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Location: West Haven, UT | I went fishing on 8-4-09 and caught a 40" Tiger muskie who swallowed my lure. The needle nose pliers did the trick but I had to get my fingers a little to close to the teeth. Well the thing bit down, then did a headshake, and the thumb took the brunt of it. No problems, thumb still attached, just a flesh wound. Nothing that a little triple antibiotic ointment wont clear up along with a bandaid, or so I thought. two weeks later, still hurts and is infected. I make the Dr. appointment. We both don't think there is any foreign object in my thumb. He gives me a choice, take a antibiotic for 10 days, or get an x-ray and then decide. I opt for the antibiotic and out the door I go(bad choice I know). Well two weeks go by and still the thumb looks terrible. Go back to the doctor today, take the x-ray, doctor comes in and say's, I dont know who I should call, a dentist or a hand expert, you have a tooth stuck in your thumb. WHAT????? So now I get to see a hand specialist tomorrow to have the dang tooth removed. Great fishing story. Hopefully I can get the picture of the fish,thumb, and X-ray to upload so you can see it.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Caught a very large muskie on the Goon with my son. Blood all over the side of the fish. Not from the fish...I tried to hand land it and it got me a tooth through my thumb. Hannah at Claybanks Marina had the picture of that big girl next to the tooth under the glass at the marina for years. |
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| My brother had a muskie tooth in his hand for about 3 months a few years back. Took it out himself but someone ended up throwing it away. Would have been a nice momento.  |
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| good luck and a speedy recovery |
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Location: The desert | Great fish, good to see another UT musky guy! |
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Location: Utah | Need to keep that tooth for a momento and place it in the frame with the picuture of the fish. Kinda like a lucky rabbits foot. Hey is it your casting hand thumb? Sure hope not.
We're wishing you the best on a speed recovery...Again was great to see you guys during our camp'n trip last week.
See you guys on the water in the very near future.
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Location: Utah | Pointerpride102 - 9/14/2009 10:24 PM
Great fish, good to see another UT musky guy!
Hey don't forget us UT Musky gals too.. |
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Location: New Hope MN | and here I've been whining about a little gill raker rash. Geez! |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Been there, but usually a squeeze gets some nasty combined with tooth to come out. With the angle that one is in your thumb I think it would take a scalpel but I would still do it at home. |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | hahaha, im laughing at the situation, not your pain!
good luck! |
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| Epsom salts, warm water, and a quality pair of tweezers, all after a little ginger ale. |
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Location: The desert | k2muskie - 9/15/2009 7:14 AM
Pointerpride102 - 9/14/2009 10:24 PM
Great fish, good to see another UT musky guy!
Hey don't forget us UT Musky gals too.. : )
Haha, don't worry I haven't forgotten you. I must keep missing you in my creels. I try not to bother the trollers too much till they are done though. |
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Location: West Haven, UT | firstsixfeet - 9/15/2009 7:54 PM
Epsom salts, warm water, and a quality pair of tweezers, all after a little ginger ale.
Someone did recommend a fifth of whiskey, a large pencil to bite down on, and a x-acto precision knife.  Looks like Friday is scheduled for the removal of the tooth. I let the doctor know that it has a sentimental value and I will be keeping it . The Doctor also said please email me a picture of the fish so I can show my brother because he wont believe it.
K2, as for the casting hand, best thing I ever did was I trained myself to reel with both hands, so when one arm gets tired from twitching and reeling, I switch on over to the other. Took a while to get comfortable switching back and forth but now I am used to it.
Edited by Jim Muskie 9/15/2009 10:02 PM
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| Glue the tooth to a picture of the fish and put it on the wall. Your grandkids will love it. |
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