elnut's advice is right on the money, I should know I am his brother-in-law and I've seen him do it. Getting down in the middle of the boat can gain you a good 3 or more feet of crucial landing length that you are going to need. An extended handle on your net will also help.

Years ago when I was a kid, we had a similiar landing problem on a local pond where we bass fished . We would hook some real lunkers but the bank was so muddy that we couldn't get to them and sucsessfully land them without dragging them up the bank. This is what I did. I bought a cheap aluminum handled dip net at a yard sale a screwed a long painters handle on it. That became my pond net, not good for anything else but it worked. It was light in weight and long enough to snatch them from the water. If you make yourself a net like that then you will be faced with a new problem, how to take a good picture of yourself and your hawg!

p.s. Elnut hasn't figured out how to master that part yet.
He always needs a new challenge.

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