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9/6/2010 12:59 PM

budman

Joined: 9/17/2008

Posts: 451

hookectomy (N/A)

testing my homemade hook remover

9/7/2010 8:57 PM

noel

Region: Florida
Joined: 9/11/2008

Posts: 817

Re: hookectomy (N/A)

Bud, Tell us more. Did you make the tool? How did it work?

Even if you don't catch fish you're still at the beach. It's a Win Win!

9/7/2010 9:46 PM

rsallas

Joined: 11/11/2008

Posts: 298

Re: hookectomy (N/A)

looks kind of like a screw eye on the end of a broom stick. simple but effective ...might want a longer pole for them bigger jaws ...

9/8/2010 2:58 AM

Charlie

Joined: 9/13/2008

Posts: 369

Re: hookectomy (N/A)

It is, indeed made from a dowel or broomstick with a wire hook inserted in the end. I use the bails from 5 gallon dry well buckets cut to size. They're plenty sturdy. I do make mine with long handles.

Ask Steve Austin about one. He saw mine in action(on catfish) when he and Lyndon were over here.

Don't make just a hook. Make a 'S' hook in the wire. You can then push or pull as required to unhook the fish. My hands never touch! C2

FOGey- Friend of Gowge "Pass it Forward"-Gowge

9/8/2010 8:15 AM

budman

Joined: 9/17/2008

Posts: 451

Re: hookectomy (N/A)

Thats all it is, an eye screw bent open in a wooden dowel. It works well on large toothy mouths, but the next model will have a longer eye screw to work on smaller critters. Other changes might be a rubber grip and a wrist lanyard. I slide the eye over the hook, pull the leader to the left, pull and twist the hook to the right at the same time. I looked at the price on the large ARC Dehooker and decided to try making my own.

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