[FishingAddiction]

My buddy and I were at harris and he hooks into this 4 lb bass and doesn't have the net out. He tries to heave it up into the boat and fails, then he wouldn't give me the time to lip it and he tries it again and heaves it over the steering column!

[video=youtube_share;rLGd6HEzwm0]http://youtu.be/rLGd6HEzwm0[/video]

 

[meenyt]

Looks good to me. So where is the problem?

 

[NCStateFisher]

That's not why you need a net that's why you don't flip fish over a pound or two in the boat, great way to break a rod and hurt the fish in the process

 

[mikeski]

He did get down and pray before doing it though.

mikeski

 

[Neilslure]

I wouldnt swing a 3 lber with a spinning rod, flipping stick with heavy line I might. When I am out fun fishing I dont even get the net out anymore, pretty much lip them or grab anything of size.

 

[dbeam]

Nice Bass Glad it worked out for him.

RayWells has a video of why you need a BIG net. 45+ inch Muskie in his 10ft SIK and the fish would not cooperate with the Boga at all.

Darrell

 

[FishingAddiction]

That's not why you need a net that's why you don't flip fish over a pound or two in the boat, great way to break a rod and hurt the fish in the process

It is why you need a net... so you don't have to flip the fish in

 

[FishingAddiction]

I wouldnt swing a 3 lber with a spinning rod, flipping stick with heavy line I might. When I am out fun fishing I dont even get the net out anymore, pretty much lip them or grab anything of size.

I thought he was crazy for flippin it like that with his med spinning rod and light line. I woulda used a net or lipped it.

 

[Bleedingblue]

Just lip that dude. Nice fish.

 

[meenyt]

My point exactly. Just lip it. Nets cause damage to fish. Maybe not as much as dropping them on the floor, or banging them off the console. But damage still. That being said, if I am in a tournament I want the net for almost anything. Other than that, lip it.

 

[NCStateFisher]

It is why you need a net... so you don't have to flip the fish in

on a fish that size don't need either, reach down and as has been already said, lip it

 

[FishingAddiction]

on a fish that size don't need either, reach down and as has been already said, lip it

I would have loved to have lip it for him, but clearly he had other things on his mind...

 

[fishdoctor]

I'm glad my boat don't have a storage box large enuff for my net...but I would never put it in one if it did. After catchin over 250 bass from 8 lb up to 12 lb 12 oz I'm always expectin to catch a biggun. And since I use cranks more than any thing else, I like a net to land'em with. I had one stick a treble hook thru my finger, ain't any fun...