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scaley&dark
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   Old Thread  #2 20 Jun 2026 at 9.51pm  1  Login    Register
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You will probably get loads of different answers for this !
Think it depends on the individual, life jackets available, and it is easier if someone else is in the boat with you, your own boating/rowing skills and amount of weed ( heavily up to the surface of not ).

If it is possible to do so, take the unhooking mat, or two, after landing the fish, place on mat, and cover with the other mat, leaves both hands free to row back to the swim.

As trying to tow a big fish alongside or behind the boat can be a right pain, especially with weed in the net and a good 20/30lb plus fish, acts like a trout anglers Drogue, slows you down, or sends you if every direction except the way you want.
harveyboy
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   Old Thread  #1 20 Jun 2026 at 7.33pm  0  Login    Register
Hi all, currently fishing a extremely weedy lake where I have full access to a boat to drop hookbaits in clear spots,no chance whatsoever of getting a fish back to the bank.im a bit concerned whether I should fish it at all. Do I take unhooking mat out in the boat if I get a run or is it safe for the fish for me to row slowly with it in the net back to the bank with the extreme weed on top?
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