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Location: E. Tenn | Caught a sub 40" yesterday fishing solo. As soon as it hit the net, it rolled several times making a pretty impressive mess of netting, trebles, and fish. I was able to cut hooks, and unravel the mess, but it took considerably more time than I'd like. Fortunately water temps were in the low 60s, the fish remained feisty through the entire process, and took off like a scalded dog when released.
Does anyone have a trick or two to prevent this? I don't think the fish would have fared as well in warmer temperatures, and would like to keep this from recurring if possible.
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Unless you're Dr. Doolittle, or have a Stun gun, the fish is going to do pretty much what it wants to... unless I'm missing something here.
Stupid Fish ! |
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| My netting of my stow master is terrible for this. I'm gonna replace the bag to something better. I think frabill makes a good bag. |
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| In my experiences, those smaller fish...seem to always be the most feisty and wild in the nets. Kind of like young kids or puppies: they have the most energy. Whereas the bigger...older fish...tend to be a bit more docile in the net: less energy.
They often say: Watch out for those smaller fish in the net, they're the ones that often times create the biggest injuries for themselves and for the angler due to their higher energy levels.
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| why I still like my Big Kahuna .. very hard for fish to roll up in that net. |
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| At a musky seminar a couple years ago, talked to a guide who was in the audience. He said he keeps a Boga grip in his boat for just this scenario. Does not use to lift the fish but to keep as still as possible, both for his and the fish's protection. Too many hooks in his hands over the years. But, in the scenario you describe, the fish has rolled and tangled before you could even get to it. Don't think there is anything you can do then. |
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Location: MN | KingT - 10/7/2020 11:26 AM
My netting of my stow master is terrible for this. I'm gonna replace the bag to something better. I think frabill makes a good bag.
That netting is terrible! Definitely swap it out. Frabill 4666 bag is what I used - works great! |
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| I think the heavier bag is better in this scenario, like a frabil big game or kahuna. Im not sure whether trying to pick up the bag and tighten up the slack helps or not. I think having the bag in the water can provide some resistance. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | nar160 - 10/7/2020 2:55 PM
KingT - 10/7/2020 11:26 AM
My netting of my stow master is terrible for this. I'm gonna replace the bag to something better. I think frabill makes a good bag.
That netting is terrible! Definitely swap it out. Frabill 4666 bag is what I used - works great!
X2! |
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Location: E. Tenn | Thanks for the replies gents.. It seems as if the consensus is the fish is gonna do what it's gonna do. My net is a 37" hoop, with a 42" deep bag.. probably a bit too deep, but it is a fine knotless mesh manufactured down here in Knoxville (google Loki Nets), and have yet to see a split fin, or any other injury. My last trip up north, caught one about the same size that nearly cleared the net twice after my boat partner put it in the bag.. The #*^@ed thing actually jumped out of the net while unhooking it.
On the same trip, went out for an afternoon with the resort owner, who used a boga grip type of tool. While I'm not a big fan of them, I was impressed with the way he handled fish.
Looks like it's just another part of the game, and all we can do is the best we we can do.
Managed to load a photo, and you can see it rolled once and wrapped up the lure in the mesh, before rolling again.
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Location: Twin Cities Metro | Hooks wrapped up in the net are way less likely to end up in your hand. It is a pain to untangle, sure, but I am more patient after a fish put a treble in my hand (why is it always a pike?).
I have a Loki net, too! Love it!
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Location: oswego, il | I have a frabil big game. It has thick heavy mesh and it's much harder for them to tangle up so much. I also have a thin mesh net and stopped using it for mushy as they cocoon themselves in it.
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Location: Athens, Ohio | I've read the boga is worse on the fish than a bad net. Likely because folks tend to lift the fish by the gripped jaw? m |
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Location: NE Ohio | ToddM - 10/8/2020 12:10 AM
I have a frabil big game. It has thick heavy mesh and it's much harder for them to tangle up so much. I also have a thin mesh net and stopped using it for mushy as they cocoon themselves in it.
EXACTLY THIS! |
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Location: Northern Illinois | Those fine mesh nets such as the ones on the Power stow are good to the fish for saving fins, but after 20 minutes of trying to untangle and cut free an especially frisky muskie, I got rid of the bag and put on a heavier bag (4666). IMHO the fish can suffer more and possibly lethal damage being hopelessly entangled even with cuttng hooks. |
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Location: Royalton, MN | Just gotta play them a little more before they go into the net, but that runs the risk of losing the fish. Naturally a fish that was hooked just 5-10 seconds before being netted is going to go apes#!t in the net. |
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