What is this ?

[Jbasile]

Found a couple of these in a tackle box I bought

At a tag sale along with tons of Great Lake spoons.

Edited May 21, 2013 by Jbasile

[slimjim]

Looks like some kind of release?

[gokudl3]

My guess its for stacking a rigger but not sure because I've never used that ,but I think I've seen something like that.

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[reelintense]

It is the release for a long lead slide diver. Your missing some stuff though!

[times two]

If I recall....this was made by Roemer Releases and was called a Liberator.   And I believe it was for fixed sliders.....

[av8er]

They are used with dropper balls. You could put a small ball, 4 oz up to 16 oz on your line. When a fish hit the pin pulled out and the ball would drop free of your line and you could fight the fish without the weight. Not exactly environmentally friendly or economical. I still have several and I think I still have the original instructions on my boat. I have them but never used them.

[Tim Bromund]

The red thing is a big jon jettison release. The wire must be some aftermarket add on to attach it to something. I've never used them but they were designed for drop weights. Years ago , Capt. John Oravec came up with a way to use them to modify a dipsey into a slide diver, years before "slide divers" came on the market.

Edited May 21, 2013 by Tim Bromund

[Sk8man]

Hey Tim do you know if Oravec is still around? I used to fish right near him a lot (night fishing ) at the south end of Canandaigua Lake...back in the 70's and early 80's... haven't heard his name in years and years.

 

Les

Edited May 21, 2013 by Sk8man

[Jbasile]

Thanks for your help guys.

[GAMBLER]

Sk8man,

 

He still is around.  He Charters out of Oak Orchard and still does musky trips in the fall on the St Lawrence. 

[gokudl3]

He even does niagara river trips in winter

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[on the lam]

Yup. A jettison release. Good for your thumper rig if you want a long leader.

Also for bouncing bottom with 1# ball for bottom hugging staging kings with a j plug .

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[Tim Bromund]

here's Oravec's website

 

http://captjohnoravec.com/