when is the last time you used a net?

[junebugmn]

I can honestly say, I have never used one in all my year's of bass fishing, I believe if you have good line, a good knot, good hook set, and can keep it away from the trolling motor and big motor etc, you don't need one! My buddie's think i'm nut's! Anybody out there do or don't use one? Junebugmn

[FishingBuds]

I used one two weeks ago, when my son dropped his sun glasses in the water

Used it last Saturday retrieving w wacky bait that came off the hook after a hook set.

I used one back in 2007 after landing a #4 small mouth in KY lake

Thats about it

[D4u2s0t]

i've never used a net for bass fishing. 

[SGT Rico]

I never go bass fishing without a net. I rather be safe than sorry.

[bassmajor]

I fish for fun.  And losing a PB at the boat for some reason cuz I didn't grab my net = NOT FUN!   

[Smiths.R]

I've never used one.  I do however, see why, and understand why people would.

[Shad_Master]

My rule - net 'em all - sort 'em out later. I would never go into a tournament (knowingly) without a net - I have fished from the back of too many boats of really good fishermen and watched the "winning fish" swim away right at the boat because there was no net in the boat.

I guess part of the argument here is that the net somehow hurts the fish - but more than flopping around on the carpet? No way.

[NateFollmer]

Just wet the net and your hands before the fish enters it and they should be ok.

If I'd fish tourney's I'd be netting everything. I don't net when fishing for fun though, not because I don't want to, I guess it's just 1 more thing I have to carry... I always net my trout when I'm fly fishing though, simply because I have too much line out and usually can't land the fish without scooping it up.

[Red Bear]

i use a net for bigger fish, no need for smaller ones though

[fishfordollars]

I tournament fish so I have a large one with a ten ft. handle. The quicker they go in it the better. Nothing like putting one in it as soon as he hits the surface. If I could find one with a longer handle I'd have it before dark. Wouldn't bother me to net one thirty feet from the boat.

[K_Mac]

I always use one when fishing from my boat. I have seen too many fish lost at the boat. It is the most likely spot for one to come unbuttoned even with good line, knot and hook set. :'( I don't fish for money, but a good fish lost at the boat is no fun. I fish with friends who do not carry a net and think it is somehow wrong to use one. This seems silly to me, but to each his own... 8-)

Edit: I always use one on larger fish. Not so much on the little ones.

[riverfisher]

Fun fishing not to often unless its a monster.

During a tournament almost every fish goes in a net!!

[bowfish12]

Fun fishing not to often unless its a monster.

During a tournament almost every fish goes in a net!!

x2  Used it Sunday in a tournament on a 3 lb smallie and 4 lb lm.  Would have used it on the other 3 but they were just keepers and we knew we were not in the money.

Fun fishing, anything that looks over 3 on treble hook baits and anything that looks over 5 on single hook baits.

I never swing anything over 3 in the boat. Either grab the line and pull them in or lip them in the water.

[Muad Dib]

if i was fishing a tournament and was allowed to use a net i def. would

-for fun fishing i def do if im using trebles or if its a good one. knots break, fish come undone, and stuff happens!

trav

[bear7625]

I use a net on big fish, but I don't lift them out of the water. Some guys say netting hurts the fish but I don't agree. After seeing pros bounce fish off everything in the boat, netting is far less stressful. ;D

[jeb2]

Used my net three times today. I just fish for fun, but anything over the size of a dink I grab the net. Makes no sense to me not to. But to each their own and all.

[R520dvx]

Used one just last Sunday .... ALWAYS in a tournament.

[A-Jay]

I use a net. I just think it's safer. I fish alone often (at night also). Fish taken on single hook baits (soft plastics and jigs etc) I'll occasionally thumb. Pike, walleye and anything with a face full of trebles goes in the net. I replaced the original net bag with a rubber one which helps keep any trebles from making a mess of a tangle in the net. Last week my wife and I were on pike every other cast for a while and I got lazy and reached for a freaked out 2 footer and ended up having to yank the rear treble of Rapala out of my thumb.

Good times.

A-Jay

[Sam]

Last time using a net: Saturday, May 22, 2010.

Use nets in tournaments.

Otherwise either lift, lip or swing bass into the boat. 

[Goose52]

Used one last Sunday...will use one again tomorrow.

I never use a net when fishing from the bank, but I nearly always use a net when fishing from the canoe - especially when treble hooks are involved. Like others have mentioned, I might swing a dink into the boat but fish from about a pound on up will usually come into the boat in the net. I do have a rubber net - much better than the old-style net material.

[Crestliner2008]

I've never used a net before this season. My thought has always been, like others have said here, that I fish for fun and it really doesn't matter if one gets away or not. And I'm concerned with the fishes' well being; netting not being the fish-friendliest method to deal with them.

However, this season I'm taking a net with me. I fish out of a deep-V hulled boat. And being 65, bending over those high gunnels is not an easy task anymore. Went out fishing yesterday though and, through habit I guess, I found myself reaching over and lipping bass instead of using the net. Guess it's hard to teach an ole' dog new tricks! ;D

[Leever]

I never use a net for bass.  When I hook something larger like a carp or catfish I'm always looking for the net I did not bring.  The day I lose a trophy bass is the day I will carry a net.

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

if your so worried about it hurting the fish get one with rubber mesh   BAM problem solved

[CRFisher]

Never have  - I fish from shore.  Would probably only go that route if I had a boat that made reaching over to lip fish a stretch.

[badog]

Last time I used a net was catching stripers in the Delta off my kayak.

Badog