What Knife(s) Do You Take Fishing?

[KenHash]

I need to buy or blacksmith one of these Japanese-style tuna knives:

Those are Taiwanese Tuna Knives.

Japanese Tuna Knives look like this. More like swords really...

 

[mitchnola]

Thanks very much. Up north in the Hudson River, NY City people catch Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Bluefish, White catfish, Channel catfish, White perch & Carp.
Brackish water can produce a weird mix.

Yes sir, we’re usually targeting speckle trout or redfish, the bass are a nice addition to the ice chest.

 

[Cementite]

Those are Taiwanese Tuna Knives.

 

[KenHash]

"Japanese High Carbon Core Steel".
The steel is imported. Taiwan has a big knife industry but imports steel from Japan and the United States because their steel industry does not produce the kind of steel used for cutlery. This knife is not Japanese or Made in Japan.

Jemde Industries is a Taiwan knife company started in 2004.

This is a Taiwanese Tuna Knife,. You can not even find it in Japan.

 

[Dergyll]

Oh man, my favorite topic...gotta respond! Lol

I've tried alot of different knives over the years, and depending on where I go I'll carry different things. Usually it's my leatherman free p4 and a fillet knife. If I don't expect to do alot of fileting I'll carry a Spyderco Waterway or Carribbean.


Testing out the Magnamule corrosion resistance!




Left my fillet knife on the counter so had to make due with my backup EDC

I've recently taken on kayak fishing and found the P4 or maybe my SAK indispensable due to its small form factor and SCISSORS.





If I'm lazy or if room is limited, I'll carry a schmedium fixed blade that's easy to wave around and can also fillet. On charter/big boats, it's almost always a multitool and a fillet knife. 90% of the times I'll also have a backup SAK and folder in my tackle bag...currently it is a victorinox Handyman and a spyderco carriibbean/quietcarry way point Vanax.

 

[The True North]

The plural of knife is knives.

 

[GB940Rookie]

The Spyderco Sprig is my fishing knife.

 

[CVamberbonehead]

I use a Case (and a Rough Rider in the past) fishing knife. Its a yellow delrin large Toothpick pattern with one clip point blade and a combo bottle opener, fish scaler and hook puller blade. The shield on the handle is a hook sharpener stone.

Really great knife for the job. I have used Leatherman tools and Swiss Army Knives too but the hook disgorger tool just works so much better than pliers do. The Case has everything I need and nothing I dont.

Cant wait to get out there when it warms up!

 

[Sharp Steel]

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Left my fillet knife on the counter so had to make due with my backup EDC

That poor fish has the look of every horror movie victim when the bad guy is showing their weapon just before the kill.

 

[celticrogues]

If I'm fly fishing small streams up here in NY, I have a White River M1 mounted on my vest, and a Leatherman in a vest pocket. In my pants pocket (underneath my waders) I have a GEC Fish Keeper. Can't really get it out to use it from there but I like to carry it for luck.

In saltwater, its usually a Quiet Carry Drift in my pocket and a Gerber multitool in the tackle box.

-Mike

 

[KenHash]

Oh man, my favorite topic...gotta respond! Lol


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I see Lobster, Mackerel, Sea Robin, Ling (Squirrel Hake) and Blackfish (Tog).
But what are those Red fish? Are those US East Coast fish? And is that a Bergall mxed in there?

 

[Dergyll]

I see Lobster, Mackerel, Sea Robin, Ling (Squirrel Hake) and Blackfish (Tog).
But what are those Red fish? Are those US East Coast fish? And is that a Bergall mxed in there?

Hey KenHash, the little guys are Acadian Redfish, you get them in really deep (150-200ft) water. There's a boat here that goes out specifically for them a few times a year (Eastman's Fishing Fleet). They are delicious, very flaky sweet meat that freeze really well.

Yeah lol that's a monster (13in! Lol) bergall that came in with the redfish. They're everywhere but hard to catch a good eating size one. Once again, super underrated fish, these are delicious and sweet. Hard to scale though, its like medieval Scale Mail haha.

 

[jayjaygee]

Leatherman.

Which one, and which tools do you usually use? Mostly scissors?

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SURF FISHING




BOAT FRESH AND SALT

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You didn't say what knives you use, just posted some pictures.

I need to buy or blacksmith one of these Japanese-style tuna knives:

Why? What do they do for you?

White River M1

How do you use the M1? How is the edge retention?

