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Multiple hook shanks to the barb in fingers not sinking the barb just enough to hurt.Slipped one time in Gansett on a rock while not wearing corkers.Shin bled for a while and pain went away after a week.One good fall was all I needed to learn my lesson.Corkers are a must on rocks.The hooks on the other hand are no problem unless the barb sinks in which I haven't experienced yet......but since we're on the topic I was fishing a local inner bay beach and a small rush of schoolies come in.Ten yards away a guy yells fish on so I decided I'd go help him land it if he needed it.Bad idea will never make that mistake again.The guy is grabbing for the plug,has no light and no pliers.I said hey I got a lip-grip right here and some pliers man hold on a sec.....he says nah I got it reached down fish flopped and buried treble deep in his palm.Fish then fell of the hook looking up at him laughing I'm sure.This guy was screaming swearing.Yelling about tetnus shots and whatnot.I felt bad....but also got a good look at the plug he was using and since he left this spot I put one on like he had and banged a couple while he made his way to his car yelling.I thought I learned my lesson about helping others until the next time I was pointing out a blitz to a guy in a boat.I was on the beach.He saw it alright but forgot to follow the buoys out of the inlet and hit a rock with his boat.Now I wouldn't help a blind man cross the street.I'm done with helping people.
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