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poly
Ausbass Member
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robo
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 10 Jul 2010 : 12:19:14 PM
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heya
i use them and they are great highly reccomend
cheers
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Dishley
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 10 Jul 2010 : 3:03:28 PM
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I bought a pair but will never use them on bass. There's absolutely no need.
My pair have been sitting in my pfd which I wear in the salt and have never been wet but they have completely siezed up and no amount of grease will fix them.
Total waste of money in my opinion. Hands work much better and are much better for the fish. |
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wildcountry
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 10 Jul 2010 : 5:40:58 PM
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Yeah there good, I bought 2 of them. One for the salt and one for fresh, on the fresh water one I have glued a piece of foam from a kids flotation noodle to either side of the steel jaws, one is a little larger than the other. Just means you have to make sure the smaller piece is for the inside of the fishes mouth. I tested it out on a piece of paper of a local phone book, it holds the weight of the book without tearing the paper.
So even though I agree with dishley about thumb gripping, If the need arises it can be used without the possibility of ripping through the mouth of the fish.
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turley
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 15 Jul 2010 : 1:51:18 PM
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One positive aspect of using lip grippers is they can inspire confidence in handling the fish, preventing people from reacting and potentially dropping the fish! I've found lip grips especially valuable when fishing with novice fishermen, who don't have a the confidence when sticking there thumb in a fishes mouth. Just make sure the fish are cradled if they are taken out of the water, not hung from the lip!
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poly
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 15 Jul 2010 : 3:12:36 PM
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Thanks for the shared info guys,the reason for the lip grips is when bank bashing and I want to take a pic instead of holding the bass out of the water while setting up the camera, I could leave the fish on lip grips conected to cord thus reducing time out of water. That was the thought anyway.
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wildcountry
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 15 Jul 2010 : 6:01:03 PM
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Poly, at the end of the day grips or not. As long as both ways are done with care. It's good to see that times are changing and the days of grabbing a fish and throwing it into the water without a care are hopefully on the decline. I was watching fishing with ET the other day on fox, he was fishing for Bass and the enphasis was on returning them to the water carefully and quickly.
Good way for the younger fisho's to learn their sport.
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Artifact
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 15 Jul 2010 : 6:19:59 PM
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| If bass had sharp teeth I might use grips... |
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BrisBassMan
Ausbass Member
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Posted - 21 Jul 2010 : 8:16:29 PM
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I seem to always get sliced up by those bloody gill rakers so I use it to save on the cuts on the digits  |
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Lip Grippers
Posted - 10 Jul 2010 : 09:10:17 AM
