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butthead Inukshuk Offline Posts: 190 Location: SE Wisconsin Joined: Apr 2^nd, 2005	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #40 - Jan 23^rd, 2007 at 3:39am	Quote Print Post
	The Rapala fish gripper worked for me! Pike on Adams last Sept. butthead


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8107 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #41 - Jan 23^rd, 2007 at 11:34pm	Quote Print Post
	SD, before you spend the BIG $$$ on the BOGA(nothing against it), try the fish gripper from Cabelas!! I think you would be pleasantly surprised?? its all high strength plastic, except for stainless hinge pins. it floats and is a bright neon orange, so you won't leave it anywhere. the best thing is its only 9.99!!! It doesn't have a scale and might not hold a huge fish(i think it would)but for the money, its pretty hard to beat?? it also has a wrist lanyard on it. For the money, I don't see how you can go wrong???


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asmjock Inukshuk Offline Posts: 641 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Joined: Jan 4^th, 2004	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #42 - Jan 24^th, 2007 at 3:02am	Quote Print Post
	solotripper wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2007 at 11:34pm: ...might not hold a huge fish(i think it would)... Ditto. I think it would, too. -ajaj


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Kingfisher Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1814 Joined: Mar 8^th, 2004	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #43 - Jan 24^th, 2007 at 5:32am	Quote Print Post
	Here is the Cabela's fish gripper in action: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8107 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #44 - Jan 24^th, 2007 at 10:19pm	Quote Print Post
	Kingfisher, you should send that pic to Cabelas?? Doesn't get much better than that!!! I'm glad others think its a good value. I'm thinking any toothy critter that it couldn't handle, I don't want in the canoe anyway


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Kingfisher Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1814 Joined: Mar 8^th, 2004	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #45 - Jan 25^th, 2007 at 5:39am	Quote Print Post
	solotripper wrote on Jan 24^th, 2007 at 10:19pm: Kingfisher, you should send that pic to Cabelas?? The real credit goes to Yellowbird who did a great job with the camera during our trip last summer.


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The_Beaver Moderator Offline Posts: 1131 Location: Middleton, WI Joined: Jan 10^th, 2005	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #46 - Jan 25^th, 2007 at 8:34pm	Quote Print Post
	I'm a Boga fan. Originally used it for river Steelhead fishing here in Wisconsin. The holding power has never let me down. I keep it on a long lanyard around my neck and the fish stays in the water. Built in scale is accurate, too. Very durable and well-made. My Boga goes with me to the Q, now. Never used the Cabela's grip but sounds like others like it fine. Whatever works for you, as they say. The Beaver
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Mister_Bubble Inukshuk Offline Posts: 116 Location: Rochester, MN Joined: Feb 13^th, 2006	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #47 - Jan 25^th, 2007 at 9:35pm	Quote Print Post
	I looked at the cabela's floating gripper thing at cabela's last year - they seemed kinda flimsy - thin shelled hollow plastic, pretty flexible in the handle. How do they hold up? l


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Kingfisher Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1814 Joined: Mar 8^th, 2004	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #48 - Jan 25^th, 2007 at 10:37pm	Quote Print Post
	Mister_Bubble wrote on Jan 25^th, 2007 at 9:35pm: How do they hold up? l What attracted me to this gripper was the ultralight weight and the fact that it floats. The price is a bonus. As far as durability; I've only used it for 2-10 day trips and landed maybe 25 fish with it. I use it only for the larger fish that I intend to photograph or fish that I have trouble unhooking at the side of the canoe that I want to release. I use it on a 10' leash tied to the center thwart so it can be used in the stern as well as the bow. So far it has alot of teeth marks but does not seem anywhere near the end of its life. The biggest fish I've landed with it is a 15lb lake trout. It will be going with me on trips in the future.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8107 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Landing nets vs fish grippers Reply #49 - Jan 26^th, 2007 at 4:37pm	Quote Print Post
	At $10 a pop, even if it lasted 1 or 2 trips, you could still buy a dozen for the price of a Boga Grip! There's no comparing the quality, one's a Mercedes and one's a Cavalier, but if your just trying to get a occasional large or toothy critter under control, I think it will last quite awhile? If I was fishing for Steelhead, especially in moving water then it wouldn't be a contest, I'd want the Mercedes


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