Description

Marsh Tacky Carbon’s Tournament Kingfish Gaffs are proven tournament winners!

After hearing repeatedly about the need for lighter long-reach gaffs for tournament class king mackerel, we redesigned our two-piece gaffs to eliminate the heavy coupler system and instead use a semi-permanent attachment system with our new titanium alloy hooks. The result? A gaff that’s 60% lighter! Nothing else comes close.

Upgraded Design for 2025

You could call these upgrades, but in reality, we are just responding directly to feedback from all our great customers.

  1. “Can you make the hook portion of the two-piece gaff function as its own stand-alone shorter gaff?” Yep. Now it’s standard.
  2. “Can you make the handle extensions interchangeable for different boats I fish on that have difference length spaces below the gunnels to store?” Yep.
  3. “Can you make your bigger hook available on the kingfish gaffs?” Yep.
  • Yes. They still float!
  • Yes. We actually make every step of the gaff hooks and grips ourselves.
  • No. We will not sell them to your rod builder.
  • Yes. They still have a lifetime warranty!
  • Yes. All hooks are titanium alloy (corrosion proof, 3x stronger than stainless steel, around half the weight of stainless).
  • All three length options use the same 95″ L.O.A. top segment (with the hook) containing a corrosion proof titanium alloy male ferrule
  • The male ferrule side slips into the female side handle “extension,” which is interchangeable to result in different length models. are joined with their respective extensions using a titanium Phillips head screw.
  • Length over all sizes are just under:
    • 112″ (double grip),
    • 132″ (triple grip) and
    • 152″ (triple grip)
  • As a bonus, all three sizes are convertible to a 96″ gaff with an included gimbal cap.
  • Purchase includes THREE PIECES:
    • 95″ hook segment,
    • one of the three respective handle segments of your choice, plus
    • gimbal cap segment (for 96″ single grip gaff)
  • Made in the USA and Patented!

 

Here’s the all-important hook info:

  • T1.5 size
    • larger than the original 2022 kingfish gaff’s ultralight T1 hook, but significantly lighter and more compact than the T2 to still get into the gristle of a big king mackerel without costing you the ounces of blood that could drop you off the leader board
    • hook has 1.9″ gap and 2.8″ penetration depth
    • lightest and quickest design for highly accurate response and hook placement
    • designed for any king mackerel
    • corrosion proof titanium alloy is almost half the weight of stainless but 3x stronger
    • Patented design
  • T2 size
    • NEW size option for 2025, larger and a little heavier than the T1.5, but the titanium alloy is still far stronger and lighter than any other hook.
    • hook has 2.6″ gap and 3.8″ penetration depth
    • made strictly for 25# + fish
    • corrosion proof titanium alloy is almost half the weight of stainless but 3x stronger
    • Patented design

 

NEW FOR 2025

 

 

 

 

FORMER MODELS (2022-2024):

Overview of the kingfish gaffs’ hook size options for 2023 and how and why these gaffs are so different from others.

 

NEW T1.5 hooks compared to other sizes

 

Old video from 2020 that we didn’t publish on YouTube until later since we knew we’d catch so much heck from our pro staff who put the time in on the testing. Sorry ya’ll- we’ve got to show it off now!

Please See our Main Gaffs Page – for more info and videos