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Went out for a solo effort on Monday. After a slow start and a couple of squire I went off to the waverider to look for some dollies. First livey in and got a fish. Got him in the boat where he proceeded to go nuts and got the free swinging snelled hook in the leg. Fish continued going nuts until the 60lb leader snapped.
It was the sweetest tasting fish I have ever eaten!
Owowowowowowowow!!!!!
that hurts me to see.
Ouch!
Mate of mine on a gameboat showed me a technique a few year ago to keep dollies subdued in the boat. Bend them like a banana and wrap the leader a few times around the tail wrist until they go quiet. Maybe you didn't get a chance to do that before it got you.
How big was the dollie you got?
:o ooooooo nice 1, lol i bet he was also the most rewarding to fillet,you ###### dumb ### mother ###### cop that;D , i hope you managed to get it out ok.
jp
I was attempting to do that in a half arsed sort of way but the head slipped forward and the rest, as they say, is history. He was only around 95-100cm mark but big emough to teach me a lesson.Quote:
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Was it a hospital job to get it removed or did you manage to get it out yourself.:o
That's gotta hurt. I think i need a rum.
Yep......hurts to watch....cant imagine watching it come back out..........:'( :o
Im with you Tropicrows........bring on the Jimmy
I want my 1st Dollie this summer, but I think I'll start flattening the barb of my hooks .... just in case....;)
Scalem
oooorrrr ... Ouch ! I bet that still hurts.Lump I recon if I got a hook in me like that , I wouldnt be satisfied with just his fillets - I'd be hunting down his hole friggin family!!
Man - that hook is well set!!
Beast
Nice one Jase,
Looks like it might tickle a bit.. :o
So how did you get it out??
Regards
HOnda.
good work jason, think I'll stick to 30lb leader. my fishing mates don't like it when i bleed in the boat!!
Those Japanese safety boots didn't help in this one. When they get that deep I'm a wimp unless it moves easily ( do they ever) and worry about infection. . At least it was a clean hook
Ouch - lives ones dont come inside my boat. I give them a come to Jesus meeting while on the gaff with a bat.
I'll feel a little queasy. But only 'caus its happened to me. Did you have to push the point out yourself or were you lucky enough for it go exit when it happened?
Theres a few tricks with Dorado. First one is, only use one hook if you are chasing them exclusively- then there is no free swinging hooks.
Second is, if you are gaffing them, have an esky or something ready to go, swing them straight into it, dont let them hit the sides or floor of the boat first, as soon as they feel the boat they go nuts, often shaking themselves off a gaff.
Like jeremey said, bending them into a banana and tying them off does the job. Work out where you are going to jam their head to bend them BEFORE they are in the boat. Corners of the boat work best.
Apart from dirty old sharks I havent yet seen a fish that hates the inside of the boat nearly as much as Dorado. We usually just cut them off or shake the hook out beside the boat and let them go now to save the mess of blood and slime.
I pushed the Barb through so I could move my foot as it had gone through the tendon and moved every time I moved my foot. Then headed into hospital to get it out. They just cut the eye off and pulled it out with pliers. after a couple of needles that is.Quote:
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Bet I'm not the only one with a lump in his throat reading that about pushing the barb through, Ahhh adrenalin is a wonderful thing and needles are even better
Nothing excitable comes over the side until the love mallet has tapped it on the head- just too unpredictable and even the small stuff can go nuts.
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Few tough boys still coming out of steel city then.. maybe we get you a blues jersey this year.. ;)
still not much fun..
regards
HONda.
ouch
if it went near the bone be very careful of infection ;)
cheers Murf
Ouch , very nasty. Dollies by far the most insane fish in the boat for sure, even the little fellas go balastic. Had a double hookup years ago , some of the first ones i had caught, swung both of em in the boat ... WRONG.. ended up standing on my chair holding the vhf aerial while i waited and watched them destroy the boat. Nearly copped a swinging 10'0 myself.. very lucky that occasion. I try to gaff and dong em well outside the boat now, coupla taps to the head calms them at least.
Yeah the hospital made sure of that. They had me on an IV drip for 45minutes pumping anti biotics into me and I am on a course of pills as well. They also put a back slab cast on my to limit movement. Thought it may have been a bit over prescribed but I guess they are just doing a good job:-?Quote:
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Dont know about tough Honda maybe more out of necessity. I had to do something as it was pretty hard going before I got the barb through.Quote:
Originally Posted by honda900
Bah! Big sook. Have a snort or two. Poke it through, have another snort, shquash the barb, have anuvver schnort, pwullll oit ouryty, drink shommmer more, fall over...
;D;D;D;D
Tim
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Originally Posted by TimiBoy
lololo funy fker hahah still laughin:D
jp
One well hooked legfish - trust you didn't throw it back ;D