Hook/Flesh

[Guest]

I remember another incident years ago while while sitting on the bank close to a bridge river fishing (buddy and I fishing for northerns)...both of us were sitting waiting for a northern to pull our bobbers down .....We see a guy with a rod walk out onto the bridge and noticed a large daredevil hanging from his rod noticing he's going to try for northerns...well about that time I looked the other way and was looking at my bobber or whatever and all of a sudden I felt this "crack" stabbing pain along the right side of my temple...I looked up dazed and hear this guy on the bridge screaming an apology for hitting me along side the head with his first cast....lol!....luckily the daredevil hit me broadside and the hook only "zipped " my temple leaving a small slice about an inch long...guess the guy had a backlash ....lol!...it could have been alot worse!.....jon

[jwilli7122]

when i was about 14 i had been out fishing and had made the horribly stupid mistake of putting a hook in my pocket. (don't worry it's not as bad as it could've been) well i forgot about the hook, and put the pants through the wash. the next time i tried to put on the pants i buried the hook in the side of my calf. thank god it was my calf.

[bigdog]

Was in Canada when the guide got a large treble driven through a leather glove and into his palm. Luckily the pike thrashed off quickly. A side cutter and a leatherman were both unable to cut the heavy treble. I now carrier a pair of heavy nippers, look something like ice tongs, just in case.

[Coldfeet]

While fishing Lake Trout in Ontario I got a treble hook through the web of my hand between the thumb and index fingers, a very very big treble hook like the ones on a five of diamonds. It was a fly-in trip and there was no way to see a doctor. The hook pushed through, but it was too big to clip off so the only option I had was to cut the web of my hand with a fillet knife. It healed surprisingly well, although there is a nasty scar. After that I bent ALL of the barbs on ALL of my lures. I don't fish with any barbed hooks whatsoever anymore. I've had hooks go into my hands twice since then and both times they pulled right out and hardly hurt at all. Yeah, you might lose a fish or two with barbless hooks, but it will save you a trip to the hospital and you'll have fewer scars.

[Granny]

14 years old fishing off a pontoon tied to the dock. There were 3 or 4 of us using long bamboo rods for sunnies. A girl lost her worm and brought her pole around to put more worm on. The end of her pole hit me square in the eye. I sat down thinking the pain would soon go away. When I opened my eye, it was like looking through a red foggy zip lock bag. My pupil was filling up with blood. To make things worse, we had walked out on this dock which was missing a bunch of boards and was 3/4 under water. Spent a week in the hospital and had lots of ice cream.

[Granny]

[This message has been edited by Granny (edited 07-14-2003).]