All catch-and-release sportfishers have a responsibility to ensure that fish are released in healthy condition to maximise their chances of survival. Predatek is proud to offer the GOB-LOC as an aid to that philosophy.

The GOB-LOC claws close on themselves with just the fish's membranous tissue between them. They do not clamp on the fish's jaws. This means the fish's possible violent movements are not restricted to the extent that the jaw bone could be broken.

Here are some general tips to consider when handling fish that are to be released.

• Speed: When weighing, measuring, or photographing fish, work quickly to minimise the time the fish spends out of the water. Also, the colours of the fish won't die and you'll get better photos.
• Keep fish damp: Minimise touching the fish with dry hands or letting it come in contact with a dry surface. If the fish should be brought aboard your boat and laid on the floor, use a wet towel to protect its mucous coating.
• Reviver breaks: If you need to spend some time on photography, return the fish to water at intervals to give it reviver breaks while restraining it with the GOB-LOC.
• Avoid heat stress: If the surface layer of the water is very warm (summer impoundment conditions), tie a security rope to the GOB-LOC lanyard and lower the fish a few metres under the water while you prepare your camera equipment and plan the photos. It will be much happier at depth.
• Avoid visceral and skeletal stress: This applies particularly to large fish. Avoid holding fish vertically for photographs. Not only can it place stress on the fish's viscera (internal organs) or jaw structures, it doesn't make for great photos!
  It looks better if the fish is displayed horizontally, with a wet hand supporting the tail section near the vent, without putting pressure on the fish's abdomen.
• Use a weighing sling: To weigh large fish, it's better to hold them in a sling of some kind (e.g. shadecloth, wet fabric), grasping the sling eyelets, rather than the fish jaw, with the GOB-LOC during the weighing operation.