Product Information, Not A Review
Quick Specs
What Stands Out
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The Fish Lip Gripper with Digital Scale is Piscifun's combination tool: a stainless steel lip clamp with an electronic scale built into the handle. It takes two items out of the tackle bag and makes them one. At $39.99 it sits alongside the aluminum pliers and the speed line spooler as bank-side hardware rather than a rod or reel purchase.
The Numbers That Matter
60 lb / 27 kg capacity. That is the ceiling, and pond, lake and light inshore fishing will never come close to testing it. Read it as headroom, not as precision.
High-grade stainless steel clamp. The grip is the safety half of this tool. Clamping the lower jaw keeps hands away from treble hooks and teeth while the hook comes out, which matters most when somebody small is standing next to you waiting to see the fish.
Built-in LCD with light. A lit display is what makes the scale usable at dawn and after sunset, which is when the fishing is good and the reading is not.
Memory for 10 sets of weights. Weigh a string of fish, put them back, and pull the numbers up later. The display also switches between kilograms and pounds.
| Spec | What it means at the water |
|---|---|
| 60 lb / 27 kg capacity | Far beyond anything a pond or lake fish will ask of it |
| 360 degree rotating handle | The display stays readable while the fish turns |
| Water-resistant construction | Rain and splash, not submersion |
| 2 AAA batteries | Carry spares; auto-shutoff and a low-battery indicator help |
| Memory, 10 sets | The weight survives the release |
Who It Is For
Buy it if you fish with kids and want the hooks and teeth controlled before small hands get close, or if you are tired of guessing weights and want the question settled on the bank. Skip it if you already own a scale you trust, because the grip on its own is the cheaper half of this purchase, and skip it if you wade deep or fish from a kayak, where a water-resistant electronic tool is going to get dunked eventually.
Black is the color to buy. Blue is sold out.
One buying note: $39.99 is under the $48.99 free shipping threshold (Fishing Rods Excluded), so adding the pliers, the spooler or the Carbon XT spinning reel clears it.
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The Short Version
This is a stainless steel lip grip rated to 60 pounds with a digital scale built into the handle, which means one tool keeps hooks and teeth away from hands and settles the weight question on the bank instead of at home. I would point a pond and lake dad at it mainly for the control, with the scale as the bonus. If you already carry a separate scale you trust, the case for it gets thinner.
MIKE MANNING
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