Big Game fish clip question

Brass clips instead of carabiners!

-Allen

Brass clips instead of carabiners!

-Allen

+1

I use brass or stainless clips too

Ok. Here's how it ended up. 600lbs test gagnon. Brass clip. Thx all.

Ok. Here's how it ended up. 600lbs test gagnon. Brass clip. Thx all.

Lengthen the cord.  Clip it off behind you and make it so you can bring the clip to your lap to secure a fish, and then be able to move the fish back to your tankwell without ever having to disconnect the brass clip.

-Allen

+1 ... i like about 4 feet of cord. More cord is far better than not enough.

+2

Definitely more cord

I like marine clips over the straight brass clips Allen showed.
Also the bait hangers that commercial crab guys use make a great compact single fish stringer. I have used the little one on halibut up to 80 pounds.

I like marine clips over the straight brass clips Allen showed.
Also the bait hangers that commercial crab guys use make a great compact single fish stringer. I have used the little one on halibut up to 80 pounds.

Hah.  I didn't even know there were marine grade and straight brass clips.  I buy whatever they have at the local hardware store.

I just use a length of cord with a carabiner on either end.

Unless those are locking carabiners you need to reconsider your attachment methods. There's a whole lot of gear in Poseidon's lost and found because of carabiner fails.

Fail like how?   Pull apart?  I cant imagine a fish big enough to break what I am using.  They're not those fake novelty ones, they are more like those industrial chain clip type...  Am I naive?

Does anyone have concerns about sea lions going after fish on the clips.? I don't fish bottom fish too much but salmon I put in a garbage bag and slide it into my forward hatch. Maybe I'm too paranoid.
T2

I just use a length of cord with a carabiner on either end.

Unless those are locking carabiners you need to reconsider your attachment methods. There's a whole lot of gear in Poseidon's lost and found because of carabiner fails.

Fail like how?   Pull apart?  I cant imagine a fish big enough to break what I am using.  They're not those fake novelty ones, they are more like those industrial chain clip type...  Am I naive?

I've had the springs on biners rust out at inopportune times.

I've only every had a brass clip fail once and that was on a seat.  The assembly completely fell part with the pin/spring coming out.  I have no idea how/where as they were just missing one time.  I hit the brass clips with Corrosion X a couple times a year to keep them in good working order.

-Allen

I just use a length of cord with a carabiner on either end.

Unless those are locking carabiners you need to reconsider your attachment methods. There's a whole lot of gear in Poseidon's lost and found because of carabiner fails.

Fail like how?   Pull apart?  I cant imagine a fish big enough to break what I am using.  They're not those fake novelty ones, they are more like those industrial chain clip type...  Am I naive?

When the carabiner rolls over, the cord depresses the clip releasing the entire rig. Sounds unlikely and hard to picture, but I've personally lost an anchor and a crab pot, watched it happen on a paddle leash, and watched Lee lose a full stringer of bottom fish, then a lone cab roughly an hour later. Have also heard the same story from several other people.

Does anyone have concerns about sea lions going after fish on the clips.? I don't fish bottom fish too much but salmon I put in a garbage bag and slide it into my forward hatch. Maybe I'm too paranoid.
T2

I only throw bottom fish overboard on it. I'll string salmon on clips just to secure them, but I throw them in a catch bag once clipped on. Not had an issue, but if I see them, dolphin, or shark around I pull it and throw the whole deal in the tankwell. I'm sure I'll get robbed sooner or later

Does anyone have concerns about sea lions going after fish on the clips.? I don't fish bottom fish too much but salmon I put in a garbage bag and slide it into my forward hatch. Maybe I'm too paranoid.
T2

  Pinnipeds will definitely steal fish off of a clip. And startle the hell out of you when they do....
  Instead of a plastic garbage bag you might consider using a burlap bag to keep your salmon in. The burlap will keep your fish in better condition than plastic because it can breathe. And you can wash and re-use them.