DIY Gaff - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

maquinapescado · 01-13-2016, 11:25 AM

During that week of rain I made a nice little gaff for my kayak. I like to make things that I can rather than buy them. Pretty stoked how it came out. I have repaired gaffs in the past but this is the first, from scratch, one I have made. Even put it to work since........

Funny thing is, the first fish it stuck wasn't mine (you know who you are, I'll let you share your glory).

I also made a nice cover for my kayak I might post later.

DanaPT · 01-13-2016, 12:10 PM

looks like it worked. Made in America!

cabojohn · 01-13-2016, 12:11 PM

nice

I make my gafs from broken carbon / composite hockey sticks.
Good grip, strong & very light...

maquinapescado · 01-13-2016, 12:16 PM

I just realized I should have put this in the innovations thread.....sorry.

This is a ratan escrima stick. They are super buoyant and heat treated so you can whoop dogs if needed. You know, in self defense.

Ro12 · 01-13-2016, 09:57 PM

Nice
But you should really make another
Escrima sticks get lonely all alone
Gotta make a pair
Haha

maquinapescado · 01-13-2016, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ro12

Nice
But you should really make another
Escrima sticks get lonely all alone
Gotta make a pair
Haha

I am actually gonna make a kill spear with one so they can be mates

Rambo · 01-13-2016, 11:26 PM

what kind of epoxy you use and where can I get this epoxy? The gaff looks great by the way!

summers in kuwait · 01-14-2016, 06:32 AM

worked like a charm.

Deamon · 01-14-2016, 07:07 AM

Add 3.6#'s (or fug it...round it up to 5#'s) due to blood loss...wait never mind........

Jim

skrilla · 01-14-2016, 07:38 AM

Nice job brian. Looks like it already paid itself off.

maquinapescado · 01-14-2016, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Rambo

what kind of epoxy you use and where can I get this epoxy? The gaff looks great by the way!

I used any 5 minute epoxy to do repairs in the past. I used JB Weld this time because it had a little more in the syringe than Loctite and it had something like 800 psi more strength. I used one for the handle and one for the head with waste on both ends but I would rather waste than have it set in the middle of doing it. Also, you need to rotate it until it sets to get a nice even look so it would just be difficult to do both ends at once.

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Originally Posted by Deamon

Add 3.6#'s (or fug it...round it up to 5#'s) due to blood loss...wait never mind........

Jim

Jim, come on bro. There is no rounding in blood loss. Everyone knows it is 0.49021 ounces per inch or 0.2808 ounces per pound. Well, maybe there is rounding in your fish stories LOL

jorluivil · 01-14-2016, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by brian

I just realized I should have put this in the innovations thread.....sorry.

I wouldn't necessarily consider this an innovation. Now, a paddle gaff combo........that's an innovation!!!

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Originally Posted by brian

Funny thing is, the first fish it stuck wasn't mine (you know who you are, I'll let you share your glory).

So, if the fish you stuck with it wasn't yours does that mean that the avatar you have is some other persons kayak?

I don't know......................that resume you were talking about is starting to sound a little fishy

ful-rac · 01-14-2016, 08:42 PM

Hmm...taking a picture of someone else's fish blood on your kayak...

Now that's an innovation!

I'm biting my tongue...and it hurts ! A lot!

maquinapescado · 01-14-2016, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ful-rac

Hmm...taking a picture of someone else's fish blood on your kayak...

Now that's an innovation!

I'm biting my tongue...and it hurts ! A lot!

Don't you have some bait to eat?? Or maybe, by the looks, you ate it all?

Deamon · 01-15-2016, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by brian

Don't you have some bait to eat??

Whoa...whoa...whoa...Brian. Meet my beatch arse friends Jorge (don't call me Jorgie, as in Jorgie Porgie Putnam Pie, kissed a girl and made her cry, etc...) and Tony ("Let me see...why'd you do it like that? Okay, whatever dumbass"). Between bites, we're trying to have some BWE fun. We share as little real info as possible...we smack talk...we bitch slap (sometimes quite hard, lol)...and yes, we're usually eating good food! Some dudes get it. Quite a few don't, lol. I'm thinking you're Old School like us. Be cool, slap back and keep private messaging me your local bite. One of these days, I might just drop something into your in box that's not brown and stanky! Peace brotha, Jim

jorluivil · 01-15-2016, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by brian

Don't you have some bait to eat?? Or maybe, by the looks, you ate it all?

Hahahahahahaha......best comeback ever in the history of ever!!!

ful-rac · 01-15-2016, 06:04 AM

Oh I see, I eat bait because I'm Asian....

That is soooo racist! I'm offended! Well....your ugly!

Well at least I caught the fish on my avatar....

momo fish · 01-15-2016, 07:31 AM

Nothing like catching fresh bait... Great for catching big fish and feeding my Asian in laws... 😊

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01-13-2016, 12:16 PM	#4
maquinapescado Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 326	I just realized I should have put this in the innovations thread.....sorry. This is a ratan escrima stick. They are super buoyant and heat treated so you can whoop dogs if needed. You know, in self defense. __________________ Climb, Surf, Fish, Repeat

01-14-2016, 07:07 AM	#9
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	Add 3.6#'s (or fug it...round it up to 5#'s) due to blood loss...wait never mind........ Jim __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"

01-14-2016, 07:38 AM	#10
skrilla Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 664	Nice job brian. Looks like it already paid itself off. __________________ Urban Camo Trident 13

01-14-2016, 08:42 PM	#13
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Hmm...taking a picture of someone else's fish blood on your kayak... Now that's an innovation! I'm biting my tongue...and it hurts ! A lot! __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

01-15-2016, 06:04 AM	#17
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Oh I see, I eat bait because I'm Asian.... That is soooo racist! I'm offended! Well....your ugly! Well at least I caught the fish on my avatar.... __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

01-13-2016, 12:10 PM	#2
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,606	looks like it worked. Made in America!

01-13-2016, 12:11 PM	#3
cabojohn PROBATION Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 656	nice I make my gafs from broken carbon / composite hockey sticks. Good grip, strong & very light...

01-13-2016, 09:57 PM	#5
Ro12 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 137	Nice But you should really make another Escrima sticks get lonely all alone Gotta make a pair Haha

01-13-2016, 11:26 PM	#7
Rambo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: West Covina, CA Posts: 434	what kind of epoxy you use and where can I get this epoxy? The gaff looks great by the way!

01-14-2016, 06:32 AM	#8
summers in kuwait Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: East County San Diego Posts: 657	worked like a charm.

01-15-2016, 07:31 AM	#18
momo fish Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Camarillo Posts: 1,491	Nothing like catching fresh bait... Great for catching big fish and feeding my Asian in laws... 😊 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk