My beef with bridge gaffs
WATERLINE PHOTO BY MATT STEVENS
This snook was pulled up with the help of a pier net, which is a much more effective and safer tool than a gaff.
Matt Stevens
the man on the pier •matt stevens
As I was fishing the U.S. 41 bridge recently, I watched as another angler hooked and fought a cobia, landed it with a flying gaff, measured it and threw it back in Charlotte Harbor.
That scene left me scratching my head.