Boga grip or cheap knock off?

[sweetwater]

I never considered that but it sure could be useful that way! I have not been hooked by a treble but have come very close.
I know if I had one years ago while living in Florida I would have used it alot on the snapper in the mangroves and blues off the coast. Those dang snapper "snap" like they are trying to bite you and man that have some wicked looking teeth. I think those Blues could take a finger and strip it clean of meat if they clamped on and you jerked back.

You're dead on about the bluefish. I was fishing the mullet run on the beach last fall and was catching quite a few nice blues. A gentleman (tourist for sure) came to me and asked what I was catching and how to catch them. I was glad to show him what I was doing, but I warned him to never get a finger close to their mouth. Well, low and behold about two minutes later I saw him catch one and the next thing I knew he was shaking his finger up and down in the air. He walked to me and told me I was right about the fingers. He was bleeding from a nearly perfect half moon shaped cut just above the first finger joint. He also wanted to catch a snook so I warned him about the razor blades that a snook has for gill plates. (and that snook season was closed) I bet he listened to me that time.

[sweetwater]

i have a history with 4 different boga grips on striper boats over time. if you dont want to dig for a set of scales it probably means you want to keep the boga grip at arms length so you can quickly reach it and get it on the fishes jaw as quickly as possible. i can tell you that hanging one on the back of a striper boat(s) out in the environment doesnt do it any favors, expect inaccurate wt measurements during year 2 and occasional malfunctions are on the way. as far as dehooking, this device does not immobilize the fish, it only "hangs" the fish, it can still flop and jerk and wiggle wildly (im talking about bigger fish here, stripes, muskies etc.) if you lay the fish on its side in the bottom of the boat its completely free to try to return the favor of sinking a hook into you. after a "boga gripped" striper wildly slung its head and impaled missus stripernuts thumb with a vmc 4X treble (you dont just snip a 4X ) the boaga grip went flying across the lake! to immobilize larger fish i have a pair of channel locks with a couple of wraps of duct tape on the tip of the jaw, i can clamp down and control just about any fish i catch (im still trying really hard to catch that one that i cant control ) . as for the scales, my wife replaced the "flying boga grip" with a set of berkely scales that cost $30. to attest to their accuracy missus stripernut flies to england a few times a year, we weigh her luggage each trip, record the weight and check it against the weight at the baggage check scales at the airport.....exactly the same weight every time. not trying to talk you out of the boga grips, just my personal experience with them has not been positive.
if you do get them i hope you wear them out !!!

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[stripernut1]

You're dead on about the bluefish. I was fishing the mullet run on the beach last fall and was catching quite a few nice blues. A gentleman (tourist for sure) came to me and asked what I was catching and how to catch them. I was glad to show him what I was doing, but I warned him to never get a finger close to their mouth. Well, low and behold about two minutes later I saw him catch one and the next thing I knew he was shaking his finger up and down in the air. He walked to me and told me I was right about the fingers. He was bleeding from a nearly perfect half moon shaped cut just above the first finger joint. He also wanted to catch a snook so I warned him about the razor blades that a snook has for gill plates. (and that snook season was closed) I bet he listened to me that time.

you were catching mullet....i have 3 smokers, i also have seasoned south florida live oak chips.....yet i have no smoked mullet ? oh well theres always THIS FALL !!!

[sweetwater]

you were catching mullet....i have 3 smokers, i also have seasoned south florida live oak chips.....yet i have no smoked mullet ? oh well theres always THIS FALL !!!

No,no. Mullet migrate down the east coast in Sept. and Oct. I fish for the game fish that bust apart the schools of mullet. Sharks, snook, tarpon, blues, redfish and anything else in the surf will follow the mullet pods down the coast. All you gotta do is cast into the pods and hang on. DJD probably knows the drill if he lived there.

[Duayne]

I read a lot of bad reviews on the Boga grip knock offs when I was thinking about getting some. Make sure you study up on them before you take the plunge. I concluded for me that bogas were about the only way to go and even those could be hit or miss but I don't know if anyone has made improvements to their products. The grips I have have been hit every time.

[DJD]

No,no. Mullet migrate down the east coast in Sept. and Oct. I fish for the game fish that bust apart the schools of mullet. Sharks, snook, tarpon, blues, redfish and anything else in the surf will follow the mullet pods down the coast. All you gotta do is cast into the pods and hang on. DJD probably knows the drill if he lived there.

We never fished the surf. Our main target was the Indian River around Titusville and the Banana River. The Reds, Trout, schooling Jacks and ladyfish is what we targeted. We would also lock through into Port Canaveral to fish the docks and pilings for Snook and anything else that would bite. Once in a while we would head down to Sebastian Inlet and fish for Flounder, Snook and the schools of Blues that would move in and out and that was a blast! The Flounder were huge back then (20 years ago) not sure how the fishery has held up?? We would use our cast nets and catch fingerling mullet for bait and this was in the fall. The Bluefish run was crazy good and anyone who has been in schools of these "chompers" knows the fun! The best was Redfishing because it reminds me alot of bassfishing. I think I would have a Boga if I still lived there.

Now, my trips are to the West Coast around Bradenton and fishing the Mangrove lined canals.

[sweetwater]

We never fished the surf. Our main target was the Indian River around Titusville and the Banana River. The Reds, Trout, schooling Jacks and ladyfish is what we targeted. We would also lock through into Port Canaveral to fish the docks and pilings for Snook and anything else that would bite. Once in a while we would head down to Sebastian Inlet and fish for Flounder, Snook and the schools of Blues that would move in and out and that was a blast! The Flounder were huge back then (20 years ago) not sure how the fishery has held up?? We would use our cast nets and catch fingerling mullet for bait and this was in the fall. The Bluefish run was crazy good and anyone who has been in schools of these "chompers" knows the fun! The best was Redfishing because it reminds me alot of bassfishing. I think I would have a Boga if I still lived there.

Now, my trips are to the West Coast around Bradenton and fishing the Mangrove lined canals.

Our condo is at Cape Winds Condos in Cape Canaveral. I know the Brevard Co. area very well. Small world, isn't it?