Have you ever been hooked

[outsiderskip]

My son in law and i went down to jacobs well cast netting a few years ago
got a few banana prawns then decided to do a bit of fishing.After not catching anything my son in law decided to try a lure.He cast out and said where did it go i felt a mosquito bite then he wound line in giving it another jerk then i screamed.he was laughting like shit when he found a double set of jag hooks enbedded in back on my neck.we headed back to coast guard asked where was a doctor.He replied what was wrong then i showed him and replied he did a good job and escorted me to a local doctor.the doctor soon numbed my neck and replied he has never taken so many hooks out of 1 person

cheers pete

[griz066]

What you mean like this no never have

[chrisfish]

I was wading the shallows in the Kolan River north of Bundaberg and had been using a halco lure with three big trebles on it. Foolishly, when I switched lures, I just dropped it into my fishing bag thinking the sides of the bag would protect me. As I was wading, a hook from one of the trebles went through the bag, and my pants and into me. I couldn't pull it out and had to cut the barb of the lure to get the bag free. It was about a 30 minute drive to Bundy hospital, about an hour waiting to see someone, then an Xray because I'd cut it off and the doc said he didn't know which way the barb was pointing, then finally some local pain killer and he yanked it out. You do fee like a dill sitting in the public hospital with a hook in your leg.

[StevenM]

Nice work griz

as for me not yet and trying to keep it that way

[favourite_whiting]

Hi,
OUCH!!!!!!!!
It has not happens to me like that not yet.
Does anyone have a better idea of how to remove the best way when someone stays
at a island overnite with no contacts, etc????
HAPPY FISHING
Hobbywhiting

[Noelm]

not me personally but I was with a mate jigging Kingfish and he had one in the boat on the end of a fast taper rod with the full weight of the fish loading it up, he was sliding his hand (sort of wrapped around the line), down towards the fish to grab the jig to remove it, the jig came out of the fish and shot up and he got the extra large trebles fully shot onto his thumb and finger area (kind of imagine making an "O" with them) and the trebles right into the hilt, barbs and all, of course we were about 35 mins from any ramp. Geees I bet the hurt, kinda funny now though.

[INDULGENCE]

Been using the butterfly method of jigging Kingfish lately,it works better due to the fish not being able to use the weight of the 10oz jig to throw the hooks. However trying to get the fish off without damage to it and you usually ends up in you getting hooked by the second hook.Its been so bad we have resorted to useing only 1 hook.


Wally

[Heath]

LOL, my oldman has had more than I would ever want to have!!

First one was a keeper hook right in his thumb, after he was untangling some lines and a big spaniard swam up and wholloped a bait still in the water. When it took off, it pulled the lines tight & bam! keeper right in thumb.

Next one was a bait jig in his leg. Pushed through & cut barb off.
Next was a 8/0 hook, from a 10kg kingie, with the kingy still attached!! Hook was able to be removed same way it come in luckly.
Next was a another bait jig, in his finger. Pushed hook through & cut barb off so it could be removed.

My only incident happened at home, when removing a big bibbed lure from the live well. Treble hooked onto the side as I was pulling it out & ended up with a treble in the palm of my hand. Had to push the barb through, its amazing how tough the human skin really is.

[iank]

More time then I can remeber ( no only 6 time) most involved barra or saratoga, this photo was my latest and even tho I had crushed the barbs it still had to be removed by the loop of line method.
Cheers Ian

[iank]

Another shot, it is in the top of my knee

[-spiro-]

just shows you how tough fisherman are pull it out and keep on fishing

[solwota]

i too have been hooked more times than i care to remember. worst ones are when the fish is still attatched. i have always found the loop of heavy mono in the hook gape and plenty of downward pressure on the shank to be the best method of removal. however i have had two trips to the hospital to get difficult ones out. worst story i have ever heard was in a fishing rag. was about a guy with a bit of a popper fetish. so his mates (figuring he would use anything as a popper) fasioned a lure out of a stick and attatched two trebles and presented to him as a gift at a BBQ. the host of the bbq had a dog with a thing for fetching sticks. the said dog promptly tried to tear the stick from it's new owner catching a treble in the mouth whilst embeding the other treble in his palm......makes your eyes water
richard

[Jeremy]

yes twice. The first time was when I just a young 'un 'bout 10 yrs old. I was cycling over to a freinds place and wanted to show him a lure I have carved up out of timber. I had hung it on one of the wires along the frame of the bike for safe storage [smiley=stupid.gif] and the treble got me in the calf muscle. Trip to doctur ensued.

Second time was earlier this year in similar circumstances to Heath. Was pulling a lure out of the bottom of my console and it hooked on the steering cable on the way out and went thru my finger. Tried the loop method but there was too much pressure due to the bone/muscle/skin etc. Ended up asking my deckie to cut it out for me with a relatively blunt knife. Worked OK , and continued fishing

Jeremy

[lock]

Ounce recently on a charter fly fishing, and the guide smacked me in the face and I had a couple of buzzers stuck in neck and back. And another time i was not watching what I was doing while fishing for tailor and got a set of ganged hooksin my leg.

[Juzo]

I always crush the barbs on my hooks, especially with trebles, mainly thats so they are easier to get out of fish!!
maybe I should find a source and import barbless hooks, reckon I'd do a good trade with some of you blokes