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Make your own descending device | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
With just a couple of tools and a few minutes, The Fish Grip™, originally designed as a safer way for anglers to land fish, can easily be converted into a rockfish descending device.
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I second the DIY fish grip descender. It’s easy to use and works well.
I'm all for DIY stuff, but the $50 I spent on the deep water model of the Seaqualizer was some of the best spent money for fishing. Everyone on board can operate it with ease and it flat out works.
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I got one of the Seaqualizers at the SSS a couple years ago. Much better than the Shelton descender. For some reason the sticky point of the Shelton always found one of my fingers after penetrating the fish's bottom lip. Also if you had much freeboard the fish would fall off when trying to lower it back into the water. They work, but both the Seaqualizer and fish grips are easier to use.
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A doryman "celebrity" was fishing with me a few years back and needed to descend a fish. I pointed him to my home made descender. A 12 oz jig head with barb filed off and a 2 lb weight added to it. A loop of dacron around the bend of the hook and a duo snap. I used it for years. Very quick and easy.
I heard "Oops" from over my shoulder and he reeled up his empty line.
I dug around. Found another 2 lb ball, connected it to a 10/0 hook with the barb pinched flat. A loop of line and duo snap on the bend of the hook. I used that one for years. With stuff I had on board.
I now have a seaqualizer, but on a boat thats close to the water, setting the barbless hook in the jaw and letting go with the the reel out of gear and clicker on works very slick and easy. $.02
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I heard "Oops" from over my shoulder and he reeled up his empty line.
I dug around. Found another 2 lb ball, connected it to a 10/0 hook with the barb pinched flat. A loop of line and duo snap on the bend of the hook. I used that one for years. With stuff I had on board.
I now have a seaqualizer, but on a boat thats close to the water, setting the barbless hook in the jaw and letting go with the the reel out of gear and clicker on works very slick and easy. $.02
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I use a similar technique...or even simpler. Just tie a line to the bend of a hook of a 12-16oz jig head, barb filed down.
Much cheaper than a Seaqulizer, and easier on the wallet when you lose one to a snaggy bottom.
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The problem with that is it won’t sink a 12 lb yelloweye. I used the jig head and added 2 lbs. gets it done quicker
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SeaQualizer in action last week. You can see the fish release at 150' and continue down.
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The new boat in action!! Great image! jonb
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Thats cool.
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Super cool. Good solid evidence of descending a fish from 300' and having it swim away.
boatman63 - I am glad that you will be using a descender device. It is possible to make one. The principles are basic, however OCEAN ( the Oregon Coalition for Educating ANglers) will send you a descender device for FREE if you simply send us your mailing address. Along with the descender the packet will include a laminated fish ID card, a long leader ID card info and some other things. Go to:
www.oceaned.org
www.oceaned.org
Cool indeed! Thanks for posting and thanks for being such an aware user of the descender device.
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Just requested one. I'm going to give it to a friend who I suspect isn't very good about descending fish. Hopefully he'll use it if it's onboard his boat. Thanks.
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Like Jim I'm using a broken rod for descending. I have mine paired with a partially working electric reel(meter doesn't work), with 100' and 150' marked on the line. Rod/reel stays in the holder all day, doesn't get in the way and makes descending a quick/easy process.
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