I don't know about you guys but between the braid cuts , hook poikes and release knicks my hands are killing me already and it is only June 7!

Yesterday I could not take it anymore. Lotions were not cutting it and didn't make it them feel much better. I got some squid juice on my hands and the pain in the cuts was just too much. (That stuff stings when you get it in a cut). I asked my wife to help me out. She found something that seemed to really help. "Gloves in a bottle" http://www.glovesinabottle.com/
It is not a lotion. It goes on like a lotion and drys into a very very thin latex glove that wears off in about a 1/2 day. (you can hardly feel it). But it seals your skin from the air and your own body heals it. I put some on and it is a little messy but when it dried I have to say it felt damn good the rest of the night.

I also finally picked up some aquaskins black thunder gloves. I normally don't like fishing with gloves but I was at wits end and these are pretty thin and they seem to really protect your hands. I tied a double uni-knot with them on and it seemed ok. Also they look like braid will cut right thru them but I was throwing 3 oz plugs with braid most of the night and sinching up knots much tighter then I would bare handed and the finger tip and palm corners where the line was shows NO wear at all. Time will tell but I have to say after one night I am pretty impressed with both of these products. My hands feel better already.

Try what an old timer once showed me. If your hands get raw from fish cuts, simply piss on them. Although I have never tried it personally, he claimed it worked great. I secretly applied hydrogen peroxide after my nights fishing and told my friend I was using the natural method. BTW, I always greeted him with a wave or a tip of the hat.

That how Jorge Piss-ada, the Yankees catcher, supposedly toughens up his hands. Notice he doesn't wear batting gloves. If you ever get to meet him I wouldn't shake his hand :D

I saw this in a recent issue of Field and Stream.

Urine Trouble
To pee or not to pee?
by Jerome B. Robinson


Your own fresh urine is an excellent sterile antiseptic to use on small cuts, burns, insect bites, and other skin maladies that occur when you are without medical supplies. Produced by your own body, it is unlikely to infect you with foreign bacteria. Urine was commonly used as an antiseptic before the advent of modern pharmacology. Be sure to apply a modern antiseptic and visit your doctor if necessary once you get out of the woods.

In the service they tell you to piss on your feet :)

vb

I just fill my cuts with super-glue

Yeah, they say that urinating on your feet in the shower will get rid of athlete's foot better than any powder.
T. Orlando---- I'll help you with your wader -foot next time we're out.

My hands have already started peeling from the eels. I think I may have to look into some of that love glove lotion. The woman doesn't like me touchin her with my scrffy hands.

I got tired of that as well, and went to Job Lot and bought a pair of work gloves (the light ones with the blue rubber palms/fingers... I cut the tips off the fingers and thumbs and wear them (not always) when I remember; doesnt help your finger tips but the rest of your hand feels better; on the plus side they are easier to grab eels with...

As far as Pissin on your hands; Dont be offended if I simply wave to you guys.... :bounce:

Also, a guy I used to fish with offshore used to slather neosporene on them at night, slip on some latex gloves and go to sleep... I never took it that far, but whatever floats your boat...

That used to be an old Navy remedy when you spent the night w/ a woman that possessed a, shall we say, Morally Casual attitude. You would give the "equipment" a good rinsedown to help kill any germs that may have hopped aboard.

They teach you that in the service. When we thought we were going to Iran we did some desert training. One of the things was with a spitting cobra, which aims for the eyes to paralyze. We were informed that if you got hit your buddies would hold you down and piss in your eyes :yak4: Then we were told of its antiseptic qualities. Got lucky though as we didn't have to go. The hostages were released when Reagan took office.

The Neosporene method works wonders, but expensive. Durin the comm season our hands get so chewed up that at night we have to put Neosporene on our hands like hand cream. But wake up in the mornin and your hands ar good to go. Stuff is amazing. Drawback is that a little tube is like 6 beans, good for 2 days.

I find this method works very well after a day of fishing where your hands get cut by braid, smelly with bait, and so on.

Take hydrogen peroxide and mix it with baking soda and some liquid (antibacterial) soap. The combination of H0 and soda will remove bait/fish smells since it bonds with the organic molecules that cause such smells, then washes them away. The baking soda softens the skin but still allows the skin to toughen against future cuts. The HO and anti-bacterial soap prevents infections and encourages healing.

A great combination...I keep all three with my fish gear at all times.


By the way, this also a great combination if the family dog every gets sprayed by a skunk.

Every once in a while rub your hands in kosher salt.. makes like leather,the more you do it the tougher they become.

Rocky Marciano soaked his hands in urine all the time when he was training for his fights.

Try what an old timer once showed me. If your hands get raw from fish cuts, simply piss on them. Although I have never tried it personally, he claimed it worked great. I secretly applied hydrogen peroxide after my nights fishing and told my friend I was using the natural method. BTW, I always greeted him with a wave or a tip of the hat.

I have to use this one on my gullable little brother..... :fishslap: