That is what I was referring to in my earlier post for the smaller hooks. It works great! You just have to slide it all the way down over the hook and then while holding the line close to the water lift up and twist on the tool. Fish will usually come right off. Especially if it is barbless. Unfortunately I've never seen one large enough for Salmon/Steelhead hooks.
Gary -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Uncle Brad and Elly Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Boga thingy? I've had problems with the "Ketchum Release "tool. It always seemed to me that to make it work correctly you had to have one hand holding the fish cause it's trying to squirm out of your grip. the other hand putting a slight tension on the hook/line and another hand to attach and slide the gizmo down the line to the hook to push it out of position. Maybe I was doing it wrong ,I don't know but everytime I used it it seemed like it was necessary to have somebody else helping. I saw a video on how to use it but the conditions in the film did not match any of the conditions I was in when I was using it BjR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 8:36 AM Subject: Re: Boga thingy? > In your message you indicated you found this website with some tools for > dehooking fish. Can you give us the website address? I have one I use all > the time which is called Ketchum Release, but I only have one size of it. > I think there are three different sizes available if I am not mistaken. It > works pretty well. > > Thanks, > > Roger > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:00 PM > Subject: RE: Boga thingy? > > >>I think the best way to release fish is with the device recommended by the >> WDFW for salt water. I don't know where you would put it on a vest but if >> you made it short enough it should be pretty easy. Simply take a section >> of >> dowel and put a brass cupholder hook screwed into the end. Look at page >> 14 >> of the 2004 regs. I have a nice tool for smaller flys that I use for >> trout >> but it is too small for large hooks and I can't remember the name of it. >> I >> just found this website with some tools for dehooking fish that look >> pretty >> nice. I might have to make one of these myself! The ones with the ful >> circle >> look really nice. At least they wouldn't come off the line when a fish >> thrashes around like the J Hook ones do. Now if I could just figure out a >> better way to unhook something that has been hooked with a trailing >> hook... >> Hmmm... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Steudel >> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:10 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Boga thingy? >> >> Hey so as I've started catching larger fish, I've found that their teeth >> are >> kinda nasty and can quickly cut your fingers up when you are removing >> hooks. >> I saw some post a while back on a thing called a boga, that grabs their >> lips, anyone use one? Are they really ok for big fish? Seems like if it >> was >> humane/safe enough for a fish, it actually might speed up the amount of >> time >> you spend fussing with the fish. Plus it looks pretty small and you could >> easily attach it to the back of your vest. Instead of carrying a net that >> was big enough to hold a salmon. >> >> I saw some fishermen this weekend that instead of grabbing the fish, they >> just tried to step on it to hold it down... seems wrong to me ... I >> suppose >> if it's some deteriated fungus laden fish and you didn't want to touch >> it.... seems like a boga would help out here too. >> >> MS >> > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.782 / Virus Database: 528 - Release Date: 10/22/2004
