Quote Originally Posted by Col Forbin View Post
Can any of you share some successful culling techniques? I have been using the berkley pincher grips (rope with plastic pinchers) but they usually end up in the bottom of the livewell. Have any of you tried the x-tools fish safe clips? Do you think the metal clips through the lip cause too much un-needed stress/harm to the fish?? I still use culling beam from time to time, and that is putting holes in the lips (only when two fish are almost identical) - should I just **** it up and use tags with clips through the lips and forget about the hassles?? Or do any of you have more fish friendly alternatives that are working? Thanks.
I use the Culling Beam as well but I hate taking the time to do it. I like the idea of weighing them and then placing them in the livewell with the color tags. Isn't that the expensive one that the pro's use? Is it Stren? Xtools? The scales tells you what color tag is on the lightest fish?