Hook in hand

[Raven]

take care of it.... or loose it... make sure that antibiotic is workin and the swelling is going down...

that sucks...

[Mr. Sandman]

The hook was brand new and my antibiotic appears to be doing its job now. It just was an awkward and painful situation for a few minutes. Maybe my luck will change now for the better.. .

[NIB]

The line trick where u rap a piece of mono on the hook an bend the eye down an yank it works.There's been plenty of little articles on it in all the fishing magazines.Jack Yee a Montauk "sharpie" has probably done 1000's of hooks over the years with the technique.Kinda tough to do urself though..

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by NIB

The line trick where u rap a piece of mono on the hook an bend the eye down an yank it works.There's been plenty of little articles on it in all the fishing magazines.Jack Yee a Montauk "sharpie" has probably done 1000's of hooks over the years with the technique.Kinda tough to do urself though..

good trick ,, will that work with braid too ? what about fireline ?

[BEETLE]

Hey Sandman,
Be careful out there. Good job winning one of the mystery prizes yesterday. Look forward to seeing your name many times on the board.

[Water Treater]

Similar thing happened to me about a decade ago whan a 32 inch bluefish that I had boated to tag prior to release shook its head and imbedded a 3/0 treble hook into my right hand. Before I knew it I had a 3/0 treble book completely through my right index finger. When I looked down and saw what had happened I almost went into shock.
With my left hand, I manged to remove the lure (treble) hooks from the bluefish and release it. Then I managed to cut the set of trebles free from the plug after which I headed back to port (30 minutes away). Two hours kater I walked into the emergency room at Newton Wellesley Hospital (Newton, Mass.) sporting a set of 3/0 trebles through my right index finger. I didn't have to do much explaining.

The emergency room intern used a heavy duty cutter to cut the shank of the hook, backed the hook out of my right index finger, and applied some antibiotoc. That did it for me. No more barbed hooks! Ever. Since that episode I always crush the barbs on all the hooks I use (singles and trebles) and instead sharpen my hooks with a thirteen dollar commercial hook sharpener. Funny thing happened after that: I stopped dropping fish. I'm convinced that barbs on hooks prevent hooks from penetrating the flesh of fish. If you crush the barbs on your hooks and learn to sharpen your hooks you'll catch more fish, and eliminate trips to the doctors office.

Bill

[mrstriper]

Has happened a couple times...I take my leatherman and cut the hook off leaving a post for the ER to work with...keep fishing and go to the hospital later...hurts when you hit the post , but I do not want to miss a blitz

[blue oyster]

another reason why i fish barbless hooks , hope your hand is well soon