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Best fish friendly culling system #12826938 07/13/18 02:47 PM
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There was a thread going a while back for the best conservation minded culling system. I saw a few mentioned a several times.. Does anyone remember 1 or 2 that really stood out?

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Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: Jobie99] #12826946 07/13/18 02:52 PM
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Cal Coast 2.0

Cal Coast

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Those look pretty good, how are they on 5 pound plus fish?

Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: Jobie99] #12826966 07/13/18 03:05 PM
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Cal coast 2.0 gets mentioned a lot.

I bought the normal TH Marine system that includes the culling beam but I replaced the penetrating clips with Ardents non-penetrating clips and its a great, sturdy system.


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Where are you culling 5 lbers? And can you PM me GPS coordinates??

But seriously, I don't know. I wouldn't be holding up a 5 by any culling system.

Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: Jobie99] #12826975 07/13/18 03:07 PM
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All of them are going to have issues securely holding larger fish. Obviously some are better than others I wouldn't trust any conservation cull clip to hold a 5lb fish out of the water especially when they head shake. But then again Im not good enough to cull 5lb fish

Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: Jobie99] #12826992 07/13/18 03:19 PM
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I bought the Cal Coast a few months ago. Work surprisingly well and holds 5-8lbers just fine. You shouldn't be using your cull rings (of any kind/brand) to be jerking your fish out of the well anyway.
I've only had one fish slip a ring and it was a dink on Fork.

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Use the old style penetrating clips and just learn where to poke them. If you do it correctly, it only leaves a small hole that will heal over in a few weeks.



Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: squib] #12827047 07/13/18 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted By: squib
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I have the Cal Coast 2.0 and it's nice. Got a Seacured brand that I like a lot as well.

Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: Jobie99] #12827100 07/13/18 04:35 PM
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Quick 8 Baits makes some great culling clips. I use the TH Marine balance beam for culling.

Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: Ken A.] #12827121 07/13/18 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted By: Ken A.
Use the old style penetrating clips and just learn where to poke them. If you do it correctly, it only leaves a small hole that will heal over in a few weeks.


Yep. all these fish friendly systems is a marketing gimmick to sell them to the same guys twice ...... SMH


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Use the old style penetrating clips and just learn where to poke them. If you do it correctly, it only leaves a small hole that will heal over in a few weeks.


Yep. all these fish friendly systems is a marketing gimmick to sell them to the same guys twice ...... SMH



Please share with us your extensive history and experiences in tournament fishing and using these different types of culling systems, John.


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Originally Posted By: squib
Where are you culling 5 lbers? And can you PM me GPS coordinates??

But seriously, I don't know. I wouldn't be holding up a 5 by any culling system.


I have yet to be fortunate enough to cull a 5 lber, but I have fished 2-3 people out of my boat so we use culling tags to identify who caught what.

Re: Best fish friendly culling system [Re: Txduckhunter] #12827928 07/14/18 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted By: Txduckhunter
I bought the Cal Coast a few months ago. Work surprisingly well and holds 5-8lbers just fine. You shouldn't be using your cull rings (of any kind/brand) to be jerking your fish out of the well anyway.
I've only had one fish slip a ring and it was a dink on Fork.
Yeah but how are they on nine pounders?

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