I'd recommend spending some $ on a real net - one designed for rough commercial work and will withstand many seasons of use. Duraframe dipnets is where I buy mine - worth every penny for all the Frabils I've gone through. I also recommend at least a 6' handle - all mine are 8' used for collecting shrimp, minnows, YP/SMB/BG fry, etc.

When it comes to nets, I can testify you'll get exactly what you pay for. Lisa at Duraframe in WI is good people - if you call her tell her TJ from Nebraska sent you!

I agree with MSC - round minnow traps work great and are cheap online [$9-$10].

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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