Poles & Nets

I have begun to feel like a fishing trawler with all the crap I take on my yak with me.  Usually I have 3 poles and a big net. 1 for trolling, 1 for spinners, 1 for float/jigging... And the net feels unwieldy. I am wondering... How many poles do you bring and what is the size of the net you use?  I have a smaller net but my PB buddies tell me a smaller net won't work for salmon. 

I usually have at least two poles.  The reason is that my safety flag hangs on one.  When it comes to salmon fishing, I seem to be a one trick pony and usually only troll.  The spare with my flag on it is usually for casting spinners, or in case I have a problem with the primary.  For rockfish, I will also bring two. One is my main jigging rod, the other is usually a little lighter for tossing stuff at fish on the surface or for use as a back-up.   It also has my flag on it.  I usually only carry the net when salmon or steelhead fishing.  I use a lip gripper on the rock fish.  Luckily, I did have my medium size net with during the bass tourney, or I wouldn't have caught the two-fer of bass.  I brought it so I wouldn't lose a big bass or in case I hooked a salmon, which I did, but alas it was a wild coho below the falls.  Ah well, Fred Myer will have the wild ones (whole) on sale for $3.99/ pound tomorrow.

Most of the time it's 3 poles for me. 2 weeks ago I took my smaller net for Coho. I caught 4 jack and it worked out. If I got a large Coho it would have been hard but not impossible to get in the net.

I am told that my setup looks like a research boat.


willbd

I carry 2 beefy rods and one giant net nothing is getting away 

If targeting one species:2 rods one is back up. Targeting multiples it can get hairy depending on how many at once.

I usually have 2-3 poles on-board while I'm fishing.  Generally my main fishing pole and another lighter setup out with a 3rd back-up rod in my rod pod.  I only carry my net when I'm salmon fishing, I would say its a med/lrg net.  Seen lots that are bigger and the same with smaller nets.  I havent had any trouble netting kings and silvers with it so I'm happy!!

I carry 2 beefy rods and one giant net nothing is getting away 

I'm going with Joe's program. He catches A LOT of salmon.