Netting Salmon with Dinghy Attached

[gswearin]

Hi All,
I'm interested to know the best method for netting a salmon with a dinghy on the back (inboard, weaver davits). I've found the swimstep works well if the fish is on the starboard side but trying to net on port I almost tripped getting around the stability pole for the dinghy. Obviously I could take the dinghy off. Do you all net from the cockpit or try to move the fish to starboard or??
Thanks.
Gary

 

[bob daily]

Mr. Gary, The safest place to net a fish is from the cockpit area of your boat! No fish is worth a man overboard drill. You may want to look at a different (longer extended) fishing net if your current one does not easily reach the water from your cockpit area. I will say on my R-21 with only 2 ft of freeboard it's a lot easier but many boats a lot bigger and with higher gunwalls than yous have no problem netting fish safely. I know it's easy to get excited when that big one comes alongside, but if you let the fish tire themselves out it will make netting them easier. I fish solo sometimes and nothing is more challenging than netting that big one by yourself! Good luck and keep catching! Bob

 

[gswearin]

Good point Bob! Thanks.

 

[NorthernFocus]

We tow our dingy on the port hip while fishing. Keeps it out of the way and makes boating fish a lot easier. But we don't use downriggers. If you do troll with downriggers then the best option is to just net them out the side of the cockpit.

 

[Annie Time]

We always turn the boat so we are working the fish off the side of the boat. You could work the fish on one side all the time. It means a little back a forth with steering but with The autopilot and remote it’s a lot easier


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