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Another one of Rob's all time recommendations. The Promar is the NET for trophy fishing. For tournament fishing, maybe not so much. The Promar is great to land big fish at the boat on the bigbaits. The net is definitely sticky and going to hang your hooks up. But, ideally the fish has your bigbait inhaled, so shouldn't be an issue!

If you're fishing a tournament with 2 guys in the boat, the Promar could be a bit much to manage. Its a big net and long handle (collapse-able though). If I'm fishing for keeper 2 pounders and such, I'd have a smaller rubber net for the tournament thing. But honestly, who doesn't throw swimbaits in the tournaments these days? So, you've got to get one and figure out "net management" in your boat with this thing. I've put that "grip tape" on the handle, that rod wrap stuff to give me added handling of the net. I fish alone and that net matches up nicely with 8 foot rods and big fishes, hooked on big baits.

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