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Location: Pewaukee WI | Hand landing a mid 30" fish and it did a 180 and sunk a heavy gauge 4/0 in the bottom of my wrist. The hook went though my skin and came out with the barb hanging out the other side while the other hook was still in the fish. My dad helped me pin the fish against the floor. Unhooked the fish, released it, fish was fine.
I then tried ripping the hook out. It sounds crazy but we were far from the ER and my adrenaline was flowing(Prolly from the topwater strike) I pulled as hard with pliers in my right hand and it still wouldn't budge cause the barb was sticking. Told my dad to grab another pair of pliers as well. Counted to three and we both pulled on her and she finally ripped out. Bled a lot but it didn't hurt as bad as you would think. Kept fishing. Got some good scars where it went in and then out as well.
Luckily it wasnt a 50lber. |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Can't emphasize more, Knipex Bolt Cutters very important to have in the boat... "side cutters" or Diagonal Cutters do work, and there are a few situations where they are better then the knipex... but the knipex bolts get the most use normally.. If I was hooked and it was a matter of my hand being severly injured or the fish getting killed? Todd would have a new bat to use.he even kept a softshell turtle this year to use as homeplate...but thing keeps crawling away when it thaws out.... |
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| I've had to kill 2 in the past 31 years of musky fishing. Sometimes there is no choice--even with proper tools I have had 2 that totally englfed the lure and did extensive damage to their gills. Still tried but with no success at recovery I kept them and Baked them up--tasted pretty good. catch and release is the method but $#*T Happens. |
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Location: Madison, WI | I've hooked my self while bass fishing, certainly glad it wasn't a muskie bait.. But i couldn't get the hook out for the life of me, pulled so hard tought i was gonna tear my thumb off. Once those barbs get stuck they're not moving... Unless you can push the hook through and cut it, in my case i couldn't. I have a pic some where let me see if can find it.
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