Thread: How many folks use a dip net and when ?

I fish for whatever is biting, not just crappie. I had untangling hooks from a net so the only kind of net I use is the rubber coated ones.

No net.Still a little Bassfishermen in me."were not allowed"No dip net.Like the challenge of no net.If the fish gets off the fish win's.That day.That being said.When kid's or older folks are fishing with me .We carry a net and use it.Took a nephew fishing last spring.He caught,kept his first fish,cleaned ,cooked them.Glad we had a net.

2lb plus fish usually get the net

Originally Posted by arkcrappie

I don't think it is any worse than handling a fish. Maybe Matt (D10) could weigh in here and give us some handling tips for fish to be released.


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I use a rubber coated dip net to land big crappie. We use soft small mess nets to net bass, walleye, and trout during electro fishing samples. If the net material is wet, I don't think it harms the fish much. Wet hands aren't too bad on fish either. The worst thing on a fish's slime coat is dry hands or a towel. I cringe when I see someone grab a fish with a towel to take it off the hook and then throw it back. I've always wondered how bad the carpet in boats were on a fish's slime coat. If the carpet was wet, I don't think it would take much of the slime coat off. If it is dry, I'm not sure.

Matt

I use a rubber coated net the same one for all fish depending on size I net most of them

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One more thing. Most injuries to fish result in a delayed mortality that may happen hours to days later. Just because a fish swims off, doesn't mean it will live long. There has been a lot of research looking at this with bass tournaments. Once the water Temps reach a certain temp (don't want to post the wrong temp) a very large percentage of tournament released bass die due to delayed mortality. This mainly happens in the summer. I suspect that it also happens to crappie caught in the summer. Luckily with crappie anglers, most of the crappie they catch, they don't intend on releasing. Something to think about when you are fishing during the summer.

Originally Posted by D10

One more thing. Most injuries to fish result in a delayed mortality that may happen hours to days later. Just because a fish swims off, doesn't mean it will live long. There has been a lot of research looking at this with bass tournaments. Once the water Temps reach a certain temp (don't want to post the wrong temp) a very large percentage of tournament released bass die due to delayed mortality. This mainly happens in the summer. I suspect that it also happens to crappie caught in the summer. Luckily with crappie anglers, most of the crappie they catch, they don't intend on releasing. Something to think about when you are fishing during the summer.

That is the reason I shudder a little when folks said the caught a hundred fish that day but only kept a few for dinner. I suspect, especially in summer, a number of those fish die no matter how careful you were in catching and releasing.
Our DNR here on Lake Murray put in a catch limit on Striped Bass during the summer months due to high mortality rates of released fish that were under the 21" minimum. During the summer you can catch 5 of any size, but you are done at 5. Whether you keep them or not, it is five and done. Had some folks find out the hard way that Game Wardens have binoculars and can count.
This came about because of huge numbers of released fish floated up and washed into backs of coves smelling to high heaven.

I don't always net fish, but when I do its a big one.
Stay fishy my friend

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