Need a Dropnet?

[Hat80]

For those of you looking for a new dropnet. I just ordered a new 40" PopNet with 50' of line rated to 80lbs. They are on sale online, click below link....Tightlines

PopNet (http://www.popnetnets.com/pages/5/index.htm)

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[bassn]

Hey hat,

How much is it? Will it hold up as well as the non-collapsable models?

todd

[Duke of Fluke]

I have one of those too. the portability is nice, but a metal ring model is easer to get under a fish in a ripping current. I question the 80 pound rating, but never had any problem lifting med size trout from the cape henlopen pier.

[Hat80]

but for $38.94 and that includes shipping it's worth a try to me. It's a real pain hauling a big metal ring net around but they do work well. I'm sure theres a way to weight the thing to make it perform better and I like the fact it will fit in a 5gal bucket. Most of the time when I go out on a pier it's for a day or two at a time thuss I'm hauling alot of gear, food ect. It's a matter of portability to me. I will tell you if it dosn't work well, it will make one he!! of a banana hammock. LOL....:eek:

[bluerunner]

sand flea did a revies of the pop net, Pop net review (http://www.pierandsurf.com/onthewater/howto/popnet.shtml) , he seemed to think the rating would work, and it is designed to collapse when lifting big fish, so they have a hard time escaping. dd got one for angler of the year, so when he gets a big red one, he can tell us how it worked;)

i looked at one and held it at the greensboro fishing exp and boat show, it seemed sturdy enough to me

[catman]

I think I'll save the $39.00 and just fish next to my good buddy Hat.:D

Catman.;)

[Hat80]

your always welcome! :).....Tightlines

[Anthony]

When I was at Narrows with SF, he showed me his pop net and I was impressed with it. We did talk about the weight thing and he had a 2 lb weight that he put at the bottom of it that would have been heavier than most metal ring drop nets that I've seen. When it's really windy, you have to add weight to the metal ring drop nets just to make it manuverable. I may have to get one of those bad boys for myself. I saw that they had some of the small ones at the Pasadena flea market for 20 bucks, I almost bought one.

[Drumdum]

Originally posted by bluerunner
sand flea did a revies of the pop net, Pop net review (http://www.pierandsurf.com/onthewater/howto/popnet.shtml) , he seemed to think the rating would work, and it is designed to collapse when lifting big fish, so they have a hard time escaping. dd got one for angler of the year, so when he gets a big red one, he can tell us how it worked;)



I am going to give it a try IF I get a chance on a biggun this yr. Not sure if it will collapse from having two lbs of lead in the bottom of it though.. Gonna have to give her a practice run off the deck of my house for I try her on a biggun though.......Maybe pull the cat up with it or something.. ;) :D:p

[Hat80]

Here Kitty, Kitty....:eek: :D....LOL

[BigJeff823]

Its a good net;It can hold big fish and it fits in a 5 gallon bucket.Too bad I left mine at the Choptank but atleast someone got a free net.:cool:

[fish4kings104]

i have 1 that i got from the greensboro exxpo last year. At first i didnt like but the this year when i went he gave me a weight to put in the bottom and it gives you alot more controll

[sand flea]

I tested the small one with 40 pounds of weight. It held up great. The big one is rated for even more and should hold pretty much anything we pull up from the briny deep (with the exception of huge sharks).

You do need some kind of weight attached to or laying in the bottom though. I tested it in windy conditions and it manuevered just as well as a metal ring net, but I'd never do it without some weights.

[fisherman8876]

i bought one at a tackle store for $20. looks just like the one in the pic

[Sandcrab]

Originally posted by sand flea
...You do need some kind of weight attached to or laying in the bottom though. I tested it in windy conditions and it manuevered just as well as a metal ring net, but I'd never do it without some weights.

I use an 8 oz pyramid attached to a trotline snap on mine..

[cocoflea]

I hope to pick one up at the rockland county fishing show and hopfully will get a lot of use pulling in Stripers and blues this year.

[Hat80]

I have but one thing to say about it, Outstanding! The net itself is huge, made from heavy netting and very deep. It all folds up to fit in a 5gl bucket with no problem. The 40" Pro is built so well that I wouldn't think twice about liftting a 80lb or more fish.

It's built in such a way that if the ring were to snap for what ever reason, the net would close up on itself and trap your fish inside. Bottom line is, I'm very pleased with this product! :D....Tightlines

[TRIGGERFISH]

Now if you can "ONLY" catch something this year to net.lol friend

[Wrong Way]

I had a question, is the net designed to close once you start lifting a heavy fish out of the water? Since the rig is not made of metal, it will collapse when pulling the fish up the pier right? What happens if there's really windy and choppy water conditions and you need to add weight to the net, how much weight before it collapses on itself?

[Hat80]

the net is designed to close at three points. It's so deep a big fish would have a real hard time getting out before the lift. Everyone I've talked to said to add 2lbs of weight to the bottom of the net to make it handle well. I would think this 40" net would take 10lbs to make it start to collapse....Tightlines

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