Been Hooked? (Caution Pics Attached)

[Thefisherman83]

Well its been a while for me, but my buddies kid got me good this weekend, screwing around and not paying attention.  Got a nice Nightmare jig buried past the barb in my chin, hurt like a SOB pushing it through to clip the barb  .  I know I'm not the only one, lets hear it.  Post pictures if you have em. 

First picture is leaving the river, second is after I pushed it through. 

[h20hunter]

That made me hurt.....ouch.

[Ripper]

  Ouch, that sucks! Lucky you didn't get it in the eye!

[NW-GSP]

I stuck a oyster knife into my hand while opening oysters.
I even stapled it shut myself. I can't stand waiting at the emergency room or paying the bill.

[KFhunter]

friend of mine got a snag - I turned around to see what was going on just in time for the snag to jump out of the water and zing right into my nose.   Was like slow motion seeing that spinner zing towards me, but I couldn't move out the way

wasn't too bad, it did sink past the barb on one treble, but the hooks were small so I yanked it out and bled like crazy from the end of my nose 


Kids stuck three fingers together once,  I was unhooking a treble from some boat carpet when he decided to trip and stumble in the boat and yanked the line through my fingers,  so I had three trebles one for each finger and they were all stuck together 


fishing is dangerous!  who knew 

[Revwrangler]

When I was a teen me and my brother were fishing. He got his lure stuck in some lily pads and started jerking on it to get it out. It got out already and flew back and hooked my eye lid. I'm just lucky I shut my eye in time.

  We walked back to where my dad was(about a half mile away) with my brother carrying the pole attached to my eye. That was a day of fishing I will never forget.

[pope]

I've seen plenty of kids who look like they fell face-first in a tackle box (with all sorts of medieval-looking metalic objects hanging out of their eyebrows and ears). This takes it to a new level!

[C-Money]

OUCH! Please tell me you are up to date on your tetanus shot. Keep that one clean, not a good place for an infection.

[Thefisherman83]

OUCH! Please tell me you are up to date on your tetanus shot. Keep that one clean, not a good place for an infection.

Oh yeah, got in a fight with some sheet metal not too long ago.  They gave me one then.  I peroxided the crap out of it and wiped it all down with an alcahol pad, should be good.

[C-Money]

OUCH! Please tell me you are up to date on your tetanus shot. Keep that one clean, not a good place for an infection.

Oh yeah, got in a fight with some sheet metal not too long ago.  They gave me one then.  I peroxided the crap out of it and wiped it all down with an alcahol pad, should be good.

  

[bosshogg112]

as a child i remember watching my father fly fish.  so being 5 or 6 i thought hey i can do that.  so i tried to "fly fish" with my spinning rod and wouldnt you know it i managed to get the hook in my head!!!  well 45 minute ride to the hospital in Meteline (sp) Falls the good folks at the hospital managed to cut the hook and get it out.  needless to say i still have no interest in fly fishing.  i also never fish without wearing a hat.

[7mmfan]

Had a client in AK decide he was going to "help" me get the hook out of pinger halibut by lifting it out of the water just as I reached out for the leader. Of course the hook tore out and the rod acted like a sling shot throwing the 24 oz sinker up at warp speed and burying this 10/0 Gamakatsu J-Hook straight into the bicep. Hook point ended up in a main nerve, made my whole arm go numb and seize up everytime i would turn my wrist. It was a long boat ride back to town! Clients earned their keep by pulling the anchor and filleting the fish on the ride in.

[Smossy]

Ahh crap, lol made me cringe, Had wayyy to many close encounters getting smashed with weights while salmon fishing and pulling snags. Luckily no hooks yet -Fingers Crossed-
Got hit so hard in the chest with a half oz weight one year I felt like id been shot, layed me right out on the ground. Lost my breath. Took a nice smoke break to say the least.

[magnus100]

No pics but a great story.
Trout fishing almost 20 years ago on a little lake with a bunch of friends from work. Just relaxing drowning power bait on size 18 trebles.  One guy in the group is Tim. Meanest toughest guy I knew. Also a body builder so muscles on top of the tough guy attitude.  He lifts a little 10 inch rainbow out of the water it shakes off the hook and sinks it into his calf. I was surprised it could even penetrate the muscle. 2 minutes later and this big bada$$ tough guy is pale and pukey. Lmao! He wants us too leave and take him to the ER.  We are all laughing so hard we are almost in tears because he wants the ER for a size 18 treble. We finally calm him down, ice it up, and pull it out backwards(ouch) with plyers. He went and found a shade tree afterward and went to sleep. Lmao.  Still makes me laugh.

On a personal note, hot albacore bite and I'm swinging in nice 15 to 20 pound albies on feathers with typical large double tuna hooks. Go to unhook one that is hooked outside the mouth and he gets the 1 exposed hook into the meaty part of my palm below my thumb and starts the tuna shake with the hook in my hand.  Brought me to my knees but he tore the wound enough so the hook pulled out  fairly easily. Duct tape and 2 Tylenol and we finishhed the day fishing with 23 tuna and 1 very sore hand.

