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replacement netting

Started by fiker, January 18, 2013, 09:40:24 AM

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fiker

I have a Cabelas landing net with telescoping handle.  It has what I would call a magnum rubber netting material. 

I works great. The rubber stretches to handle all but the largest pike.  Hooks don't get tangled in the netting.  It's fine.

Except; it's just too darn heavy and I'm not convinced that it doesn't scare fish.  I fish alone often and so have to net my own fish.  All that heavy rubber makes it a little tuff.  Doable, but it should be easier. 

My handle is fine.  So I thought I'd just replace the net material.

I fish almost exclusively c & r Bass.  So I'd like a net that 1-doesn't tangle, 2- hooks can't get stuck in, and 3-is fish friendly. 

I've been thinking of getting something like:

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-Gold-Series-Replacement-Nets/product/10213180/?cmCat=CROSSSELL_THUMBNAIL

It's hard to tell from the catalog or on line if this is what I'm looking for.  The price is right but maybe it's too cheap.  The replacement rubber net from Cabelas is about twice the cost, which made me wonder about the quality of the Bass Pro material.

Does anyone have any experience here? 
Is there a netting material available out there as a replacement net that you know of that fits my list of requirements?
So much water.  So many lures.  So little time.

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djkimmel

I like that style of Bass Pro Shops Gold Series Replacement Nets for bass. You can still get tangled sometimes with crankbaits or jerkbaits thought it usually isn't as difficult to untangle. It is easier on bass overall. They work pretty good for walleye that aren't super-sized. I don't know from firsthand experience how tough or what quality this particular product is. I believe I have seen people using it okay.



They don't work real well on bigger pike and pike do a better job of getting tangled if they start rolling or thrashing real good. Usually still not too bad getting them out unless they really twist hard.

The pure rubber nets are harder to deal with on your own and I have had pike, salmon and almost walleye go right through them. That gets real interesting sometimes.

I also don't mind the tangle free versions of nyle, larger mesh style nets like Frabill® Replacement Net - 20"x23" Tangle - Free 36" 1" from The Sportsman's Guide (it is the middle net in the image below - I like the dark colors - I have had some fish rush into them thinking it was cover or a place to hide I think). Some of them aren't much worse than the conservation style nets on the coating and scales of fish, and they handle pike and other torpedo-shaped fish better. Yes, the fish can wrap up easier, but only once in a while do they wrap so tight they are real hard to get untangled.

Help stop invasive spcies. Don't move fish between unconnected bodies of water. Clean, drain and dry your boat before launching on another water body.
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