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Although this fine article is aimed at large fish, and esp. salmon, the rules apply to the smallest trout or koke. If you don't think there are some folks out there not netting properly, you haven't fished Lucky Peak!! Our last outing we watched a boat who, when bringing a koke to the boat, pulled the fish up out of the water several feet, where the netter then netted the fish! Now what could go wrong with that scenario. And don't get me started on the 12" nets!! Mike
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Good read. It amazes how many people try to net a fish from the tail end, but they have probably never been told different.
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So true, Chrome. I have a net that has been in varying states of deterioration for several years. Epoxy and new screws are holding it together. I would have tossed it years ago, but I cannot find a net with an extension handle as long as this Kmart special. I have had it well over 30 years. You just can't have too long a handle, esp. with kokanee. I have to switch over to something a bit sturdier when king fishing in the salt, but always come back to this for everything else. One of the biggest mistakes I see is folks using a net with a 2' + or - on their boat....trying to net a koke or trout off the stern. Not just impractical, but dangerous. Mike
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I prefer people to employ the tomahawk chop or canoe paddle technique when they net my fish....God you see some terrible netting on the rivers sometimes
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They can't swim backwards....
I've found that the best analogy to use for teaching is, "it's like catching a baseball hit on the ground....get your "glove" in front of the ball...."
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We watched a guy on the Clearwater last week while we were Salmon fishing first jab at the fish, I couldn't believe he didn't snap his line, try to pin it to the bank, and try to put the net over the top of the fish...I turned the other way and quietly snickered I haven't seen anything like it in a long time. Do those big fish just completely cloud the brain on how to net properly. The guys I fish with, we have a method of like when a jet is landing on a carrier, the pilot has the ball...we don't attempt to net until the guy that's hooked up says so and that he feels his fish is ready...communication is the key, between netter and catcher. The longest grudges I have ever seen is between a guy that has lost a big fish and the guy that lost it for him.
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Fishing the southfork of the salmon a couple years back my brother in law knocked off 4 fish of mine in one day. He said the fish were too far out in the river he was wearing rubber hip boots and the fish were tripping him up. I tried to find a netting class for him to go to after that incident and with the season coming back and him up there for a week with us if you guys could find one I would enroll him tomorrow.
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when you try to explain to them that netting is an art form In its self. This last steelhead season I about went in the drink laughing my butt off watching ducttaped4runner and another buddy farting around with a fish and net for 15 minutes. They even tried pinning it to the bank with the net at one point.
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