Gaffs

[pmueller]

Originally Posted by Fishin' Blues

I was watching Charlie Moore the other day. He had a gaff and the hook was tied to a hockey stick. I have about a dozen sticks I could turn into a gaff.

Does anyone know how to correctly tie one to a stick like that?

Hope he wasn't using the gaff on the show when he was fishing the Housatonic aired Saturday.

[wassachu]

Gaffs are illegal in some States. I blunted the point on my gaff and put shrink tubing over the blunted point to further protect the fish. Then I carefully raised the fish by the gill. I prefer to use a net though. Is my modified gaff still a gaff and legal. When the fish is too big for my net, I use the modified gaff like with my 5ft 2in Sturgeon caught in San Pablo Bay, California.