Knipex cutters are worth their weight in gold. A MUST-HAVE if you're gonna catch muskies. These have saved me 3 times already.
1) 4/0 600 SP curled through my index finger by an angry fish...they saved me a trip to the ER.
2) They saved a frantic Jazzi from a 6/0 treble ear piercing...and me from getting hooked by her.
3) They helped me free a muskie with its teeth and mandible hopelessly wrapped in the mesh of my net.