How To Choose A Landing Net For Saltwater Fishing

Tom Rowland Podcast

Waypoint TV

Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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“What is the best landing net for saltwater fishing?” And “DO I even need a landing net for saltwater fishing?” I got both of these questions recently so I thought I’d dedicate todays episode to giving my 2 cents. Today we start part 1 of a 2 part series on landing nets. First, I am going to go over the attributes of a landing net that are important to me and why those same attributes may be things you want to consider. With this in mind, I describe and even say by name the net I consider to be the perfect landing net for me. Here are some of the things I consider when looking at a net: How big of a net can I fit in my boat? Could I get a bigger net in my boat if it folded? Does the Handle Telescope? What is the net material? Which material is the best on the fish? Is it strong enough to lift the fish I am trying (or hoping) to catch? Is it made for saltwater? With all this in mind, we go down the retail path of a net and I show you exactly which one I prefer and why. A landing net is a tool that I always keep in my boat. It is a great way to get fish in quickly, which in return leads to a better survival rate when we release fish. A landing net is a great way to release fish as well without even taking them out of the water. In this episode, I go over two of my favorite nets, the Frabill Power Stow and the Trophy Haul. We discuss the things that I like about these nets for certain situations and what size and length will work best for you. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to be notified when next week’s episode goes live, where we will be discussing how to use these nets. Next week we will discuss the tips and techniques to use your landing net for the most success with getting your fish in the boat. This episode is brought to you by these great sponsors: Barracuda Tackle - Makers of the best cast nets on the market BarracudaTackle.com Empire Boat Covers - Protect All The Things You Love - empirecovers.com/TRP Boat Hammock Stands - Comfortable Boating Awaits - boathammockstand.com Fishing Points - 30% off A Yearly Subscription - tomrowlandpodcast.com/points This episode has been brought to you by Waypoint TV. Waypoint is the ultimate outdoor network featuring streaming of full-length fishing and hunting television shows, short films and instructional content, a social media network, Podcast Network. Waypoint is available on Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, IoS devices, Android Devices and at www.waypointtv.com all for FREE! Join the Waypoint Army by following them on Instagram at the following accounts @waypointtv @waypointfish @waypointsalt @waypointboating @waypointhunt @waypointoutdoorcollective Find over 150 full episodes of Saltwater Experience on Waypoint You can follow Tom Rowland on Instagram @tom_rowland and find all episodes and show notes at Tomrowlandpodcast.com Learn more about Tom's Television shows by visiting their websites: Saltwater Experience Into the Blue Sweetwater Contact Tom through email: Podcast@saltwaterexperience.com

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1:00.6	audience and I got a good one about how to pick a saltwater landing net and why you would even need one.
1:08.0	So we're going to go over that today and it's going to be a two-part series because we're going to go over this and then we're going to talk about how to use a saltwater landing net, how to properly net a fish.
1:19.0	So let's go into how to pick a net and why you might even use a net.
1:25.5	So the fish that I'm netting on a regular basis
1:28.2	are permit primarily, bonefish, redfish, snook, and cobia offshore.
1:36.0	Kobe are a fish that a net is a very good tool to have, because a lot of the Kobias that you catch are right on the
1:46.2	line and you don't want to gaff them because they might be too short that'd be a bad thing to do. And they are very difficult to lift into the boat.
1:56.0	If they're on the edge, sometimes they break the line, and they can be a violent fish. They get in, they start kicking everybody's butt on the boat. So a landing net, I tried a landing
2:10.0	net a long time ago, and surprisingly for COBIA it worked really well. The fish just
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