You ever lose a bass because your net was too small?

[Darth-Baiter]

I recently had to sprint my kayak alongside my buddy when he got into a bigger bass. His tiny minnow net wasn’t gonna cut it.  We got it. 
 

even my net: a modified trout fishing net has its limitations.  Even My spare net is only marginally larger.  ( G2 net).  I do take the bigger net to Clearlake. 

 

I never have laid eyes or hands on a DD bass.  They have to be leviathan like right?  
I remember netting a rouge musky for my brother with our bass net.  Fun!  
 

any stories?   sorry. I’m bored before my next Microsoft Teams meeting. 

 

 

[NoShoes]

Ive never seen a DD either, but did pull in a 9 lber. I know that isn’t much compared to many on here, but the shear size of a fish that size is impressive. 
 

I use a rather large net, my wife is usually the net girl and isn’t necessarily the best so a big net makes me feel better. The fish made the net look small. 
 

I then put the fish in my tracker 175’s live well, which I thought was pretty big. The fish took up most of it too. 
 

if you’re targeting fish of that size plan accordingly, it’s a different world. 

[txchaser]

Hooked a roughly 36 inch catfish on a flutter spoon. There was no way that thing was ever making it in the net, and that net has seen some big-ol bass. This thing was rolling and twisting on the surface and my buddy kept trying to get it in there. It was never going to happen. But I still give him grief about it. 

[Bluebasser86]

I've put some pretty good sized hybrids in my kayak net no problem. 

 

Usually when I get a fish too big for my net, it comes with it's own built in handle to grab them, so it's not a problem.

[Biglittle8]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I've put some pretty good sized hybrids in my kayak net no problem. 

 

Usually when I get a fish too big for my net, it comes with it's own built in handle to grab them, so it's not a problem.

I never get tired of seeing that fish! Wow!

[GRiver]

5 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:. 

 

Usually when I get a fish too big for my net, it comes with it's own built in handle to grab them, so it's not a problem.

What kind of net do you have that has a grabber too….. I like when I can get something  that does multiple uses. 
 

[Bluebasser86]

1 minute ago, GRiver said:

What kind of net do you have that has a grabber too….. I like when I can get something  that does multiple uses. 
 

I mean the fish comes with it's own handle. A flathead's lower jaw is basically just a handle to grab them by. I've got a huge net in my boat, might have been able to fit that thing in there and it does have a lift assist on it for picking up big fish, but I just grabbed it by the jaw instead of risking breaking my net. 

https://www.frabill.com/nets/by-series/trophy/trophy-haul-power-extend

[galyonj]

Every time I think I need to get me a net, at least for the boat, I set the hook on a six-inch dink and it comes rocketing towards me like a TOW missile.

 

Then I think "if they're just gonna boat flip themselves like that, maybe I don't need to worry too much about the net."

[GRiver]

I got ya, I thought it had a fish grabber as a handle just turn it around…. Hey,  we might be on to something!!!!