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Thankfully nothing too serious.
Bumps, bruises and small cuts are pretty much a weekly/nightly occurrence.
I’ve been impaled by hooks a few times one was pretty bad through my index finger while still attached to a fish but with some help I was able to cut the hook and free myself. That was the only incident that required a trip to the ER for a tetanus shot.
I typically have some kind of elbow and shoulder pain that develops towards the end of the season but so far it's gone away for spring.
I'm not too old (40) but I definitely feel the long nights and the beatings from the surf/rocks a lot more than I did 10 years ago. It's imperssive that guys in their 50s and 60s are still fishing as hard as they do. I hope I'm still fit and healthy enough to be doing this in another 20 years.
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