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I have a very simple rule if I'm fishing in a competitive situation or not and regardless of the size of the fish.If there is a chance I will regret losing the fish, I net it...if not, I don't.

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Get the net!!!!

If money is on the line only confirmed dinks and wrong species don�t get the net. Also would much rather see a fish netted with our modern nets than boat flipped onto carpet and multiple hard objects.

Whatever. I stand by my comment. Nets are for sissies.

In my last tourney on day one I netted and weighted in a 12.5" spot that came off in the net. That fish was the difference between 4th and 3rd place and $400.00. I would have never got that fish in if I tried to boat flip it. If the rules allow it I use it to my advantage. I did not know if the fish was a spot or a largemouth at the time.

I am a firm believer it is bad luck to get the net out before a fish is caught. So what usually happens is we hook a fish, scramble to get in the rod locker to get the net, knock a rod in the lake, then net the 14 incher. It's a perfect science.

Haha. Im the same way.

Fished a Bud Light tournament on Hubbard Creek a few years ago. Caught a 3.5 lber early and partner got the net out and netted him. Left the net out all day. At 1:30 with 1 fish in the boat he picked the net up. I almost immediately caught fish #2. Picked up net and caught fish # . At 2:30 i noticed net was out so i picked it up and my partner caught fish #4 and we got 2nd place.

Now my net stays buried. i figure the harder it is to get to, the bigger the fish.

I usually net almost every fish AFTER i lose a 4 or 5 lber.

ive lost several when fishing solo trying to net them so now I try to lip the better fish.

I have definitely tried to boat flip a 2lber and it come off mid flip, only to weigh-in 4 fish and be a lb out of the money. Generally my fishing partner and i have good chemistry when it comes to netting fish so its a judgement call, but for now on we net until we have 5 in the box regardless of size. As long as nets are allowed i think it wise to use all the tools at your disposal. While fun fishing the net sits in the box so unless someone hung a big fish it will remain locked up. Just my approach

Man why use baits with hooks, depthfinders, troll motor...heck just jump in and grab em...whatever!!!!!

I use to hardly ever use a net and lost a few because of it. Then I went through a phase if using it for every fish, which after a while seemed like a waste on the smaller fish and I felt sometimes I lost a fish because I'm trying to net it by myself and it would have been better to flip it in.

Now I use the net selectively. This past weekend, I hooked into a 4.5lber. I didn't have the net out and was going to try it without. But a few seconds of fighting I got the gut feeling to use the net and it worked out.

I use the net on all fish that appear to be keepers in a tournament. I had the hook pop out of a 9.62 in a tournament last year but my partner already had it in the net. I guess if I already had 25 pounds I wouldn't use it on 15 inch fish.