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I have a pemenant memory of my first 40lb striper....after gaffing the fish it lay motionless on the floor of the boat, as I reached down to remove the plug from the fishes mouth, she began thrashing wildly sinking a tine from one of the trebles on the plug into my finger, ... the first treble snagged on my index finger , the tine was ripped free by the thrashing fish, the remaining trebles then became inbedded in my forearm and palm, even at the age of 17 I knew enough ( thanks to my fathers preaching) to carry linesmans pliars in my boat, after subduing the fish, I then cut off the hooks and pulled them through, I cut my "T" shirt into bandages and drove myself to the hospital where I recieved a total of 23 stitches to close the 3 wounds, after leaving the hospital I was young (and stupid) enough to drive back to plum island and get my picture taken!... to this day, I have the utmost respect for a fish wearing a plug for a lip ring!
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