My favorite pliers are the 3 pairs I have dropped overboard while unhooking wild coho the past couple years.. As a result, I only buy the $19.99 P line aluminum pliers.. The price includes sheath and lanyard.. I remove the lanyard which allows me to drop them overboard... These are not top of the line Abel pliers, but for the price they work great and have a handy line cutter. I can understand the desire to have a really nice pair, but I will never spend the money because I will just lose them. Nicest ones I have seen (and bought as gift) are the Abel pliers ($300)

 

I 2nd that! Those pliers work great

 

Whatever Dollar Store has, the pliers magnet directly under my boat seems to pull harder the more I spend.

 

I picked up a pair of the Rapala Fisherman’s pliers and they have been amazingly resilient to my abuse. They were fairly cheap and somehow are still moving freely after many times forgetting to rinse them

 

Sorry I’ve never had good pliers so can’t help you with this but I bought 2 sets of P-line aluminum with sheath and landyard as Jokofish mentioned above at Fisherman Marine for $12.88 each this morning. They’re on sale thru next week. More likely I’ll lose them too.. lol

 

Just ordered some P-lines.

Apparently I just needed to spend some money on the hobby.... uh.... addiction. Pray for me.

 

I'm using some long nosed SS pliers from ebay. They are about a foot long and the tip is angled something like 30*. Makes it easy to reach in, grab the hook and back it out. WD40 keeps them from rusting shut but they do take on a nice patina.

 

Bought very large cheap needle nose from the traveling tool guy who sets up in town. Keep a pair on each side of the boat and wd-40 after every trip. They're large enough to reach down very large Ling's throats without cutting up my hands. On top of each set are 2 fish grippers and some industrial type scissors for bleeding the rock fish. When the scissors dull up put them through the worksharp. Works great... When in doubt spray some more wd-40.

 

Funny. I have a pair of those industrial curved scissors too. Enough leverage to easily clip gills on a big ling or tummy fish.

 

P lines I can't lose, I suppose because they don't hold up well I can't get rid of them.

I did however get a sweet pair of accurate pliers that came "free" with a spendy little accurate reel I got. The reel got thrown in the water before I got to use it. Then, shortly thereafter, a buddy tossed the pliers in the water to match I suppose.

Just decent needle nose SS pliers now and store them in holdzit holders with a little WD-40 seems to keep them going.

 

P line aluminum pliers with T-Reign Prosheath that has retractable lanyard. Very handy and can't lose em!

 

If you want to unhook a fish in the water, why not use one of the SS dehookers you get free at the Saltwater Sportsman Show?

 

YEP! 👆that 👆

 

Channel lock duck bill pliers re wrapped with cord and then a shot of spar varnish over the cord. They aren’t stainless but if you keep them sprayed with corrosion X they last forever.

It’s a good idea to spray paint below the cord area for corrosion protection.

Some folks attach a little de hooker on the end of the handle using the cord to hold it on. I don’t have a picture of one done that way.

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I Like the p line pliers It’s the only pair I’ve owned that I actually take care of.

 

Van Staal pliers all day. And i fish mine in the surf for 7-8 years now and not a spot of corrosion. I do wish they made a needle nose version though

 

I enjoyed my aluminum rapalas until someone dropped them into the ocean. Now I have a pair of p lines that are ok..if I lose these I might buy another pair from rapala

 

Check out Cuda, can’t go wrong.

 

I use a pair of 7 inch surgical forceps/hemostats (think they're called Olsen Hegar forceps) which have scissors behind the forceps jaw. Surgical stainless doesn't rust ever, the scissors are great for reaching in and cutting a couple of gill arches to bleed the fish, it's easy to attach a foam float to the finger holes so they don't get lost overboard. They're designed for suturing, and the scissors cut the sutures...locking them on a hook makes it pretty easy to get the hook out, if you are releasing the fish and think removing the hook might cause additional injury, the scissors let you cut the line. Cheap ones are available on all the on-line stores and from a lot of fishing sources.

 

Danco Premio titanium 7.5". Best I've ever owned. Not cheap, but not Van Staal's either. I paid $159 at Academy sports (msrp $189). Great leather belt holster with a HD lanyard; if thos pliers go into the water I'm going to. Wist the lanyard was longer though; too short to release wild fish at the side of the boat without really stretching the lanyard. I sent Danco a review, and asked if they would offer a longer lanyard.

 

I prefer long ss pliers with curved handle. Also have 2 p-lines. They are cheap but work. The metal insert pinchers rust easily. On first pair the screws fell out and I lost one side of the pinchers. Next set I red lockited and tightened to the max. Cant see spending 300 bucks on a pair of pliers that sink.

 

No particular brand as long as they are corrosion resistant, 8" sized needle nose is better for leverage, & a long reach needle nose should be in your arsenal as well, we keep 3 8", 2 long reach, & 2 alligator hook removers on the stern pole holder/accessory assembly for easy & handy access.

 

Anybody get the ones from tackle time that have big scissor type loops so they are harder to drop?


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Anybody get the ones from tackle time that have big scissor type loops so they are harder to drop?

Yep, bought some of these. Heavy duty and hard to drop over, I also use large needle nose pliers, rinse well and spray with WD 40 no problems.

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I've torn the heck out of a few pairs of those cheap P-line pliers. The cutter blades have fallen off, the jaws have bent on hooks, etc. I won't buy another.

My favorite pair still isn't great--a Mustad/KVD stainless plier that I got as a bonus from a Charkbait order. The rubber grips fell off almost immediately, but the cutters have stood up to abuse, and they have proven extremely corrosion resistant.

The key to not throwing pliers overboard is to keep them on a belt alongside a knife, on a tether. During rockfish rodeo or wide open tuna bite, even if someone else borrows them, they can just drop them and they'll still be tethered to you. I can't imagine fishing a hot bite without my knife and pliers (spike or club and a line cutter for extra credit) on my Grunden's elastic belt.

 

Nobody has mentioned Handle Rite Tools an Oregon company too. Not totally corrosion resistant but with a little care they continue to work well. Other than that all tools are Harbor Freight to use and lose.

 

Really good aluminum fishing pliers with steel inserts for jaws and cutter are available for like 12 bucks from the worlds largest online retailer. I bought mine there and they will cut dangling spectra and do a super heavy split ring. Pliers like this that say AFTCO or some other fancy brand are like 100 bucks. I'll take the cheapos, with the sheath and lanyard included.



The lanyard and sheath on my bat belt (fanny pack) for the party boat was awesome. I don't know how many times people asked if they could borrow my pliers and I said, "Only if you follow me" and headed for the bait tank. I had hooks, leader, a couple jigs, pliers, dexter, and super scissors all in one belt.

 

Sent a picture of the belt!

 

I have 3 sets of pliers that Charkbait carries but nothing works better for removing hooks from fish than the good old fashioned "Hookouts". I'd post a link but you can't do that here. They've been around for many, many years.

 

Best pliers I have had for tuna fishing are the Shimano 7" power pliers, they are about $30 and are awesome. Made of steel, split ring tip, braid cutters, nice rubber over the handles, built in spring. Hard to beat IMHO.

CB


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