Two Bluefish, One Schoolie and........
 

My Thumb. Ouch!!!!!

Wow, ER?

UHHGGGGGGGGGGGG

you really set the hook on that last one, huh... ouch!!!

Been there a few times. I used to wait in the ER for the novacaine and a bandage. The last two times I just had someone rip it out. Another great reason to just fish eels with a 5/0! Hope you feel better.:grins:

Whats the big deal !!!
 

Just cut it and push it through !

hope you didn't stop fishin over that

You wouldn't be the guy we saw at the SW corner of Block yesterday, would you?

I did that the other day, one thing different though, I CRIMP ALL THE BARBS ON EVERY PLUG I OWN!!!!!:uhuh:

Slips right back out with a tiny little hole.

Un crimped barbs are dangerous and hooks with crimped barbs penetrate deeper and easier on you and the release of fish.

Don't crimp and pay the consequences.:wall:

...and that is one more reason why I fish barbless. Hope it didn't ruin your day.

5 posts and he's already hooked himself. This board does wonders for your fishing prowess.

Second that, but 6/0....

ouch. been there my man. 4/0 VMC through the thumb. Now its mostly eels for me.

crush the barbs your not going to lose fish.

Do you find that using a split ring instead of open-eyed hook affects the action of the plug at all?

Sorry wrong thread.:hidin:



To the bend. Hope it wasn't too tough to get out. I cringed in pain just looking at it.

It only hurt for the first 4 1/2 hours until I had it removed at the ER around 1:00 am. But the real fun was having the fish on one end of the plug my thumb on the other and it thashing around the boat!
:fury:

it only took doing this once to make me crimp. I think the stay hook ratio is about the same on bass, while those asswipe blues shake themselves off a little more.

Try doing that when the hook is in your thigh right your thru the waders
and the bass is going nuts 1/2 in the water 1/2 out

I just took my pliers and with one good pull it was out