diy fish disgorger

after seeing what damage a ray can do to a finger i decided to make a fish disgorger here is the idea i came up with
I took a wall tie that is used in double block wall

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and spent 5 mins with the hammer and vise and hacksaw and ended up with this

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i have not tried it yet as all the fish i caught after i made it unhooked easy

the wall tie is pretty strong and it is stainless steel as well so it wont rust
has any one else made some thing similar i would love to hear your idea if you have

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gemini have created this so you dont have too brilliant device, very durable and perfect for extracting hooks out of tough skined doggies, rays and huss. apart from this ive seen lads make disgorgers from coat hangers and steel wire. their fine for flats but seem to bend and buckle when faced with the task of heavier fish

The Gemini and a pair of narrow forceps and you'll unhook practically anything..... The wall tie thing will work no doubt and the lads on the west coast are masters at manufacturing the little wire thingummy bob for unhooking flats carefully.

The lads on the west coast are masters at manufacturing the little wire thingummy bob for unhooking flats carefully.

Just trying to preserve our tinker heritage sorr.

Gemini have created this so you dont have to

In these recessionary times, maybe we do. Import substitution - everything helps.....

GF: that was another grand little idea, made a couple myself.

Used my gemini on about 15 dog fish last night, I wouldnt have a patch of skin on hand left if I hadn't it with me.

Very much like the DIY version looks good and its a reccesion buster.

ah sure while we are on the subject....
attached is one i made for unhooking flatties.. and here's a video on how to use it


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

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that one of yours steve for the flatie's is the best i've seen yet, i made one up with a grip wire, and i can unhook them in just a few seconds