landing net

a small, bag-shaped net with a handle at the mouth, for scooping a hooked fish out of the water and bringing it to shore or into a boat.

Origin of landing net

First recorded in 1645–55

Once he was so close to the shore that the angler made a thrust at him with the landing-net, and just grazed his side.

Forest Neighbors |William Davenport Hulbert
He bends down, with his knees upon the gunwale, and leans over with the landing-net, in his right hand.

Grim: The Story of a Pike |Svend Fleuron
A silvery-grey, gleaming, glittering object was leaping in the landing-net at the bottom of the boat.

For the Sake of the School |Angela Brazil
Whenever Pete hooked a fish my friend would lay down his pipe and play the fish into the landing-net.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118 |Various

After a very sharp struggle Dick drew the perch within reach of a landing-net, which Frank slipped under it and lifted it out.

The Swan and Her Crew |George Christopher Davies

landing net

angling a loose long-handled net on a triangular frame for lifting hooked fish from the water