(09-06-2013 04:03 PM)MuskieBait Wrote: [ -> ]And unfortunately, a sliding gaff is not very conservation minded either. 
..........Or real attractive when a pint of blood pours out on the new porous deck for the many sightseers to see........ that would pretty much be the end of fishing there.
How's the base of the pier by land? Could one lead a fish all the way back there to land it? (passing the rod around the light posts of course)
(09-07-2013 10:38 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote: [ -> ]How's the base of the pier by land? Could one lead a fish all the way back there to land it? (passing the rod around the light posts of course)
Might be possible - but the large stones are laid at a steep 45 degrees:
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Leg breakers, or tooth removers in slippery conditions
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