Finished my kage.

[maui jim]

LOOKS Great!!! now bloody it up and put some stank on er...

[ful-rac]

Looks good! Hopefully it works for you.

[lterrero]

Poor fish

[addicted2sp33d]

I'm inspired... gonna have to make one of those myself!

I would add some barbs though - maybe sharpen up the leading edges of a wingnut and make barbs out of it, just so that the stabbed fish won't just slip off.

[f'nsabiki]

I'll buy you an HDS5 Gen 2 if you dress-up like an Eskimo and take your kage down to the Children's pool and chase seals with it

[CorvinaLoca]

What do anticipate needing it for in this area?

[MrM]

Originally Posted by f'nsabiki

I'll buy you an HDS5 Gen 2 if you dress-up like an Eskimo and take your kage down to the Children's pool and chase seals with it

[MrPatrick]

Just made one too. Mine is made from a golf club shaft and a 24" long 3/8" piece of threaded rod. Warped the rod with electrical tape and used a nut to cinch it down in the club shaft. Also used some rubber screw in chair feet as a way to cushion the end of the cut golf shaft. Has a good feel in the hand. Maybe ten inches of thread exposed. Just need to put a chisel point in it.

[THE DARKHORSE]

Originally Posted by lterrero

Poor fish

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Was thinking the same thing!

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On a more serious note: While that's a useful tool in the right hands I'm really hoping this doesn't catch on in local waters. I can see it with Wahoo and Cow Tuna. In that arena it makes sense, since they're actually dangerous at the surface when it comes time to land them.

But, for Yellowtail and White Sea Bass? I can see guys stabbing, sacred-Cow, eight pound Calico Bass and losing them, too. God forbid Halibut...

This isn't directed at you, Mike, specifically. Again, in the right hands, from someone who's adept at stoning fish and has perfect placement (in the brain or spine), great. The other 99% of anglers who lack that skill set---not so much. Actually a spike to the brain is the most humane practice of all.

Then there's also those situations with a 400 lb, pissed off Sea Lion, trying to rip that fish out of your hands. Some fish are instantly pulled out of the water for that very reason. And a Kage will only add another step to the process.

As a full-time fishing guide I see my fair share of spastic, over excited anglers, swinging a gaff as if they're blind folded. Glancing off of gill-plates and snapping their own lines in the process. Or gaffing themselves! I even see long time anglers with equally poor gaff placement, but that's another story. Not to mention the guys who lose fish after gaffing them.

I can only imagine the same guys with a long spike and no barb...