Impressed a few onlookers

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[quote LeGrand]I had a fish string (rope) to maybe bring back some fish, but at first it was just the fun to work the fish so close to the Tube and releasing them, then I said to myself, at another time, not today.

What do you use to bring the fish back. does a string in the water with fish being hauled cause that much of a drag, and do they get tangled or brush against your legs? Maybe a small cooler behind the inflatable seat to carry the fish back?[/quote]

[cool][#0000ff]If you look back through some of my fishing report posts you will notice that they almost all include shots of my fish basket with the catch I kept for the day.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]These baskets are the 19" X 30" wire mesh baskets and I add a strip of foam "noodle" around the top. This serves both as floatation and as a bumper to keep the basket from bumping the tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I do not like to use stringers. They allow the fish to tangle legs and/or to put spine holes in flesh, float tubes or waders. The basket pretty much eliminates those problems unless you get careless.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here are a couple of pics.[/#0000ff]

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