pike unhooking gloves

[The Flying Tench]

Which do you recommend?

[Andy_1984]

None, if you can ?

[Tigger]

If you do need some then the boneing gloves used by butchers are spot on.

Loads to look through here....

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=boning+gloves&_blrs=spell_check&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1311.R1.TR3.TRC2.A0.H1.Xbutchers+gloves.TRS0&_nkw=butchers+gloves&_sacat=0

Edited December 3, 2015 by Tigger

[philocalist]

Sorry guys - I feel it should be pointed out that most butchers / boning / filleting gloves are not really up to the job when trying to avoid damage from a pike whilst unhooking. You should also be considering the safety of the fish, and many of them will tangle gill rakers way too easily ... and whilst they are very good at stopping fingers being lopped off by a long sharp blade, most are a fairly loose weave (even the 'metal' mesh ones) that is naff-all use in prevnting puncture wounds from the teeth of a pike, which seem capable of penetrating most things. Treble hooks are potentially an even bigger hazard, particularly if you have a loose flier, or are lure fishing ... or chinning out a pike.

 

Thing is, there ARE products that work well, cost little more and just need a bit of hunting down. Lindy make a very good glove - the Fish Handler, which will stop virtually all teeth puntures and cuts, buy may be a bit awkward to track down in the UK (though I suspect Google will throw them up in specialist predator shops)

Chad Cains Pike Glove can usually be found for about £12 in the UK - again it does a good job, but their 'Muskie' version is a safer bet if you can locate one.

If anyone really feels the need there is also an excellent range of gloves avalable from Hexarmor, where to a large degree you can choose from quite a big range to give you the desired combination of puncture resistance and cut resistance; whether or not they are waterproof, or even insulated ... but you get what you pay for / pay for what you want! :-)

 

'None if you can' is often trotted out - ok if you can get away with it, but let's be honest - if an angler has caught many pike, he usually carries the scars to prove it! My own viewpoint is that whilst 'no gloves' may be an option chosen by many, I'd rather avoid the cuts and scrapes that leave you wide open to the potential problem of Weils Disease, which is a real nasty and present at most angling venues, courtesy of the resident rat population.

 

Final bit of advice - if you DO go the glove route, make sure you get a size big enough to slip on and off your hand fairly easily ... and be aware that you are buying a single glove, not a pair, so keeping your hands warm is not their primary function :-)

Edited December 4, 2015 by philocalist

[Tigger]

Here's some gloves from cortland, pretty much the same as your avarage boning gloves.....

 

http://www.harrissportsmail.com/en/Cortland-Unhooking-Glove/m-21546.aspx?gclid=CLz81b6UwskCFVKZGwodEMsNLg&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=UnitedKingdom

Edited December 4, 2015 by Tigger

[Peter Waller]

I have never been wounded by a pike's teeth but I have been grazed by the rakers. Since then I have taken to using heavy weight black kitchen gloves from Lidl. Thin enough to keep on whilst fishing, thick enough to prevent grazing.

[philocalist]

I have never been wounded by a pike's teeth but I have been grazed by the rakers. Since then I have taken to using heavy weight black kitchen gloves from Lidl. Thin enough to keep on whilst fishing, thick enough to prevent grazing.

There is actually a similar product that you can buy (I think it might be a medical product?) that is like a tight latex glove and is classed as stick-proof, i.e. it is designed to prevent the accidental penetration of a hypodermic needle, so the teeth on a pike should not be a problem, the bonus being that these could be warn beneath warm gloves too, i guess, simply removing the outer glove when handling a pike?

[Tigger]

Yesterday I put one of the boning gloves on and squeezed a rose stem with some large vicious looking spikes that did resemble a pikes teeth, the spikes didn't penetrate the gloves, or they never pricked my hands anyhow. I then scraped my hand up and down the rose stem and again the spikes didn't come through the glove, the spikes snapped off to be honest.

I don't think i'd be worried that a pikes teeth would penetrate them, but saying that there are quite a few different types of these gloves and some may not be as tightly woven and so may not be as protective, you'd be taking a chance on which ever ones you bought.

I'd say a pair of decent gardening gloves would be fine!

[Peter Waller]

I do have one of those de-boning gloves as used by John Wilson. It actually stuck to the rakers so I never used it again.

[BoldBear]

I'd say a pair of decent gardening gloves would be fine!

That's exactly what I use.

Those needle proof latex gloves that Philocalist mentioned sound OK though.

 

Keith