I whiffed on which fish gripper I used and threw away.  I had looked at 2 of them, and remembered the wrong one.   :-[  Might have been easier to remember what I used if I hadn't thrown it out as fast as I possibly could.

So, my apologies to the fine folks at Rapala, I have no idea whether their product is any good or not, but it sounds as if others have had good results with it.

Berkley should have been the object of my displeasure with this waste of raw materials (Pocket Lip Grip):

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My reasoning behind the purchase was that if a $9.99 plastic gripper could handle some nice fish, this one should do at least as well.

Nice theory, but it didn't hold up (literally).

Sorry for any confusion.   :-[ :-[