...at least it was one of those epic mornings...

Ouch! Is right! Hope you know a good Doctor?:rotf2: Physician heal thyself??

Welcome to the hook in hand club! :)

yikes ! I was cursing a plug I lost one on Sunday because I crushed the barbs.Was going to change hooks back to barbs but after that pic I may stay without.

Salem Hospital? Or did you do the brown soap removal at home? I'll bet Ellen was thrilled....... I'm working directly across the street from the Castle, you should have come by for a cutter.

...wasn't on the neck...good to know for the next time though...!
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Was there a dangling fish attached at any point?

I would like to second the welcome to the hook in the hand club. I hope it is resolved currently, and you are OK. Was a fish involved?

The best thing is not to panic. Get the hook off the plug. I am of the mind set: remove the hook ASAP. I do not recommend this to others, just me. Always have a cutter that can cut your largest hook, test it before hand.

I cannot guarantee that I will not get a hook embedded again, but I do know we will all get injured again, some how.

When I did it, I did not have a good cutter. I pushed it through, but couldn't cut it. Once the Harbor master saw the hook, they made me go to the clinic (I was heading for the hardware store to get a cutter).

This is a good link about fishhook removal:
Fishhook Removal - June 1, 2001 - American Family Physician (http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0601/p2231.html)

Was there a dangling fish attached at any point?

Yup...that was other aspect of the clusterfck...
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OUCH, looking at that just makes my hand hurt

I hope your ok

Was it a BigFish?:jump1:

mannn that right there is my worst fear :eek:

my biggest fear is a hook in the eye while casting... thought sends chills up my spine

Ouch! Ouch! OUCH!
I hope the wound heals well.

Barbless Rules:)

DONT U WISH U DEBARBED THAT HOOK :fury::fury:????????

HOPE YA HEAL UP FAST dOC

Reasons 1-5 why I dislike fishing plugs.
give me a single hook everytime!

OWWW WEEEE!!
i joined the club several yrs ago. it was a 3/0 Eagle treble,
sweetwater hook, THANK GOD!

sorry to sea that my friend,
i also had sum punctures this w/e~~~

thankfully there were no barb imbedments.
heal well, and i hope the FEESH was worth it!!!

Ouch

had joined that club 4 years ago thank god it was barbless.

uh...that sucks...hope is heals well.

I am wiggling in my chair looking at that......cringing. OUCH....
Hope all is well....Thank god I have a hook cutter.

...thanks you all! feels fine except for some residual numbness in my finger...which hopefully will resolve...

despite this being my second introduction to the hook in hand club, the morning was definitely worth it...!

...at least it was one of those epic mornings...

wow that thing is in there. lucky you nailed that fleshy part of the hand and somewhere else. also, it only looks like you have 3 fingers in the picture. i thought that was funny.

Hooks in hand add character.


Hope it's feeling better.

Been there. I had a nasty Bluefish attched to mine.

I saw a pitcure last year with a hook in some guys eye. Now that is my worst fear.

at least the fishing was worth it. keep it clean.

Been there. I had a nasty Bluefish attched to mine.

I saw a pitcure last year with a hook in some guys eye. Now that is my worst fear.

saw that too. yikes!!! note to self. take 10 steps further away from people you dont know casting

ouch is right

that doesn't look too good

better luck next time

note to self. take 10 steps further away from people you dont know casting

that is why i dont waste my time fishing the east side of the soco bways, bunch of yahoos standing in line waiting to fish. :smash:

that hurtsd just looking at it

...i think the lesson for me is never to grab the plug to stabilize the fish...because as i grabbed the plug (a spook with 2 trebles) the fish frenzied and the free belly treble caught my hand as my hand slipped off the plug...

yikes looks nasty doc! glad the fishing was good though!

That happened to me a couple years back (not that bad though) and ever since then I used a lip gripper (the plastic kind, not a boga, I think you've seen me with it) to unhook fish caught on plugs, I highly recommend it!