View Full Version : Landing net bag - is 2 inch hole too big?
Rapaleye
02-25-2002, 08:18 PM
I am looking for a net for the new boat. I have searched the archives and know to look at both Beckman and Frabill. I hope to find a net that will serve for both walleye and muskie fishing. A friend who muskie fishes a lot recommended a nice net but it has a net bag with 2 inch hole openings in it. Most of the walleye nets I have seen have 1.5 inch openingings. Would I have any reason to worry about a 2 inch hole with walleyes?
Thanks for the help
Jim
MnWalleyeKiller
02-25-2002, 08:31 PM
No, but I think it is a bit overkill. I use a beckmann with I believe inch and a half holes. Also the extension is another thing to consider I love it. The net cost me $90 bucks but its the last one i'll buy.
"Its Time"
If you bought the magnum walleye net, it has a large enough bag that most musky would fit in it, and yet be great for the eyes. this is just a thought, but if you do more musky fishing than eye fishing, just go with the medium sized musky net , and it will work for both. the way that the beckman bag is made a walleye will not be putting the pressure on the bag at the bottom to open the net strands to the 2 inch size. of the two nets mentioned i would highly reccommend the beckman. i hope this helps. good luck and good fishin.
Den
Actually, wouldn't it make more sense to buy a walleye net, and a muskie cradle?
I assume that you are going to be releasing all of your muskies, and the cradle will treat the muskies much more gently, than a net will.
The cradle, also makes the unhooking job much easier.
Take care
REW
P.s.
The design of most muske cradles is such, that they can be rolled up and put in a storage locker - in the same area where you might stow your stern light.
Take care
REW
stewart
02-25-2002, 09:01 PM
I've been reading up on the musky message board, and it seems that most people there are moving away from the cradles. I believe they argued you had to tire the fish more to get it in the cradle, and that if you were alone it was hard to use. I've never used one though, and I agree they appear to snug the fish up well once it's in it.
REW, the cradle is a 2 person operation, and you do have to tire the fish out more, and as was stated, more are going to the larger musky nets, as the fish is never taken from the water cept for a picture in most cases. another thing, if you have a high sided boat the person using the cradle has an awful good chanc of getting a hook or two in their hand or arms as the fish goes into the cradle. i have seen this happen by experienced musky people.good luck and good fishin .
Den
SUPERTROLLER
02-25-2002, 09:56 PM
Most of the walleye nets I have seen have
1.5 inch openings. Would I have any reason to worry
about a 2 inch hole with walleyes?
No Jim. Not when you take into consideration the size walleye that you and I usually catch. (For some others it may be a problem...lol.)
Hutch
02-25-2002, 11:41 PM
Another vote for Beckman. Good SOLID NETS at a fair price. Be smart and spend the extra money and get the extended handle style. You won't be sorry. Hutch