you pretty much are on your own and getting them out. |
| PINETREE |
08/13/2011 09:10AM My folding Fabrill has a handle 36 inches and length of net is 24 inches for a total of 60 inches. The net part is a little longer than wide. Is it a overkill,depends on what your fishing and it has cut down a little time the fish is on the line so we get a quicker release and better for the fish. For smallmouth I do not take a net and depends on my mood if I would take a net for walleye. When I bought the net I looked at it and wondered if it is a overkill for canoe trips(I see these people on TV have these 10 foot handles and big net for walleyes and I say they don't even have the fish on and they land it,that is a overkill) and once I got it I really like it for bigger pike or lake trout. Its nice. |
| ILikePike |
08/13/2011 08:48AM We use this Frabill Net and it fits right in the side of the pack so we don't have to carry it. It also has the rubber netting so we don't have to worry about hooks getting too tangled up. |
| timatkn |
08/13/2011 08:24AM Another idea for nets is to get a cover or make one. net cover Whether strapped ot the pack or in the canoe occasionhally a branch may get stuck in the net. Not common but annoying when it happens. On overgrown portgages or Quetico the cover is almost essnetial in IMHO. T |
| timatkn |
08/13/2011 08:15AM This one is pricy but I have liked it so far. It easily straps in the canoe or on top of a pack. stowmaster This was about the only GOOD collapsable model 5 years ago when I bought mine. I think the market has gotten a lot better since then with Frabil, cabelas etc... coeming out with similar models that could be cheaper/better. There have been many times when it is windy where I don't know how I would have ever landed a big northern or Laker withoiut a net unless I played them out until they were floating on top---which is essentially a dead fish when you factor in delayed mortality. T |
| izzy |
08/12/2011 10:11PM How big were the fish ? |
| GSP |
08/12/2011 09:51PM Last fall a big net with handle that slid in was priceless!! |
| Kendra |
08/12/2011 09:44PM PINETREE- I believe it's the total length but not sure. |
| lundojam |
08/12/2011 09:43PM Kendra- Those seem like huge nets to me. I carry a small Frabill with the handle cut down and the netting replaced with a deeper, bigger net. We've netted fish into the teens with it. Small, light and easy. |
| Kendra |
08/12/2011 09:38PMquote Richwon4: "They allow nets in the bwca? I guess for those who are willing to portage them. If I wasn't such a light weight I'd bring one too. " That's why we haven't brought a net in the past. Just another thing to carry. After seeing tears when my daughter lost two large fish, I'll carry it for her. : ) |
| Richwon4 |
08/12/2011 09:35PM They allow nets in the bwca? I guess for those who are willing to portage them. If I wasn't such a light weight I'd bring one too. |
| PINETREE |
08/12/2011 09:18PM I bought a new frabil folding net and I love it. I will have to measure tomorrow but I know mine is handle length is 40 or less-will measure tomorrow. My old handle was only 30 inch and the hoop area was small. Another question your lengths the handle length or the total dip net. My new one has a much larger diameter net area so I am at least 50 inch total length. The longer net has actually made it safer if your partner is trying to dip the fish he is less likely to reach so far over the boat etc. One other note,I get one that is hook tangle free and than I got some rubberized spray in a can and stiffened it up a little more and added maybe a oz or two. Works great than. |
| Kendra |
08/12/2011 09:10PM I am looking for a Folding Telescopic Net. Have two in mind but wondering if I should go with a 44 in. or 52 in. length. What would you buy and why. We missed some big fish this year due to not having a net. JB-if you're out there, what is the length of the net you showed me at Wingnight? |
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