To prevent that from happening to your net, remove one of the end caps on either end of the handle and measure the I.D. (inside diameter). Go to your local Menards, Lowes, Home Depot etc. and purchase a wood dowel the proper diameter for your particular net. Cut to length of handle and insert, drill any appropriate holes as needed for slide mechanism. Replace end cap. You have now increased the strength of the net without sacrificing floatation.
As expert a fisherman as you are... and you are.... that net bent on side of boat cause of downward pressure towards bottom of boat. Operator error. Love your vids CD!
Bent my net handle a few months ago, replaced it with thick wall 1.5" EMT conduit, comes 10 feet long you can cut to whatever length you want. Worked perfect, even the plastic handle off the old net shaft fit it perfectly. Much stronger than the thin aluminum net handle ever was.
All the years I’ve been fishing that net problem never came up. But that was probably because I was using a tow truck to pick up bicycles.🤪😂👍🏼You’re the man Dave!
Nice Fish Dave! I came for the Fishin, But stayed for the UFO.... After doin some reading up, Turns out 4 out of 5 aliens prefer Dave's fishing Video's compared to a Saturday Night cow Mutilation.......
You know how you keep your net from folded and half. When you buy it, Brad knew you take a heat gun. Heat up the rubber handle, find a wooden dial the length of the handle. That's a little smaller slight it down the handle. You're won't kick no more if it does king, it'll keep the net instead of the handle.
What they made fog horns for. Maybe Dave should consider taking the Coast Guard Boating Class. It covers fog/weather conditions and safety while on the water. Cheers
Dave laugh out loud just a note, I got so sick of people encroaching on my fishing , I got on Ebay and found some people selling patches for shirts and bought some game and parks patches for the state I'm In. I sewed them on my shirt and jacket. Low and behold the fishermen see me and take off, its hilarious, if i go camping with my fifth wheel people will be gone next morning around me. It's great. I wonder what their doing that their afraid of game and parks people.
I wouldn't advertise on the internet that you are illegally impersonating an officer, you can be charged with a misdemeanor or even a felony for posing as such. Just a friendly suggestion
@@ReubenOaks84 Reuben it's just a legally purchased patch sewn on a shirt, I dont tell anyone to do anything. Sometimes when its hot I throw the shirt with patch over the windshield all they have to see is the patch. I also have multiple insignias on my Bassboat, see people with NRA stickers in the windows of their pickups,. I have never been asked by game and parks why I have patches on a shirt. Tell ya what go on Ebay I will bet you can get patches to your local game and parks, are you saying u can buy them but cant display them ? You wont see me with lights on my truck chasing people around. Your right that would be dumb. But isn't it interesting, you display a shoulder patch and the guys willing to crowd your fishing spot disapear. Question is there an unwritten law as to boating harrassment? Or fishing etiquette? Or is it common sense? You shouldn't have to worry when you hook up that you have boats zoom in on you to flag out your hole.
@@IEchuckie wow all the illegal crap done, and sold, and used, ever drive down any hyway USA EChucie ? If the speeds 70 and you do that, every teen age 16 year old girl passes you doing 90, it's crazy where I live they bust people for DUI 's meth, pot, you name it and your the second guy worried about a guy buying an Ebay patch. What did I piss people off ? Do you guys encroach other fishermen .speed past their boats and wave wash them ? Encroach upon their fishing spot? Do you run from a game and larks guy while fishing !! ? ( OH BOB A GAME WARDEN LETS GET OUTTA HERE ! ) what the hell are you doing ? Illegal baits? To many poles ? Wrong hooks ? Over limit ? No frigging licences? What ? Oh let's hammer the guy that bought the patch. Tell ya what, next guy you see with a game and parks patch on his shirt go up to him and RIP that shit off from him. Then let us know how you have straightened us all out. In the mean time I do what I do and I'm left alone people act very nice around me on the lake. 🙂
@IEchuckie This was so much fun. Probably 50 years ago, I used to fish at the mouth of the Rio Grande River. I had a cap with the emblem of the U. S. Border Patrol in the front. I used to like to talk to the people crossing the river. I would point at the emblem and then I tell them, la migra esta en la Playa. The immigration authorities are on the beach! Usually they would would turn back to try on a better day.
The Legend catfish Dave nice big Blue wat to go man!! Be safe brother. You need to wear your life Vest Dave when running big motor. Foggy out also! Stay warm
I am a cheap son of a gun, I would open the broken handle ends and insert a single heavier pipe inside the ends and duck tape it back together. I am sure you thought of that already.
WOW... You have to love what you do. That looks like being on Lake Marion, or probably most any lake in deep fog. When I was a kid, fishing with my Dad, in the fog and Mr. Davis the man that owned Goat Island resort, way back then, would stand on the dock blasting a fog horn, so we could find our way back in. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences with those of us who sit comfortably in our recliners, watching.
You need to get Steve Douglas to hook you up with a Monster Rod Holder net. With all your subs seeing you boat those big fish in a Monster net it would be great advertising for them. And they are great nets.
👍👍👍👍👍 great 🎣video some people said on other fishing videos that they took the grip off the handle and put a wooden dowel or part of a cheap mop or broom handle inside the hollow handle to stiffen it. But you may already know this Dave be waiting for your next video.
In my entire life of catfish and I've never caught one that big to me. That's to you, it's just decent fish in Montana where I live. We don't have big fish like that. As far as I know in the milk river. I don't know about for pack Lake. I know that there's some big ones in the Missouri river that flows through our state. Good job
This is the second net I've seen Dave break. He's been told about using the side of the boat as a pivot point and multiple of things to put in the handle.
Hey man. Just wanted to say thanks for making great fishing videos!! My 3 year old grandson is all about fishing and we watch your videos together all the time. Also, thanks so much for keeping the language clean so he can watch too!!
l’ve been a catfish fisherman since l was a kid, and rule of thumb is, never go bye your self, take backup with you, especially if you go after 50 plus pounders, you’ll need help
Dave I've never fished it but up in lake OAHE in South Dakota depths out in the channel on this stretch of the Missouri River go down over 200 feet I seen some water around 230 ft deep would cats hide down there ? What's your take. I have never been a fishing guru of deep water, but I notice you saying I'm out in the channel trying to find deep water alot. Show.
I could have sworn I heard the Benny Hill theme playing in the background , Well now you have an attitude adjuster handle, But you do need a bigger net, Your going to catch some huge ones this year
On your next net take the plastic grip off and insert a wooden broom handle in it and cut it to length then replace the grip. If broom handle don't fit tight the get a larger wood rod. Never break a handle again
Hey Dave. Do flatheads go dormant there like they do up north? In northern Illinois we only got about 6 months to fish for them. Well really 4 months bc the bite is so slow spring and fall.
29° ¿ Doesn't sound like anything is very hot. That first one was a long time coming, but a great skunk buster. Second one was really nice. Sorry it cost you a net.
I enjoy watching you catch fish but you don't need to be out on the water under those conditions just to keep me entertained. Do a show from the kitchin table, drinking coffee, and tell us some good stories. Be safe.
im sorry to say but with net was all you.....but an easy fix though just make a wood handle on the end of it be alot stromger also.......been thr done tht before
Flat heads have summer hole and winter hole. Winter hole is deepest. Range about half mile from the hole they are in. A university crew put radio on them and watched them move around.wish. i had some flathead in the freezer. Best eating of all of them.2 of us wrestled an 84 pound flathead up the bank. Mud and blood.. hehe.
