Rubber landing nets
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 29 Jan 2026 at 3:19pm
Topic: Rubber landing nets
Posted By: cirrus
Subject: Rubber landing nets
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 4:23pm
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Anyone use these. Pros and cons,how long do they last. |
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Posted By: smilesnz
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 4:24pm
| I do. Find it fine. Easy on the hands and on the fish too and hooks don't get snagged. |
Posted By: brmbrm
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 4:54pm
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I do. Fine as ell. Easy on the fish. Has a few holes in it though. (Actually, what I mean is that a few of the rubber bits have broken over the past 5 years, but still going very strong)
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Posted By: CoastalStan
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 6:26pm
| New ones coming out now are actually Braid that's been coated in rubber. Rustler do it as an option. |
Posted By: muchalls
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 6:49pm
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My entry into fishing was a $150 Shimano sofbaut set and a rubber net some years ago. A couple of the loops around the frame busted but redone with cord, it's the only bit of my original kit I have. Much kinder to fish scales. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 9:14pm
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I've lost **** of how many landing nets I've had over the years. All nets appear to suffer from corrosion issues eventually, snapping where the handle meets the net. To be fair to ]nets I cant ever remember washing a net down after use.. The rubber 'no snag' type are the best but they are heavier to move through the water. The rubber coated braid I've yet to try but I'm guessing it will be my next net purchase ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 9:45pm
| Thought you would need a flying gaff for all those monster Gurnard Smudgy. |
Posted By: kitno
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 9:54pm
He needs a net for plucking his hat out of the drink. |
Tagit wrote:Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 10:41pm
THOSE are the truest words ever spoken on these forums  . It's pretty rare for me not to lose a hat------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 10:43pm
I should add that I'm pretty good at finding them again too  ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: kitno
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2017 at 11:57pm
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Glue a strip of Velcro to your noggin
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Posted By: Cigar
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2017 at 7:21pm
| The rubber nets are brilliant, it is freaky how snapper just lie still when in a rubber net, it has amazed several people I have shown the first time |
Posted By: cirrus
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2017 at 4:56pm
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THanks everyone for the positive info,which indicates rubber is the way to go. Now to sort out the many types. Some fold up,others telescope ,others on a pole. Also huge variation in price. Checking all that out now. |
Posted By: bazza
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2017 at 5:21pm
Or a smear of araldite spread around the hat band solves the problem even if it presents another, when it comes to taking it off. ------------- When you cry, feel pain or sadness, no one notices your sorrow .... BUT fart just ONE time !!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: cirrus
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2017 at 6:02pm
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Stop picking on Smudge. The H.A.T. is smudges top secret fishing weapon. Goes like this. Hat blows off (as intended) . H.A.T means --Hot Anchovy Treat. Next thing a 2 meter Gurnard arrives to check it out. With landing net at the ready-swish --a 2 meter Gurnard and hat landed. And all without bait.Its easy when ya try. Some would call it a Hat-Trick Cant actually say this is true --so--Believe it or not.! Now back to finding out which net to buy. |
Posted By: MacSkipper
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2017 at 7:19pm
Cheers ------------- Good fishing trip nothing breaks, great trip catch fish. |
Posted By: Bounty Hunter
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2017 at 8:42pm
mcleans? ------------- No disintegrations! |
Posted By: MacSkipper
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2017 at 10:38am
------------- Good fishing trip nothing breaks, great trip catch fish. |
Posted By: Bounty Hunter
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2017 at 12:49pm
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i was looking at them also - sounds like the way to go ------------- No disintegrations! |
Posted By: OuttaHere
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2017 at 4:36pm
| I have a McLeans net that I've had for maybe 15 years and the metal parts are still in great condition. I left it in the garage with a bit of bait in it and a rat ate part of the net, tied it up with braid and carried on. When the net finally gets cruddy I'll probably replace it with a rubber one, the only downside I have found is they can be very unwieldy once in the water; scooping up a kahawai that's going a bit nuts boatside can be tricky. |
Posted By: Sufishent
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2017 at 4:54pm
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Got one of these - http://www.fullonfishing.co.nz/contents/en-uk/p2817_Berkley_Large_Snapper_Net.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.fullonfishing.co.nz/contents/en-uk/p2817_Berkley_Large_Snapper_Net.html - about 3 years ago. The net size is great but found the handle a bit too long to stow comfortably on the boat (15' tinny) so cut handle shorter. I will never go back to a string net. ------------- You can never have enough fishing tackle |