[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Aaron&Julie

I don't read every word of another's long post, and maybe I lose out too. I scanned Jim's post and got the jist of it. But I always appreciate the time and effort he puts out to provide information to other fishermen. To that I give a big thumbs up.

Thanks!! My take is that not everyone get's this stuff right away so I figure I might as well put in the concept and how it works beyond the simple it's a swivel weight and a Rapala. I actually like to write anyway, it makes me rethink ideas, and with my dyslexia it's good practice and a challenge.

Originally Posted by Aaron&Julie

Also, while Julie and I have great gaffs for LJ that we purchased, I also have a very similiar homemade gaff like Jim's, with some slight differences. It uses an oversized double hook used for tuna trolling feathers, the barbs slightly filed down, and the gap was widened.

We used to use those double hook gaffs on Mike's boat all the time, but since I don't keep Barries any more I don't carry one one anymore.

I'm not too worried about my gaff situation

I have a bunch of gaffs but only four gaffs I really use, and I made all of them. On my skiff I carry three.

The one mentioned that I use for small stuff.


A heavy aluminum fixed gaff and a Flying gaff. that I use for bigger fish.


I've had them all for a long time, I really like that hardwood one because it's really light weight and the aluminum ones are actually pretty decent gaffs.


I don't know if you remember it but the Original BD Logo had a decked bleeding tuna with that gaff in it. That was my gaff and they derived the image from this pic..


For Kayaking I use essentially a small barbed flygaff I made where the hook fits in the shaft but is spliced to a rope. Once you gaff the fish you can let the hook slide out of the end of the aluminum tube and let the fish hang still gaffed on the rope.

I know it's unorthodox but that's how we do it for big game, and I don't like flopping a hot fish between my legs. Unless there's seals or sharks around I usually gaff them then let them hang, and cut the gills and bleed em out while still in the water.

Thanks for the comeback, and info on your wife's fish. Like I said some friends have got big ones on rapalas but that was a hell of a fish.