Net recommendation?

[Clint]

I am moving from a jon boat where I could reach down and lip a fish to a decked boat where I am going to need a long handled net. I am looking for suggestions. As with all my projects cost is a factor.

[wannabe fisherman]

EGO NETS is all you need

[Cmj]

Depends on which method you will using most of the time. For casting and single-poling, the Ego Reach will be fine. If you will be spiderrigging with 14' or longer poles, go with the Crappiemasters net. That thing will reach out and get em!

[scrat]

Just add on a handle(broom handle,sch.40 PVC pipe,extending painter's roller handle, etc.) to the net you have already.

[Clint]

Depends on which method you will using most of the time. For casting and single-poling, the Ego Reach will be fine. If you will be spiderrigging with 14' or longer poles, go with the Crappiemasters net. That thing will reach out and get em!

I am not really sure if I need the longer net but I am leaning that way. I have googled "crappiemasters net" and only found a seemingly dead website - Mengo Ind - which has no reference to the net. Could you provide a source?

Just add on a handle(broom handle,sch.40 PVC pipe,extending painter's roller handle, etc.) to the net you have already.

That is what I have now. I took a pool cleaning pole and inserted my short handled net in the end. It works well enough but I fear the handle will separate and I will lose the net and a fish. So I would like something a bit more reliable.

I also want a rubber net rather than the nylon string net I am using so as to reduce the time it takes to get a hook out of the netting.

[skinny]

EGO Reach rubber net extends to 8'6"
cost bout $50

[feeshrman]

Ego Rubber

[lowe rider]

EGO Reach rubber net extends to 8'6"
cost bout $50

This is what I use too. I also put a 12" piece of pool noodle on the pole right behind the net. It helps hold the net right at the top of the water.

[Cray]

EGO reach, easy to handle by yourself. Some of those nets takes 2 hands to handle.

[Boatbottom]

x2 on the EGO