Quote Originally Posted by LA yard dog View Post
Dipnet?? Your supposed to get 'em swimming along side the boat and SWING 'em in!!

Actually, that's the way I'd been doing 'em till I had an Op about the size of that 1 you posted yesterday come unbuttoned about mid-swing. I put my dipnet back in the boat the next morning. The ArkRiver is about to get right enough to set my lines back out. I'm tired of pulling up to all of my limblines and having to spend 5 minutes shining the spotlight on the tree/bush to see if a snake is in it. Running about 60% on there being a snake lately.
I use a gaff, made it out if a garden rake with a fiberglass handle.
A little cutting, heating and bending...
Had it for years and will have it for years to come!