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Location: Okoboji | Pics speak for themselves. Any options here? Guess I will be shopping for a new net. Kicker is I just put a brand new bag on it.
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Location: MN | Call them and buy the handle. Hoop looks okay |
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | I don't know hoop looks tweeked also. |
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Location: Okoboji | Yeah the hoop is very tweaked |
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| I would try and reform the the hoop and purchase a new handle if the pricing makes sense. Maybe use a tree and some muscle... |
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Location: Detroit River | Buy a new Frabil or Stowmaster. I always thought Beckman's were too flimsy for the price. |
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | If you fish alone grab the frabil big game. If you always fish with a partner grab the big kahuna. Frabils netting is awesome. |
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Location: Merrill, Wisconsin | What happened? |
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Location: oswego, il | yeah how did it get like that? agree with wicked fishing alone the big game is easier to handle. |
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Location: Okoboji | Is the big game the power catch right below the kahuna. I am borrowing my buddies kahuna for the weekend since he is working |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Only you Kodiak! We all know there's a great story behind how this happened. The only question is if you will actually share it. |
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Location: Minnesota | I would like to see the fish that did that |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I'd be curious to know what happened! I'm guessing it wasn't from netting a fish?
If you weren't happy with some part of the Beckman, I have been using a Frabill Big Game for years. I love it. Easy enough to handle alone (though it will be heavier than your Beckman), and the netting seems pretty fish friendly and is VERY tangle free.
The Kahuna would be awesome but maybe a bit on the heavy side to handle alone. Not sure, I never used one. |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | "It all started with a girl ya see".....C'mon Kodiak let's hear it. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Maybe we should start betting. I put $1 on it getting run over. |
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Location: Okoboji | You win!
Semi smoked it after it flew out |
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Location: Merrill, Wisconsin | I say either ran over, or someone let some kids jump in and out of it way to much. Or it met a metal door hard haha |
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| I did the same, thing, went to a metal supply store and just pick up a piece of aluminum tube, 8ft by 1"1/4 diam by 1/8 thick, should be less than 10 bucks, drill a couple holes for the snaps and you are all set, that is if the hoop is good |
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| sorry, 1/16th thickness, 1/8th is the thickenss of rod holders, ie berts lol |
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | Yes the big game is the power catch one down from big kahuna. |
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| i use to have that bag on my beckman til it nearly cut thru a fish's gill plate when it rolled |
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| moemoe x2. easy fix |
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Location: Milwaukee, WI | How does a net "fly out" ? Its a net, how could the wind get under it to lift it?
I always carry my net on the floor in the boat while trailering. No problems for years & hundreds of miles traveled. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I bought a Beckman for the weight...but switched to a Big Game and glad I did. I don't think Beckman is a bad net...just that I like Frabil better. Now could be a good time to make the switch... |
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