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best type of dip net poles


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Posted 09 October 2006 - 03:32 PM

I bought a dip net from jonah's, and I was planning on using a painters extendible pole with it.

After using it (lightly) on Sunday, the pole is now frozen up with sand and grit.

what do you all use?

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Posted 09 October 2006 - 03:34 PM

I put 11/4" wooden dowels on my 10x4 seine. It is pretty sturdy and doesn't weigh too much imo.

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Posted 09 October 2006 - 03:42 PM

I was kinda thinking that, it would be nice to have a super light wieght that you could retract and extend at will.

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Posted 09 October 2006 - 03:49 PM

I don't think the painters pole will give you enough "backbone" in weedy locations. I also use wood handles. The one dipnet I have that extends is made of steel (I think it's steel).

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Posted 09 October 2006 - 10:37 PM

Update on painter's poles...

The ones I use come from Home Depot; they extend from 6 to 12 feet. They are aluminum on the inside and fiberglass on the outside. I have never, ever broken one, except I rolled over the end of one handle with my truck - that pole is now a 4-8' extendable pole, thanks to my hacksaw.

The trick, I have found with my newer pole, is to take the pressure collar off and whack the front end of the inner aluminum piece with a 2x4 or something, so you force it out the back end. Then I take a 12-gauge shotgun cleaning swab and clean all the grit out from the inside of the fiberglass pole, and wipe off the outside of the inner aluminum pole with a rag or something. Do this after every trip! Otherwise the two will be locked together for eternity.

These are not flimsy, lightweight poles - they cost about $30 each.

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Posted 10 October 2006 - 08:02 AM

Update on painter's poles...

The ones I use come from Home Depot; they extend from 6 to 12 feet.  They are aluminum on the inside and fiberglass on the outside.  I have never, ever broken one, except I rolled over the end of one handle with my truck - that pole is now a 4-8' extendable pole, thanks to my hacksaw.

The trick, I have found with my newer pole, is to take the pressure collar off and whack the front end of the inner aluminum piece with a 2x4 or something, so you force it out the back end.  Then I take a 12-gauge shotgun cleaning swab and clean all the grit out from the inside of the fiberglass pole, and wipe off the outside of the inner aluminum pole with a rag or something.  Do this after every trip!  Otherwise the two will be locked together for eternity.

These are not flimsy, lightweight poles - they cost about $30 each.


I stand corrected. I've been working with the very pole you speak of Irate (for painting a 16' warehouse ceiling). I thought for sure the flex in the pole would give with use in weed cover. It's good to know they can stand up to collecting use.

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Posted 10 October 2006 - 08:53 AM

While metal can be lighter, wood is a lot more comfortable in the cold!!!

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Posted 10 October 2006 - 10:55 PM

The exterior fiberglass does not get as cold as metal. But these poles are not what I would call lightweight.



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