getting the fish out of the water

[beachin3]

this morning when fishing on the rocks .i hooked a very large striper. i fought him for a good 15 min when i got him close to where i was fishing .i realized the tide went down a lot and could not reach the fish . all the rocks down below are too slippery to stand on. which i found out this morning the hard way ooch".any way i had his head out of the water before the line snapped this was a once and a season fish .that i lost is there a tool any one sells that will grab a fish by the lip to heave it up . the person at the bait store was explaining something like this but had none in stock any one know what it is called and where i could get one thanks again, Ron s.