Fish gripper

[bassboogieman]

I have a pair that resemble vise grip pliers. They work ok, I use them if I have a fish on with treble hooks, I do not want to bare hand and get stuck - seen that a couple times and it isn't funny. I've landed snakehead using them, haven't had an opportunity to try them on Muskie or pike yet, but think they would be ok with the possible exception of very large (long) fish that may put a lot of leverage on them.

[keithdog]

Originally Posted by bassboogieman

I have a pair that resemble vise grip pliers. They work ok, I use them if I have a fish on with treble hooks, I do not want to bare hand and get stuck - seen that a couple times and it isn't funny. I've landed snakehead using them, haven't had an opportunity to try them on Muskie or pike yet, but think they would be ok with the possible exception of very large (long) fish that may put a lot of leverage on them.

FYI...I had a Berkley scale with a fish grip built in. Worked very good until I caught a 20# plus pike. I was pulling in the pike over the side of the boat with the fish grippers, when all of a sudden, it flipped and lunged successfully back into the water. And at the same time, threw my fish gripper scale out of my hands into the deep. Here is the bad boy that did it. Obviously, I am guessing at the 20# plus.