Last year I fished a lake which had fairly high banks/swims. I'm just wondering if you guys caught a carp or whatever fish and was fishing from a high bank, how would you return the fish safely to the water? Like what I mean is even kneeling down the bank is still too high to stretch and reach the water without dropping the fish in.

In reply to Post #1
I used to use a drop net many years ago.

In reply to Post #1
How did you safely land it?

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My first thought too

Can't for the life of me think of a scenario where you could safely land a fish but not safely return it in the same place

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That crossed my mind as well.
In that situation assuming a vertical bank, I would return a fish in a weigh sling then release one side if you have one that does that.

Underarm.

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Pulling up my landing net...

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How do you make sure you aren't breaking fins etc doing that?

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I thought that's what landing nets were for?

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But you need to check the fins are flat against the body before lifting the fish from the water otherwise they can bent forwards too far and the will break.

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As said, you need to make sure that the fins aren't bent when you lift them or you risk breaking them. They need to lay flat against the body before lifting

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Sea fishing drop net would be your best bet

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Don't fish the high banks
If all the swims are high up then it's unlikely to be a carp fishery if so choose another venue

Hi

I'm pretty sure "high bank" and was a craze "cliff fishing" for any species was put to bed in the late 90's.
Pure common sense should have prevailed

Best

Jon