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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | They're must have tool in anyone's release tool kit.
I haven't tried the hook pick, but I have seen a few in other boats.
After reading this thread.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=40...
I got a XTools E-Z Release Dehooker. It works on the same principle, but it floats. I got mine at Boaters World. Pastika's and Cabela's also carries them.
http://www.pastikas.com/acatalog/Tools.html
http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0030046119259a.shtml
I really don't like lanyards. Heck if you had all your muskie release tools attached to you, you'd look like an super sized fly fisherman!
The XTools E-Z Release Dehooker has a notch at the bottom to push the hook with. The hook pick might be a little faster. You could make a hook pick float by wrapping the handle with some of that bicycle handle bar foam or something similar, i.e., hotwater pipe insulating foam & contact cement would also probably do the trick..
Have fun!
Al
Edited by ESOX Maniac 8/2/2008 7:02 AM
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