The Most Important Piece Of Equipment In Your Bag!

[BigFish]

I have learned over the few years I have been striper fishing, through one experience or another, that the most important piece of equipment you can carry with you when fishing....be it on your boat or in your tackle bag is a first rate, razor sharp pair of cutters capable of cutting fish hooks! I have seen several folks over the past few years get fish hooks embedded deep in their hands or even scalp and when I saw this...thank goodness I had my cutters with me! Your out fishing and you get a hook embedded in your hand.....what are you going to do???? Just a reminder to folks who don't carry them....there may come a day when you or someone you know gets a hook in the hand.....a great pair of cutters are worth their weight in gold!

[lurch]

I agree! I use my old pair of lineman pliers but they are rusty from the salt...any recommendations??

http://www.mytoolstore.com/klein/d213st.html

[afterhours]

oh so true, good thread.

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by lurch

I agree! I use my old pair of lineman pliers but they are rusty from the salt...any recommendations??

http://www.mytoolstore.com/klein/d213st.html

We have been using nickel plated for a while now . Stand up really well to the salt water.

[mrmacey]

BJS

[Bass Babe]

There's also a way to get them out the same way they went in -- I've seen it in action. Pretty impressive. I'd have to say, though, that the most important thing in my bag has got to be either my car keys or some form of tobacco.

[Flaptail]

Long long time ago it would have been my bowl, my bag and my lighter ( ), now it's my line clippers and my file!

[BrianS]

Originally Posted by mrmacey

BJS

fond memories of that night.
hehe

specially at the end of the night when everyone forgot the hook had been in my head 8 hours... the doctors all laughed at me.

been posted before but..