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Circlehook · 04-08-2009, 09:36 PM

Anyone use these from the surf? I have been thinking of grabbing one, 1) to weigh a fish quickly for a fast release 2) to save my hands when I can't see hooks (had a bluefish attached to my leg last summer on a double treble hook plug) 3) especially in the canal, I think I can do less damage to the fish with a quick clamp on the lip. I dropped a few fish that twisted and shook out of my grip and took unneccesary knocks in the rocks.

It would be more for the second 2 than the first. Wouldn't neccesarily need to have a scale.

04-08-2009, 09:36 PM	#1
Circlehook $$ iTrader: (1) Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Taunton Posts: 658	Boga's and other lip grippers Anyone use these from the surf? I have been thinking of grabbing one, 1) to weigh a fish quickly for a fast release 2) to save my hands when I can't see hooks (had a bluefish attached to my leg last summer on a double treble hook plug) 3) especially in the canal, I think I can do less damage to the fish with a quick clamp on the lip. I dropped a few fish that twisted and shook out of my grip and took unneccesary knocks in the rocks. It would be more for the second 2 than the first. Wouldn't neccesarily need to have a scale.
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