unhooking deep hooked flatfish

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unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby stevecrow74 » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:46 am

there have been a few questions about hooks and what to use when targeting flatfish and how to remove a hook that has been swallowed by a flatfish...

well look no further..


http://youtube.com/watch?v=8b3Z0P9uOs4


[edit: update]9-7-10

i'll include a pic of what i use with dimensions
this was made with a grip lead wire, when straightened its about 8" long

sorry for pic quality, but you get the general idea
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Postby mga » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:40 am

When you gonna make me one of those hooky-things??? :lol:
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Postby mann » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:51 am

That there is a real life saver,

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Postby MC » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:58 pm

nice video steve, any chance of one of those tools mate
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Postby stevecrow74 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:47 am

MC wrote:nice video steve, any chance of one of those tools mate

i'll have to make a vid to show ye all how to make one :roll:

i'll get a photo of it sometime... you'll see what i did :wink:
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Postby immunecfg » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:54 am

really good there can be a nightmare getting them hooks out that will save alot of time !!!!
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Postby Liamo » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:26 am

that's class, a really great video to have - thanks steve

what about putting that video up as a 'sticky' lads?
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby samo » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:26 pm

THATS deadly must get one off those hook disloders
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby corbyeire » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:42 pm

get a clothes hanger

cut out your desired length with a pliers - about 20cm

twist the top end over about a cm with the pliers - for your hook part

then use electrical tape to wrap numerous times onto a piece of wood or the like for a handle - hey presto youve an unhooky thing

another point i would mention - is that there is great potential on the retrieve of the hook back out through the mouth to hook onto the gills again - particularly if the hook was set between the gills and not between the gills and the gill cover

in this case it could be better to feed the unhooky thing - back through the mouth and place the hook(which remains free the other side of the gill cover) on it and feed it back out through the mouth on the unhooky thing avoiding snagging the gills again

good video to show the marvels of this amazing technology instead of shredding small flats gills and stomachs
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby sharky » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:57 pm

Try and make it from the thinnest wire possible about the sizre of the wire in a grip lead is ideal. You can get a welding wire about that size and it will do the job. I think the coat hanger is a bit too large especially if you are using it on very small flounder, but it is an invaluable tool to have. Make sure you wrap the end with something as I have lost loads of them in the sand.
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby wayne riley » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:23 am

nice 1 steve, great video but weres the sound :?: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby corbyeire » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:16 pm

sharky wrote:Try and make it from the thinnest wire possible about the sizre of the wire in a grip lead is ideal. You can get a welding wire about that size and it will do the job. I think the coat hanger is a bit too large especially if you are using it on very small flounder, but it is an invaluable tool to have.


i have caught a shed load of flounder and the coat hanger has worked fine - its just something handy round the house - by all means get thinner wire if you want

however i use the unhooky thing on dogs and rounds also as a disgorger and youd need the extra strength for that also
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby beachcaster » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:29 am

very informitive video steve ,well done.
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby gd » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:27 am

alot easier and faster to use the end of an artists paint brush of pen or similar object and takes onlya few seconds simply by putting it in the flats mouth grab the snood and twist :roll: :roll:
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby gd » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:30 am

excuse the spelling ha ha :)
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby corbyeire » Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:43 pm

could you elaborate more gd - sounds like your using the brush as a standard disgorger - very hard to use on smaller flats
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby cormology » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:00 pm

I was pegged beside a sound fella in courtown that showed me how to use this method. He use's a chopstick just put it in the mouth of the fish, hold it against the snood line, dont wrap around it. Holding the chop stick and snood line together just twirl the fish gently and it just pops off, worked everytime for me. I used my disgorger in place of the chopstick. Hard to explain really better to see in practice. Hope it helps some bit.
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby petewex » Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:30 am

use that method all the time with flats
in over a year have only seen 1 fish bleed
far cheaper than cutting off hooks all the time
note it has to be the timber chop stick not the plastic one
the hook has to stick in the chop stick to alow the hook to come out of the fish
and not rehook it
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby wayne riley » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:33 am

lads can somebody please do a vid using the chopsticks :?:
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Re: unhooking deep hooked flatfish

Postby petewex » Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:25 pm

i wayne
i can record the chop stick removing the hook from the flounder
but dont know how to put it up here :oops:
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