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Another "safety item" I had an experience with this year, and one that I shared (and got help from) with a member of this site. Met him for the first time under this circumstance.
It was mid- September around 3am and I had just landed a nice bass in the 30lb class. The hook-set was perfect, right corner of the mouth in the "thick" part of the jaw. I grabbed my pliers to remove hook and it was stuck pretty good. I wanted to get the fish back in the water ASAP so I gave the hook a hard and forceful yank, something Ive done 100s of times with no thought. The hook came out and got buried into my thumb up to the shank. I tried to remove it to no avail, it wouldnt even budge. I started the long walk across the boulders to my truck for an early morning ER visit when I noticed someone fishing in a wetsuit fishing about 50 yards away. I asked him if he had cutters, he said no. But had 50lb mono and would pull the hook if I wanted. I never met him before so I was kinda leery but after thinking about an ER visit and missing out on some good fishing I decided to let him do it. Downward pressure on the shank, count to three and a yank the hook was out. Blood squirting everywhere I just taped it with electrical,had a very thankful conversation for about 10 min. with him and I was on my way and caught a few more, although not as big. Thanks again, you know who you are! And for anyone who hasnt tried the mono trick. It works and is pretty painless if done right.
Morale of the story. I now carry a 3' strip of 50lb mono and heavy wire cutters in my back-pack. And I think about what Im doing before I do it, even when its something as "routine" as unhooking a fish.
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