The Lockjaw Tarpon
Fishing Release Gaff ®
The Lockjaw Gaff
® is a tarpon fishing release gaff
that is the cumulative effort of two longtime professional
fishermen who put their minds together in solving the age
old nemesis of tarpon fishing: how to prevent giant tarpon
from escaping at boat side without harming or killing them.
Capt.
Robert McCue has over two decades of professional tarpon
fishing experience. He has shattered 8 IGFA World Records
and has won nearly $250,000 in tarpon tournaments.
Capt Bob Earl earned his salt through a lifetime of
chasing giant blue fin tuna along the North Carolina
coast of the North Atlantic. In addition to Bob’s prowess
to giant blue fin tuna fishing, he is a master machinist and
fabricator. After 3 years of relentless design, research and
testing, the final version of this unprecedented effort and
cost, is now unveiled. We introduce to you, The
Lockjaw Gaff ® .
More tournament money
has been lost by tarpon jumping off a
gaff than there has ever been won. In fact, more tarpon are
lost at the side of the boat than at any other point in
battle with the silver king. The high risk of losing a
tarpon has led to some questionable practices in handling
the fish by both the recreational and professional
angler and has likely contributed to the unintentional
mortality of releasing giant tarpon. By using The
Lockjaw Gaff ® there is no
longer a need to “jam” your arm or a rope up through the
gills. There is no need to wrestle with a thrashing
fish while trying to grab its lower jaw only to drop it
in an attempt to subdue it.
The "grip of death" around the fish's isthmus
(throat) is now primitive barbarism.
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with one easy stroke of your hand and
The Lockjaw Gaff ®, you can safely and POSITIVELY land giant tarpon
without injuring or killing them (or potentially
yourself).
The
Lockjaw Tarpon Fishing Release Gaff’s ® posi-locking
latch will prevent the fish from coming off the gaff
until you are ready to release it. No more violent
thrashing
and head shaking while trying to pin the tarpon with a
conventional lip gaff under your boat’s rubrail. |

The Lockjaw Gaff ® pictured
in an actual tarpon skull.
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With an attached line, The
Lockjaw Gaff ®can be
released from your hands and the fish is free to jump
and thrash as it pleases out of harm’s way. This professional
"trick" is similar in theory to how a flying
gaff is designed to not rip from a fish.
Furthermore it reduces the chances of the gaff man
injuring himself or mortally wounding the tarpon.
Capt.
Robert McCue led the state of Florida in the number of
tarpon he genetically tagged and released in 2005 and 2006.
In those same years, he was the only fishing guide to
acoustically tag and release tarpon in the State of
Florida’s catch-and-release mortality project in both
Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor estuaries. He successfully
used The Lockjaw Gaff ® in both studies and his acoustically
tagged tarpon were tracked for up to 3 weeks after release.
McCue has also used The Lockjaw
Gaff ® for science to
“tow” live, acoustically tagged, and released tarpon
back to the school of fish.
The Lockjaw Gaff 's ® crown
jewel is how the gaff has performed in competitive
tournaments (including The Professional Tarpon Tournament
Series [PTTS] ) by bringing several placing tarpon back to the
scale where they were weighed and successfully
released alive.
Capt.
Bob Earl is a perfectionist and a master of his machining
craftsmanship. Bob uses computers and CAD software to cut
and bend his metal to the tightest of engineering tolerances. He uses
only the highest grade of 316 stainless steel and polishes
the metal to an unparalleled “knight of armor” grade and
shine. The latch is machined through several lengthy steps
from the highest-grade marine aluminum alloy available.
Corrosion resistance to the aluminum latch is insured
through black anodizing. The spring mechanism has a double
fail safe with a redundant high-grade stainless steel spring
encapsulated in the interior of the primary spring. The
latch's precision design and the tightest tolerances ensure that if there is any type of
mechanical failure with the springs, the latch cannot back
open in a manner that would result in a premature release.
Whether
you fish tarpon in Tampa Bay, Homosassa, Boca Grande,
Charlotte Harbor, the Florida Keys, or Costa Rica, The
Lockjaw Gaff ® is the last
tarpon release gaff you will ever own!
The Lockjaw Tarpon
Release Gaff
®
is 100% American designed and made. |
The Lockjaw Tarpon
Fishing Release Gaff
®
To
order or for more information on The
Lockjaw Gaff ®
Call
: 813 926-3233
or
E-MAIL lockjawgaff@gmail.com
For
Information on the world's best giant tarpon fishing, please
visit www.gianttarpon.com
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2007 www.LockjawGaff.com
The Lockjaw Tarpon
Fishing Release Gaff
®
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CAUTION: The
Lockjaw Gaff ®
is an extremely sharp and rigid tool that must be handled
with extreme caution. By purchase, the purchaser agrees and
has released the seller and or the manufacturer from any
liability in handling The
Lockjaw Gaff ®.
The Lockjaw Gaff ®
and or any other fish gaff tool handled in any manner (but
particularly with a wild tarpon/animals) are the assumed and
sole risks of the tool’s handler, operator and or
purchaser. We express or assume no written, implied or verbal responsibility
in handling or handling fish with the The
Lockjaw Gaff ®. Keep
away from children!
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