Fishhook disgorger

[0019]The drawing shows fishing tackle in the form of a fishhook disgorger 5 capable of removing a fishhook 6 from the mouth 4 of a fish 7 and for cutting a fishing line 8. The fishhook disgorger 5 may have an operating mechanism employing a first hollow, circular, cylindrical tube 10 having a pair of aligned, identical, longitudinal slots 11 and 12 adjacent its rear end 13, and a transversely extending hand grip 15 is affixed to end 13. The front end 14 of tube 10 terminates in a radially extending, circular peripheral abutment 16 that surrounds end 14. A circular, cylindrical shaft 17 is enclosed in tube 10, and the shaft 17 is slidable longitudinally within the tube. A pair of identical, aligned, separated shelves 18 and 19 protrude from the front end 20 of shaft 17 and extend beyond the front end 14 of tube 10.

[0020]A fingerpull 22 has a second hollow circular cylindrical tube 23 enclosing a portion of tube 10. Finger engagable handles 25 extend transversely from tube 23 in general