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I saw the video to the Opah getting gaffed on the sporty...Its so sad to actually see full time deckhands who cant even gaff a fish as big as a opah. Gaffing fish right in the meat is the one main reason why I dont fish on sportys unless its for rock fish or small stuff.
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(05-04-2013, 06:18 PM)Tyler Wrote: I saw the video to the Opah getting gaffed on the sporty...Its so sad to actually see full time deckhands who cant even gaff a fish as big as a opah. Gaffing fish right in the meat is the one main reason why I dont fish on sportys unless its for rock fish or small stuff.
On some big fish you sometimes have too, but i agree the sport boat guys are in a number game and just get fish on the deck.
And yes dropping the gaff, that was bad. i could see on a green fish like a mako or big marlin going nuts, but to that fish.
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They do try for head shots most of the time but sometimes u just want to make sure to get tje fish before it has a chance to get away
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Not the sport boats I fish/worked on. IMO I would much rather loose a fish then have somebody gaff the fish right through all the meet. On the private boat that I have been fishing on for the past 9 or 10 years if you gaff a fish and its not in the head you are not allowed to gaff any fish again ever on the boat. So I was "trained" to take my time and gaff the fish in the head(And its really not even that hard honestly)
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Gaff in the meat make the area around it bad?
