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OOPS! Forgot one very important thing. I usually tag any decent size, healthy striped bass and blues I catch. Tagging in the surf requires TWO HANDS. When I land a fish on the beach I need to immediately put my rod in a sand spike.
To accomplish that I carry a sand spike on my wader belt like a sword. (Drill hole through three dollar plastic sand spike an inch below the fluted lip, attach very large ss split ring (really a key ring), and clip sand spike to wader belt (or "D" ring on bottom of tackle bag) using a one-handed release spring loaded snap.)
This allows one-handed release of sand spike, after which I insert sand spike into the soft sand, drop in my rod and reel, and then have two hands available to unhook and tag fish.
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