Neighbor gave me a pair of these fish grippers last year and I finally got a chance them. They are a plyer sort of device with a forked groove on the teeth that you use to pull the skin off skate, dogfish, fluke, blowfish, etc.

We went to try to find them and they are nowhere. They don't make them anymore, apparently. Anyway, I picked up a bunch of them and have them available at garbagefish.com so if you want to grab one of the last remaining implements for deskinning skate or the like, go to http://www.garbagefish.com/merchgrabber1.htm

I've got pics and you can order them online.
Also, you can watch my neighbor John use them on a skate in this video. http://www.garbagefish.com/cleaningskate.htm

Nice!! been trying to find them. just sent order in

You da man. I bought a dozen, so I'm down to 11. Thanks. We'll be shipped tomorrow. Don't catch a skate today.

Just ordered a pair...that should pretty much put the kabosh on blowfishing for us...having a tool to clean them! LOL

Also entered the tourney since there has been glowing reports of garbage to the North!

Hahah, ya i need them for blowfishing, will make it so much easier. When do they start biting anyway?

I don't know, last year was the first time I went for them in probably 30 years. Forget when that was, July I think.

ya think reports last year from late july thru early september. guess ill have to try them out on some skates

They probably work good for skinning eels too!

Got those fish grippers in the mail today. Thanks Brian

Blowfish is end of August early September I think.

little late on that one sean

ON future marks, Larry said you can target them in some deep holes in the bay right now, but I think you would be more productive targeting sea lettuce and red snot at this point.

Just ordered mine thanks in advance & can't wait for blow fish season to start. had these years back & will probably find them when these arrive.

Thanks for your orders, guys. I've been to every shop and have not been able to find these grippers this quality with the teeth.

Good luck to all of you. I dont think I will be eating skate anytime soon.

Garbage fish fry - July 24th - Fish Bonz bait and tackle 1/5pm. You will eat skate.

Do garbage fish and reclamthebay.org a favor for me and when you go into the shops, ask them if they carry any garbage fish flags? There's only two that do - one is Fish Bonz and the other is on Seaside and not one of our sponsors so I won't mention it. I like to sell them online - it's easier for me then going to shops and try to convince them of this whole thing - so I'm not trying to get you guys to sell my flags to shops - I just get strange looks when I go in and ask them to be weigh stations. (excluding many cause many guys like the seaside dudes, our mainland shops and such are good - but try this on lbi and the look at you like an alien. It helps with recognition and it helps the bigger picture - now when someone says - what's biting - I want my kid to catch a fish - maybe a clerk will say - try the dogfish one night - or skate are always there. Anyway - thanks in advance and thanks for your support.

Glad to hear its still a go. Mark that on my calendar

ahhh - what better to put on your calendar? ok, i can think of one other thing but that's generally impromptu.