Worst Surfcasting Injuries

[Mr. Sandman]

Lots of fishing injuries, we all get them, esp in near 50 years of fishing...a few that I recall are:

treble hook in eye while standing waist deep at 2:00am on sw point BI in a 30mph NW. (Actually went thru both eye lids and only scratched my eyeball but there was a lot of blood and I was worried. I had to remove the hook while standing on those slippery bocci balls because I thought I would fall and rip out my eye.

fell off rock, rolled ankle and it became lodged in a bolder cluster at squibby. Extreme pain, I thought I broke my leg, waves pounded me for 5 mins until I could dislodge it and hobble back home. I stopped surf fishing for that season after that night. Took me 6 months to heal and my ankle is still not right.

Got washed off of the north rip late while fishing alone was able to swim back, tide was rippin. Did not hurt myself but I was worried. Whoever said you can't swim in waders didn't see me that night, I could have given Mark Spitz a run for his money. Lost rod and reel. Walked back to truck, shook it off, changed, had a coffee and picked up backup rod and landed 47#er. I knew they were there ....

too many hooks in hands to remember and sore shoulders, elbow and backaches.

Treble Hook in finger and also in lively bass while alone in boat... nightmare situation. (in the end, just lost the nail)

The most pain I ever had was when my son handed me a 10# of green crab (tog bait) in a bucket...I turned a funny way with the bucket and my L2 disk exploded...I was in the hospital for 5 days and screwed up for 6 months. The swelling on my back was about the size of your fist. 'Roids and pain killers were my friends that week.