What are the benefits of using A top shot gaff!

[Capt_John]

deep defiance, although i never used one if you remember in shark hunters east vs. west the winners did and i remember seeing them take two and three swings at the sharks......it looked alot harder to control the gaff set while swinging at the fish...... just my two cents.....

They shouldn't be swinging at a fish in the first place. But what I've noriced about top shots that I like has nothing to do with the hook at all. I like the lightweight fiberglass handle. When you gaff a big shark,etc. It flexes withthe fish and doesn't bend like the Aftco gaffs. But the hooks on them i can do without. If you gaff a mahi,wahoo,or tuna with the smaller models...it looks like to shot it with a 12 gauge. They seem to ruin too much meat on an unperfect gaff shot. And I'm sure none of you has ever gaffed a fish in the meat by accident.

[CaptEddie]

The fiberglass handle is the key to me although I know longer have my topshots I have some 50-60 dollar range gaffs with the same hook as teh Aftco but with light fiberglass handles and I love them. Instead of being stuck to the fish with an unbending piece of metal you have a flexible pole in your hand that keeps you from getting beat up by the fish as bad if they surge.