 

[gadgetgeek]

Spyderco Caribbean sheepsfoot, since a lot of the fishing I get to do ends up waist-deep in the surf. If I'm on one of the estuaries, I've carried my BK-13 for ease of cleaning or if I just needed to worry about cutting line, the manbug in H1. (we can all admit some days are not really about catching) And then filleting later is one of the buck silvercreek series. Where I'm at now, I don't carry anything specific for dispatching, I figure the Caribbean can handle it all, and as slight as I am, it'd be a really hungry dingo that'd bother trying to actually attack, so not really worried about that side of things. Love having a knife that can live in the salt for a week at a time and not need any care at all, and not need any consideration for places like the pivot after I get home. The car, reels, and generally all the other stuff need enough care that I'm happy to have one less thing to worry about.

 

[Bushleague270]

I mostly take a SAK, Farmer or Hiker. Pretty corrosion resistant and can field strip most of the reels that I use, awl is good for cleaning out the eyes of new jigs etc. The SAK is not the best for cleaning fish though, so if its going to be a catch and cook type trip I'll usually have a fillet knife or Mora handy.

On a road trip where space is at a premium, or when traveling by air I typically bring my Leatherman Wave. Can unhook fish, sharpen hooks, fix reels, and trim flys.

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[LimpCroissant]

This has been my fishing setup for years, and has got a lot of miles. Both get carabinered to belt loops on my shorts/pants, one on the right and one on the left. I've used the hell out of these two tools. The Leatherman Squirt works well for taking out hooks, snipping line with the wire cutters, and just your general other stuff. The fixed blade is made by (or atleast sold as) Rapala and has also been a dang good knife for this use. It was very inexpensive and just simply works very well. The blade stays sharp enough for me, for cutting heads off and cleaning the fish. Usually I don't like knives with serrations on top, however they actually work quite well in this use case for when you run into some real tough fish armor and have to cut through it, like with sturgeon.

I've been fantasizing a decent bit on getting a completely rust proof knife so I can just be assured that I won't run into a rusty blade if I happen to forget to take it out of my fishing backpack after going out. I'd like to get a Spyderco Waterway, with it's g10, LC200N fixed blade sexiness. For a folder I'm torn between the Spydichef, the Quiet Carry Drift, and the Spyderco Carribean. My knives will rust if I put them away in my fishing backpack slightly wet and forget about them for a while, however they've always cleaned up magnificently. I'm surprised the little Leatherman still feels almost brand new as far as the spring action that opens the pliers goes. These have been great tools for the job though.

 

[Cementite]

The steel is imported. Taiwan has a big knife industry but imports steel from Japan and the United States because their steel industry does not produce the kind of steel used for cutlery. This knife is not Japanese or Made in Japan.

Jemde Industries is a Taiwan knife company started in 2004.

This is a Taiwanese Tuna Knife,. You can not even find it in Japan.

Calm down, friend. I wasn't arguing whether the knife was Japanese or Taiwanese. I was wrong. You were right. I concede. You win. I surrender. Mark it zero!

The point of my reply was that I thought the bullet point "Wins most fishing related arguments" was funny. Hence my arrow to that bullet point and "LOL" annotation.

 

[KenHash]

Calm down, friend. I wasn't arguing whether the knife was Japanese or Taiwanese. I was wrong. You were right. I concede. You win. I surrender. Mark it zero!

The point of my reply was that I thought the bullet point "Wins most fishing related arguments" was funny. Hence my arrow to that bullet point and "LOL" annotation.

I'm calm friend. Ask anybody here. Your reply suggested that you didn't accept my statement. Had no idea you meant it to be funny.
All's well, you now know the difference. I really enjoy BF because I always learn something new here.

 

[KenHash]

I mostly take a SAK, Farmer or Hiker. Pretty corrosion resistant and can field strip most of the reels that I use, awl is good for cleaning out the eyes of new jigs etc. The SAK is not the best for cleaning fish though, so if its going to be a catch and cook type trip I'll usually have a fillet knife or Mora handy.

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May I ask what kind of trout these are? And where did you catch them?

 

[Cementite]

K KenHash - It sounds like you might know a bit about those tuna knives. I see on the Jende website that they offer two versions: One straight "spring steel" version (I'm guessing 5160?) and another version that has a core of "SK5 high carbon Japanese steel" (whatever that is) laminated between 2 layers of stainless. Any thoughts on which version might be better?
I can't decide whether to try forging one from some 5160 leaf springs I have, or just buy one...