yah we had one when we had a small aluminum and worked great we sold it and i kinda wish we didnt i would take it in a minute be good for kayak and for $40 cant go wrong
you dont need to numb your hand just rip it out takes less time and you can keep fishing just hold your hand and get some one to rip it out. when i got mine in hand it went into the palm and had a 1-2lb smallmouth hanging off the other side unhooked the fish and let him go and walked to shore where my friend yanked out the hook
lol me and my fiend where going to try it this summer never got around to it tho. think about it lots of fish people eat are bottom feeders cod, white fish, flounder