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[TC]

Would anybody be interested in one ???

Bloke I work with has a supplier in the States.
Says he can import them from him and sell them for around £33

Not really got a use for one myself, but at £33 it\'s half the price I\'ve seen them quoted as on here previously.

[Edited on 28/9/2005 by TC]

 

[bribones]

canny price compared to the australian version,cant really see me catching owt big enough to need one lol and ive already bought the drop net

 

[Stores]

Eileen\'s interested in one.............................. reckons one\'s enough

 

[Charlton]

Remember this NO, is it used for hanging side of meat from

 

[willywetegg]

I remember when Gogs posted the same thing Tony, he got a bit of a bashing for it being a bit fierce lol. Personally I think the only draw back would be the weight. A drop net would be much lighter I would have thought . If they are similar I think it would be a better bet for landing a biggy from height.

Jim.

 

[bribones]

the downside with the pier gaff is you slide it down the line over the fishes head give it a yank and 3 spikes impale the fishes head not much use if you want to return the fish

the only downside about the drop nets is they may be a bit difficult to control if therres a bit of a swell on,i solved this by adding a 6oz weight to the bottom,guide the fish in and pull it up alive and well with no headache

 

[macky]

Dont even want to know what that is used for

 

[TC]

OK, OK.....lol.....

As I said, I\'ve got no use for one.......BUT......last time this gaff was mentioned, there was some interest shown in it. The bloke at work can import them from the States a lot cheaper than previously advertised elsewhere on the \'net.
The aim of this thread was to give those who expressed an interest in the pier gaff the opprtunity to get hold of one at a much cheaper price.

I don\'t go along with the idea of using one myself - not really necessary for the occassional Whiting....lol......

 

[Charlton]

to be honest i think it is quite barbaric and has no place in angling, can see ripped open fish falling back into the sea before being landed, get a drop net

 

[sless]

did anyone see the photo in the national papers of a dog with a double hook in its lip
used for catching sharks

someone has been arrested

 

[macky]

here,here charlton

 

[BriH]

The Aussies have been using them for years Alan -and i dont think the word \" barbaric \" has a place in sea fishing , as i have had that word thrown in my face many a time by the anti`s - lifting a good size Codling up a cliff face when it is either lip hooked or gut hooked could be construed as barbaric - and when the fall off and splatter on the rocks below ,i for one feel that little bit sorry for the fish and totally pi**ed off as well - not saying that this grapnel hook type thing would help any but i can`t see it letting go once it had taken hold - only IMHO ,mind you .

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

I saw it Sless ,not right to use a dog ,however I hate cats so.........

 

[Charlton]

BriH no need to give the antis more amunition, thats why i said get a drop net. No fish dropping off and being splattered on the rocks. Lots of things in angling can be construed as barbaric but we are gradually getting our act together, that thing is like going back to the dark ages.

 

[BriH]

Aye maybe your right Al - its still a hard call though - there have been a few times when i have hauled decent sized fish up the cliffs at marsden and souter and it has generated an audience (no pressure at all then LOL ) and the fishes mouth or gut has been damaged on landing , s`pose landing one with the grapnel would have the same affect on \"joe public\" - its the loss of fish that concerns more ,but either a drop net (not that it could be used on the cliff edges ) or the hook thing (at least you stand some chance ,as it is guided down by your main-line) you would need to be lucky to latch onto the fish .

 

[Charlton]

Yes certainly a problem landing fish from heights, piers, straight walls or cliffs no problem, but cliffs with rocky outcrops very hard. Remeber losing a big fish from near the Crag at Collywell couldnt use drop net so lad tried to handball it, nearly cut his hands open then came off. More worried about it being left on the rocks i made a detour down the steps at Hartley and went along the bottom of the cliffs, thankfully no sign of the fish so it must have landed in the water.
The only answer is dont fish Cliffs where you might have problems landing fish. That just takes out some of the best marks along the NE coast.

 

[sless]

bri you dont need a drop net you just need a daft mate who walks right round north row ends and delivers a 9 lb 2 oz cod to your door with the trace intact

 

[Fishery Pokery]

The advantage this gaff has over drop nets is it can land fish on a diagonal line instead of just a vertical one.
This is obviously useful if you fish the cliff marks and your spot isn\'t a sheer drop, but rather steep slope away to the sea. In this case using a drop net wouldn\'t be an option.
As for the device being barbaric, i don\'t think its any worse than a standard gaff that i see getting used all the time in sea angling, or for that matter some other methods used in sea angling such as live baiting, etc., etc.
When i fish cliff marks such as i have described above i use 30-35lb all through. This way fish that are smaller (and therefore not to be kept) can be reeled in and returned, but when you encounter a bigger specimen (I should be so lucky) you can safely land the fish without it falling off (and probaly dying on the cliff or after hitting the waters surface), knock it on the head and take it home for tea.
If it is used in this way, on fish you want to take anyway, and saves lost and possibly wasted fish, then i do not have a problem with the use of a gaff such as this.
Just my honest opinion and i\'m sure many will disagree, but then they don\'t have to use it.

 

[Fishery Pokery]

There have been some posts whilst i was typing my last post so sorry if i have stood on anybodys toes by repeating points already covered.

[Edited on 29/9/2005 by Geoff_Jubb]

 

[MikeR]

Think my first ever post on NESA was pointing out what good ammo one of those things would be to the antis. I can see how useful it could be to rock anglers (Bempton cliffs etc) but I would genuinely fear peoples reactions if I pull that out and used it on a fish - not that I catch fish big enough to use it on!