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Location: Elkhart, IN | While reading the new Musky Hunter I was struck by the article How To Not Catch Muskies, and specifically the section on netting them. They referred to scooping by the netman. Just out of curiousity how many of you "scoop", and how many feel the catcher should lead the fish into the net? I'd always been taught that you lead the fish into the net. |
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| I mostly fish with my dog and since he doesn't have thumbs I have to do the net myself. Got a big Frabrill Powercatch and I lead the fish into the net as I bring the net toward the fish. Basket is way open and as soon as the fish's head passes the hoop I scoop. Never lost a fish on the net. |
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Location: oswego, il | I scoop but only when it is time. If I think the fish is too green even though it is right there, I will let it do it's thing one more time, then scoop. |
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| I'm with Ranger. I have to net 90% of my fish myself. As soon as the head clears the hoop, I scoop. In 18 years the only fish I lost at the net was when I had a rookie on the net and he got a little to excited to listen to me. No big deal. The fish was released a couple minutes sooner than normal. I have "deep scooped" a few fish over the years, but that was with rookies fighting a fish that wasn't hooked very good and their hearing shut down in all the excitement of fighting their first musky, so I couldn't keep them from trying to horse the fish to the boat. I don't like to do that, but didn' think I had a choice, and "knock on wood" I haven't missed any of those yet. |
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| I'm with you, Todd. I let a green fish swim around a bit, until she shows first signs of tiring. Excellent drag systems are critical because the fish must be able to pull out line juuuussst right if she runs. Net in one hand, rod in the other. I installed higher quality Smoothie drag washers on all my 5000 and 6000 series Abus and they are wonderful. |
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Location: Appleton | Did anyone catch Keyes Outdoors this AM. PMTT coverage and one group caught a nice muskie and lost it in the net. I feel for those guys as I did that last year. Retired the old net the next day and got a Frabill Big Kahuna. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Rhino, I was watching that with my wife, and she's like, they're going to loose that fish, the hoop's under the water. Sure enough, gone. That stinks in a tourney. |
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| Even my wife made the call before it happened.....and she knows nothing about the do's and don'ts'. The only time you should tend the net by yourself...is when your alone! |
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Location: Appleton | Yes I was watching with my wife and said the same thing and then....gone |
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