Every once in a while you’ll see a picture of a bonefish held up for the camera by a boga grip. This would seem like a good idea. It sure must be an easy way to grip the fish and control the shaky wildness that is a bonefish. It will let you get a weight on the fish pretty easily too.
There’s a downside, however… and a pretty big one. Bonefish may have hard crushers to munch on the crabs and shrimp and worms that they catch, but they also have pretty soft mouths and a boga grip + that shaky bonefish = some significant injuries to the bonefish.
One of my favorite fishing blogs, The Trout Underground, covered the issue some time back.
The Bad Idea Jeans Boga
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Tags: Bad Idea Jeans, Boga Grip, bonefish, bonefishing, Conservation
I am glad you are conscious of how you treat your catch!