Thread: Collapsible pier net???

I have been trying to find a collapsible pier net, something better for travel. The frabill pop net is unavailable everywhere, and the spro freestyle drop net is (so far) only available on european websites. Does anyone know of another collapsible pier net that is available?

Thanks

Did you check the Frabill on Amazon it let me put one in my cart?

It is showing unavailable for the frabill pop net when I look it up.

I thought I saw a couple on Ebay but couldn't find them again.

Not Frabil, but there are several others on Amazon that are collapsible...they don't have the traditional netting material, but instead are more of a fine mesh type

https://www.amazon.com/EASY-BIG-Fold...EZV6B1KWAVVXWQ

https://www.amazon.com/LikeFish-Fold...EZV6B1KWAVVXWQ

Do you know how well they work with hooks and heavy fish? I've thought about them, but always saw them listed as a "crab net".

Originally Posted by hammerhead

Not Frabil, but there are several others on Amazon that are collapsible...they don't have the traditional netting material, but instead are more of a fine mesh type

https://www.amazon.com/EASY-BIG-Fold...EZV6B1KWAVVXWQ

https://www.amazon.com/LikeFish-Fold...EZV6B1KWAVVXWQ

Originally Posted by ShallowWaterAngler

Do you know how well they work with hooks and heavy fish? I've thought about them, but always saw them listed as a "crab net".

I don't know...I just searched for collapsible pier net and that was what came up. I'll be in the market for another pier net whenever the pier opens back up and I can get back to fishing like I used to. Seems mine has grown legs and walked off.

Frabil net has a tiny drawback of not sinking to let fish over edge (frame ring is buoyant). Adding a sinker fixes this. I've also used the flexible steel rings of a fold up sun screen inside plastic tubing to make my own; not worth the trouble when Frabil exists.

I keep one as a back-up in my truck. Added 2-3 lbs. of lead sewn in the bottom. It does fold over a big fish (20+ pounds) when hoisting, but will raise them over the railing.

This one that I got at Academy is really heavy-duty. It's billed as a crab net, but I use it as a pier net. It is made of fairly heavy steel rod hoops. When I bought mine, it was on sale and I think I paid about 8 bucks for it. It was a great deal. https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/h2o...dCatid=3841417