[Smossy]

No pics but a great story.
Trout fishing almost 20 years ago on a little lake with a bunch of friends from work. Just relaxing drowning power bait on size 18 trebles.  One guy in the group is Tim. Meanest toughest guy I knew. Also a body builder so muscles on top of the tough guy attitude.  He lifts a little 10 inch rainbow out of the water it shakes off the hook and sinks it into his calf. I was surprised it could even penetrate the muscle. 2 minutes later and this big bada$$ tough guy is pale and pukey. Lmao! He wants us too leave and take him to the ER.  We are all laughing so hard we are almost in tears because he wants the ER for a size 18 treble. We finally calm him down, ice it up, and pull it out backwards(ouch) with plyers. He went and found a shade tree afterward and went to sleep. Lmao.  Still makes me laugh.

On a personal note, hot albacore bite and I'm swinging in nice 15 to 20 pound albies on feathers with typical large double tuna hooks. Go to unhook one that is hooked outside the mouth and he gets the 1 exposed hook into the meaty part of my palm below my thumb and starts the tuna shake with the hook in my hand.  Brought me to my knees but he tore the wound enough so the hook pulled out  fairly easily. Duct tape and 2 Tylenol and we finishhed the day fishing with 23 tuna and 1 very sore hand.

Right on! Way to man up.

[WSU]

I burried a 3/0 gami in my thumb nail far enough to bury the barb.  Hurt like an SOB pulling it out with pliers.

[bankwalker]

I put a 2/0 gami right through the the 1/2" hole I have in my ear  I'm glad I was a "cool" kid and gauged out my ears....or that hook would have really hurt going into my ear 

[d3m0n_f1sh]

I got in a fight with my brother one night, stepped on a rapala. One hook buried deep into my big toe right next to the nail, the other stuck to the carpet. I couldn't really do much to protect myself in that fight

[Curly]

I was bass fishing and had gotten my line wrapped in my bow mount electric motor.  As I was trying to get it untangled, I accidentally hit the on switch (while the line was laying across my thigh).  The 17 pound test broke after the 4/0 worm hook buried into my thigh after the line wound around the prop.  It all happened so fast.

I have another story too, but it is more embarrassing.  That hook is still stuck in me after 20 years.

[C-Money]

I got a Zara Spook caught on a twig sticking out of the water. I pulled, and pulled, until the spook came off and right at me at a zillion MPH and lodged in my Lt bicep. Off to the ER.

[h2ofowlr]

Pain that I can feel!  My kid got me with a blue fox and it went through the top part of my ear.  Hurt like a sob! 

My buddy had his front teeth knocked out when the guy next to him hooked up on a snag.  The guy backed up pulling his line back and the hook must have straightened out and the lead came flying back!

[snocohunter]

Everett coho derby last summer. I was reaching down to clear him from the net and the upper hook got head thrashed into my finger. Not a 10/0 holy *censored*  but it still hurt. Drank away the pain and wrapped it up.

[Kc_Kracker]

  done it many times, salt feels great afterwards too 

[BENCHLEG]

Ouch,,,, :chuckle:lets see more..

[RadSav]

Had a client in AK decide he was going to "help" me get the hook out of pinger halibut by lifting it out of the water just as I reached out for the leader. Of course the hook tore out and the rod acted like a sling shot throwing the 24 oz sinker up at warp speed and burying this 10/0 Gamakatsu J-Hook straight into the bicep. Hook point ended up in a main nerve, made my whole arm go numb and seize up everytime i would turn my wrist. It was a long boat ride back to town! Clients earned their keep by pulling the anchor and filleting the fish on the ride in.

All but one of mine (too many to count) were due to the same client help.  Can't really blame them as they are just excited.  But dang if you don't want to smack'em upside the head afterward   Back in the days of the Abe & Al flashers we got a good number of facial lacerations each year too.  Customers would ask why we called them dodgers?   The response was always good for a laugh.  My worst was having a gaff hook put all the way through my calf by a client that decided he was going to help me get a big salmon shark on board.  He runs across the deck, slips and drives it in just below the knee and out mid calf.  Well, at least the customer wasn't hurt 

All good fun!  Wouldn't trade those days for nothing.  At least I ended my fishing days with all my fingers.  That's something about 50% of they guys I worked with can not say.

[Curly]

I got an email with some fish hook mishaps.  It reminded me of this thread, so here are some of the pics............

[Boss .300 winmag]

That one in the ear is a fad ready to happen. 

[Hillbilly270]

i was rowing a friend (beginner fly fisherman) down the yakima on a windy day of course and took a fly through my nose. luckily for me its barbless only.

[RadSav]

I think my testicles just bounced off the back of my eye balls

[Gobble Doc]

Ouch.

[couesbitten]

Before my wife and I were married, we were floating a canoe down Winchester wasteway catching bass.  As she's swinging back to cast, she hooked me about half way between the armpit and hip almost far enough back that I couldn't see it.  She didn't realize it of course, and tried to complete the cast.  I wrapped my hand in the line and took the tension off.  The hook was in just past the barb, and I had no pliers, so pulled it tight and took a couple of light cuts with a sharp knife to free myself.

[ICEMAN]

I think my testicles just bounced off the back of my eye balls