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Several years ago I went fishing with a fellow that had a dowel rod, a short piece that when a bream swallowed the hook, you stuck this in it's mouth. Held the line a spinned the fish. Hook came right out. Anybody heard of something like this and know where one can be found?
I've been using them for twenty years. Unfortunately, they're not easy to come by here in the US. (They're common in the rest of the world).Quote:
Originally Posted by Quailtail
When my supply got low last year, I ordered a bunch off Amazon. Ebay will also have them. Just search for "disgorger" or "hook disgorger".
Last year, I posted a video on how to use one. I'm on my phone now and can't link to it, but it's called "using a disgorger for deep-hooked fish".
#1 =take a" bic" ink pen . #2 remove ink tube and roller assembly . #3 cut a notch (1/4 inch or less, v-shaped)in the pen clear casing to slide down the line to the hook. This will allow you to be able to dislodge hook by pushing downward .
If memory serves me correctly, this was about a 3/8 to 1/2 inch of wooden dowel rod, no notches buy had a handle added about an inch square with a leather string through the handle. You wrapped your Lin around it, held the line taunt with the finger and spun the fish around. I looked on eBay and Amazon but didn't see anything like this.
https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/prod...33753130144.do
Mr Crappie has one made by Buck Knives. Wally sent me one, very nice. You can sharpen your knife or hooks with it too. I use it all the time, I really like it.
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1) Go to Amazon
2) Search for "disgorger"
3) The first thing that pops up is a set of ten disgorgers from "Sam's Fishing" for $5. That's what I ordered last year and what I've been using for 20 years.
Forget the "spin", though. Watch the video I mentioned for how to use.
A friend showed me many years ago how to go behind the gill plate, grab the line or the hook, pull downward and push the hook upward out of the fishes mouth. I still use this technique today.
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I use a chopstick with a notch cut in the end. If it flys out of the boat I just grab a little dead stick from the nearby trees and use it. If it's to deep and the fish won't survive, I'll just cut my line and get my jig back when I clean em
Mr. Crappie by BUCK Knives.....combination diamond grit knife and hook sharpener plus hook disgorger.....works great. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7859b1b45c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...db6582f5fc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...aa510f6a41.jpg
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Grizzly jig has 2 sizes for around a buck. Have used a small tree limb piece for this many times
I knew I'd learn something on here. Thanks for the question. 👏
Thanks to all of you. Ordered some disgorgers off the internet. Hopefully my catches will be in the upper lip until they arrive.
Yeah, dad used a screw driver.
Have used a short piece of small diameter pvc pipe for catfish . Cut a slot for line and hold tight while pushing hook loose .
I use simple hemostats,they have worked for decades
Harbor Freight,Northern tool,Flea Markets etc
$2-3.00 USD at the most
No time for expensive gimmicks
Its fishing after all right?
I use hemostats also,plus I started using long shank hooks.I may be lucky,but nearly all the gills I caught recently were hooked in the upper lip.Im not sure how so many would be upper lip hooked,but i think only 2-3 were hooked down the gullet out of over 100 gills.
I use hemostats, too, but think the disgorger is far better for plain hooks. Having said that, I have stopped using plain hooks with live bait. Instead, I'm using 1/80 or 1/64 jig hooks. This has completely stopped the deep-hooking problem.
For a deeply hooked fish I use the technique Specklocker referenced. I think Al Lindner was given credit for promoting it's use. Don't know who came up with it. Started using it for green carp that took a c-rig or Texas rig too deep. Works every time. Don't have too many crappie or bream stuck that deep. All I use are jigs. The disgorger should work also, but the other technique is especially good when they are gulllet hooked.
I take a arrow knoch from my old bow hunting supplies, pull the ink tube from a ball point pen heat the pen with a lighter, dab some super glue on and insert it into the pen blank. Clips easy into shirt pocket.
I tried that and it was way too big for their mouths, I'm hoping this buck disgorger that I ordered and is recommended on this post isn't as big.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dollfly
I use a small 1916 aluminum arrow shaft cut to about 12". I took the feathers off of the shaft and drilled a small hole through the opposite end as the nock. I used some heavy braided line through the hole to attach it to my lanyard. The small nock works great to removing hooks from any fish, and is replaceable if need be...