I recently made an
Aluminum stringer. I couldn't find a piece of stainless to use and I was too cheap to buy a stringer from the dive shop for $21; it cost me $2.50 to make
. Anyway, I know that aluminum is a toxic metal (Don't cook pasta sauce or soup in an aluminum pot
; don't weld aluminum without special precautions,
etc...) Also I have never seen an aluminum stringer for sale. What I'm wondering is whether putting the aluminum spike through the fish will pose some sort of health risk. I assume the short term exposure of the fish to the metal will not be a problem, but I've noticed a lot of people on this forum have some medical expertise (I'm a law student so obviously I have none
) and I was hoping someone with actual knowledge could help me. Sorry if this is a stupid question but better safe than sorry.
