Hook Accidents

OUCH! Sorry for your hard luck. Had a fishing buddy that was a hook magnet. At least 4 ER trips over the years. A couple of close calls for me fishing with him over the years. My daughter had to go to the ER at 13yo with a hook thru her ear. There was a man there with a #2 hook in his hand. She claimed braggin' rights as her 's was Mustad 7732 8/0 big game hook.

 

Don’t you hate it when that happens! One barb is bad enough, but TWO! Ouch!

 

Ouch. That sucks. Good luck in the ER.

 

That stinks. My buddy Scott get a plug stuck in his hand with a ladyfish bouncing around in the other end of it. That was a trip to the ER as well. Fortunately mine have never made it past the barb.

 

Ouch, that does not look like a fun time. Good luck at the ER!

 

Damn ! That's gonna smart when it comes out .

They used to give away this " hook remover kit " at some of the tournaments we fished years ago.
Guy that made it was in on sponsorship and trying to market the thing.
One day he 's standing in line to meet people coming in off the water, and I had a chance to ask him if he had ever used the device on himself.
He replied "No , I'm a doctor, I go to the ER " !
Took the kit apart kept the scalpel lookin thing ,and thru the rest in the trash can.

 

Years ago my son got a hook in his toe at the beach. A friend of mine who happens to be a surgeon was there with us. He snipped off the eye and threaded the barb all the way around so it poked out and then pulled the rest of the shank out. It hurt to watch but did less damage in this situation.

 

Yeah , the push the eye down and yank method .... toss in a 20 ft center rollin around in some three footers with a fish on the other line and the depth comin up fast.
Those illustration's , and videos are done at someone's desk or in the back yard .

A couple of years ago while removing a just boated Walleye from a Shadrap , and in a hurry to reset the line before starting a turn , the fish does a power flip on the deck throwing the lure on a tight line.
As per usual, it heads right for my face.
I ducked to avoid it, but with the boat rolling pretty hard in the weather, I put my hand up to keep my balance and caught one of the treble's in the middle knuckle, of ring finger.
The more I messsed with it the worse it got.
Ended up with an ER visit to have it cut out.
Had just put on new set of " Lazer sharp " Hooks.
They worked.
The Sacrifices we make for the joy of fishing

 

I used to run a His and Hers bass fishing tournament trail with the goal of getting wives into fishing. After seeing treble hooks in ears, and hands, I decided to preach safety before each tournament. I can tell you blood his hard to get out of bass boat carpet. I guess the best thing to come out of this tournament trail effort was the chance to purchase some nice boats at a good price.

 

Yes indeed. Always have to figure that into the plan.
Fished one with "her" down on the St.Johns .
After she manages to hang a #4 light wire hook into the meaty part of her palm , a "disagreement" takes place regarding the amount of travel time needed to make the weigh in, and whether or not I was Qualified to remove the new jewelry from her hand .
The "disagreement" escalated to the point of using our outside voices.( damn Irish women get so cranked up )
With a bit of unsuccessful surgery using fish pliers and a rag, I get the hook out of her hand.
Blood all over the new matching white tournament shirts , and her raisin hell, was not in the plan of the day, but I'm dealing with it as best as I can.
We make it into the NO Wake/ Manatee Zone coming into upper Lake Monroe , I look back to check traffic and see the camera boat right behind us.... Filming. Perfect !
After some explaining and convincing that we were fine and on our way in for the day, we proceed.

Total silence for the next hour.
I blame it on the moon .

 

That's gonna leave a mark.

 

Just saw this - ouch! Sorry about that.

 

Nope - you need someone else with enough strength to pull it, gab it with a decent pair of pliers, push in and down, away from the barb, tell em to count to 5 and yer gonna pull, yank it out around a #2 count. Surprise!

I've been fortunate not to have any deep ones with barbs - got a barbless fly in the eye once way back when. Felt it, determined which way to pull and pulled it out. Have a vein with a perfect red circle at the end of it in one of my eyes. That could have been so bad.

 

Ouch! My cousin hooked my eyelid when we were kids. We were fishing next to each other, and he wasnt paying attention when he was casting.