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 Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/05/12 07:47 PM
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jwatts77
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I've seen pectoral and ventral fins torn loose by nylon nets. If you need a net buy a rubber net with the smaller round holes.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/05/12 07:49 PM
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Huckleberry
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I never actually net my fish anyway...I keep it under and half way around them while lifting them into the boat just incase they come off.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/05/12 08:02 PM
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Outdoordude
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So netting the fish is not as harmful as people say it is. The material of the net is what causes the harm to the fishes body. So in the long run using a rubber net may actually be better than some of our current fish handling techniques? Right. Don't let them touch abrasive surfaces (carpet and old school net mesh), wet your hands before you touch them, and get them back in the water fast.
Scott Jones
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/05/12 08:40 PM
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flippindropshots
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set the hook, kick open the livewell, and swing em in the treated water! I always try to out do FZ1! I use barbless hooks, also. One shake of the head in the livewell, and the hook is out!
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: 96speed]
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06/05/12 08:53 PM
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The net is probably less harmful that piercing its lip/mouth/body with a sharp hook and barb. I'm all for promoting the life of fish, but we need to keep some common sense here. Not even remotely the same. A hole in their lip is a small puncture in less than 1% of their body area. Damaging a slime coat on 1/3 of their body is night and day difference. However, I'm assuming the OP is looking at a net in more of a tournament situation and if so the fish is likely going in the livewell. Just put some Sure Life products in there like catch and release of please release me and it will fix em right up. Heck I've been fun fishing and put fish in rough shape in the livewell for a bit with additives for awhile and then release them after they've had a 'therapy' bath 
Last edited by Joefishin; 06/05/12 08:53 PM.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/05/12 09:24 PM
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Rube G.
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Mods, Please start a thread on Fish care & leave it at the top. Especially going into the summer. Too many of the guys just getting started in Bass fishing watch the pro's flip fish in the boat, flopping all over the carpet. The new guys think it's ok because SOME OF the pro's do it.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/05/12 09:27 PM
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timwins31
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How many fish have u guys seen die from a netting? How many fish have u seen die from swallowing a hook. I rest my case.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: timwins31]
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06/05/12 09:38 PM
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Outdoordude
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How many fish have u guys seen die from a netting? How many fish have u seen die from swallowing a hook. I rest my case. That's like comparing a gunshot wound to cancer... You don't see the fish that die from slime removal because they succumb days after release to opportunistic pathogens. Obviously a gut or gill hooking is going to be more lethal but it doesn't mean you should disregard other forms of fish care.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/05/12 09:42 PM
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Jersey Dan
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Ask the Lake Fork guide who refused to net my friends fish of a lifetime because it was not over 8 pounds and did not want to destroy the ecosystem.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: Jersey Dan]
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06/05/12 09:45 PM
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westtexgolfer
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Ask the Lake Fork guide who refused to net my friends fish of a lifetime because it was not over 8 pounds and did not want to destroy the ecosystem. LOL!!!
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: Rube G.]
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06/05/12 10:23 PM
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OzzieFish
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Mods, Please start a thread on Fish care & leave it at the top. Especially going into the summer. Too many of the guys just getting started in Bass fishing watch the pro's flip fish in the boat, flopping all over the carpet. The new guys think it's ok because SOME OF the pro's do it. In the hot summer months when a fish hits the dry hot carpet there is a chance its going to die later...I really try not to do that but sometimes it happens...We've all landed fish with patches of red or jelly looking stuff on its sides well that the carpet rash you're seens from another catch...Happens at Fork all the time...
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: flippindropshots]
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06/05/12 10:26 PM
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OzzieFish
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set the hook, kick open the livewell, and swing em in the treated water! I always try to out do FZ1! I use barbless hooks, also. One shake of the head in the livewell, and the hook is out! Awesome...Great Idea...I can hear me telling my partner "open the live well I'm swinging big'en"... LOL
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/06/12 01:27 AM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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Idk? But it harms my wallet if it gets away in a tournament cause i didn't use one
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/06/12 04:21 AM
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Jobie99
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I would say that elite series harm more fish in a tournament than you will in a lifetime with a net. Watch the way they pull fish over the side of the boat and let them slam into the bottom of the boat.... Makes me sick to my stomach, there's zero conservation in the way they treat fish.
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Re: Does net harm fish?
[Re: krazydaddy2]
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06/06/12 04:26 AM
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Fish Killer
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Guys I am all for taking care of the fish but it's the nature of the beast we call fishing. All we can do is try to do our best to take care of them, but as with anything there is a risk
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