Netting out monster sized fish ?

[johnptc]

You would NOT use an umbrella net. the umbrella is connected at 4 points with a fairly thin metal wire which may bend under the weight of a large fish. Stretcher type slings are used to move larger fish- similar to the set up public aquaria use to move cetaceans. I believe there are pics here of someone moving a 5 ft arapaima with a sling. The sling was made of a large towel to ensure that spines did not get caught in mesh.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048

 

[Druu]

Yup, that's what I read. Thanks for not being as lazy as I am and finding the post!

 

[fish tamer]

nothin you can do but use ur hands

 

[johnptc]

nothin you can do but use ur hands

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[JEAE21]

an umbrella net will nor break underwater. i mean you can scoop me up with it as long as you're underwater. once it's in the umbrella net, get it to the surface and get a buddy to help you land it, either with a python net or hands.

heck you can probably lift up a fish up to 30lbs using the bassproshops umbrella nets.

wait, i've seen people lift up HUGE salmon from the pier using those crab nets. use those!

 

[Druu]

an umbrella net will nor break underwater. i mean you can scoop me up with it as long as you're underwater. once it's in the umbrella net, get it to the surface and get a buddy to help you land it, either with a python net or hands.

heck you can probably lift up a fish up to 30lbs using the bassproshops umbrella nets.

wait, i've seen people lift up HUGE salmon from the pier using those crab nets. use those!

It's possible to use something like that for smaller fish, but I think the initial poster was talking about real monsters. The previous link is to a thread involving the move of a 5 foot Arapaima gigas. The point is to cause as little harm to the fish as possible, and grabbing any fish by hand will surely cause damage to its slime coat.

 

[johnptc]

It's possible to use something like that for smaller fish, but I think the initial poster was talking about real monsters. The previous link is to a thread involving the move of a 5 foot Arapaima gigas. The point is to cause as little harm to the fish as possible, and grabbing any fish by hand will surely cause damage to its slime coat.

if by hand use a soft wet towel.... covering the eyes helps

 

[Axle]

I had to move a 30" afr lung a 24" tsn and a 24" clk knife from a 150 to a 300 and I used the pillow case method and held them over a 5 gal bucket and it worked out great

 

[johnptc]

I had to move a 30" afr lung a 24" tsn and a 24" clk knife from a 150 to a 300 and I used the pillow case method and held them over a 5 gal bucket and it worked out great

 

[pangasiusfan]

I had to move a 30" afr lung a 24" tsn and a 24" clk knife from a 150 to a 300 and I used the pillow case method and held them over a 5 gal bucket and it worked out great

how do you fit a 30" fish in a 5gallon bucket?
it be long and fat and will easily slip out of the bucket...if it ever fits in it