One of the guys I fish with regularly got a 9" storm through the eyelid. No pics, but everything turned out ok for him after he bled a bit.
Myself, I've been lucky. One of the reasons I avoid plugs whenever possible is my fear of treble hooks.
I did swamp my boat in nauset inlet once. Fortunately we were in only three feet of water so the boat had little distance to travel to reach the bottom. After a bit of bailing we resumed power.
