Fishing net and crankbaits don't mix...ideas?

[REW]

Get one of the conservation - coated flat bottom nets.

They work very well with very few issues with hooks getting stuck in the nets.

I don't believe that any of the easy stow nets are coated, because the coating would not fit well into the handle.

REW

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...SELL_THUMBNAIL

[mrwalleye5]

Originally Posted by jaximus

i crush all the barbs on my cranks and they dont get hung up in the nets. its easier on the fish, easier on the net, and easier on you(if there is ever a hook in the hand mishap)

X2......... and while your at it you at it jigs, spinners etc. Manitoba has had this for 20 years or more. The fish I have lost because of this.....negligible........the aggrevation of tangled cranks in nets, far less.

I went on a fishing trip to Ontario last summer. Fished with a barbed hook til I caught the first fish. After getting the hook out of its' mouth pinched the barb down. I knew it would drive me crazy and not do the fish any good if I continued fishing barbed.

[capt. spanky]

Originally Posted by Grawler

So i have the frabill net that pulls back into the pole for easy storing. What's not easy is netting a fish with a crankbait...the dang crankbait gets so caught up in the net I'm having to cut either net or hooks to release it. Any ideas besides not netting the fish?

Do they make a replacement net that doesn't do this?

Check these out.I just got done netting over 120 eyes on Erie and not once did the Hot nTots get stuck in the net. This is the best I have seen yet and a really cool extendable handle as well plus the hoops are inter changeable. here is the link:
http://www.egos2slider.com/
I also saw these at Cabelas as well.

[Hot Runr Guy]

Originally Posted by capt. spanky

Check these out.I just got done netting over 120 eyes on Erie and not once did the Hot nTots get stuck in the net. This is the best I have seen yet and a really cool extendable handle as well plus the hoops are inter changeable. here is the link:
http://www.egos2slider.com/
I also saw these at Cabelas as well.

Spanky,
Which bag? They offer at least 4 different versions.
Thanks, HRG

[Pezman38]

Beckmans haven't caused me any lost time due to cranks, jigs, hooks, children, beer, food, turtles or anything else getting stuck in them.

I do know the Ego slider was redesigned after lots of breakage landing larger fish, appears that capt. spanky has a newer version now. Good to hear they improved the design!

[kperttula]

Use a rubber net and you'll never go back to anything else. I switeched several years ago to a rubber net and it was the best thing I ever did. You can use it for every kind of fishing technique out there. You won't be sorry.