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| There has to be some good injury storys out there.....Muskie fishing can often be very hazardous. I normally have one or two to share.. but I luckly made it through the entire year with the same bandaids.[:bigsmile:] | |||
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| I actually made it all year too without any major incidents. | |||
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| It seems that everytime I grab a muskie, I end up bleeding! By the end of the season, my hands look like burger :) The worst that I had though was landing a nice 42 inch fattie and finding out the hard way that it had been caught before and someone cut the hooks. There was a rusted hook in it's gill cover that ended up imbedded deeply in my index finger. I thought I cleaned the wound out but a couple days later, when the finger was as big as a bratwurst, I decided to do some "digging". I found a 1/4" long chunk of rusted hook still in my finger. Oddly enough, once the rusted hook was removed, the swelling and infection went away fairly quickly. [:p] Steve @ G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods. http://www.herefishyfishy.com | |||
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| The only 'hook up' that I had this year was when I was making some bucktails. I had a large vise-grips attached to the end of the bucktail while I finished trimming off the excess wire when I lost my grip and the lure fell toward the ground. Instead of just letting it fall, my reactions took over and I reached out to grab it and had a 3/0 treble bury to the bend of the shank into the tip of my little finger. I had to grab my cutters and cut off the shank of the hook, then go upstairs leaving an impressive blood trail, and had to get my 5-year old daughter to get me the phone so I could call for a ride to the ER. They froze my finger, made a small incision and then pushed the hook through. The next time I go for 'removal of a foreign object', I'm taking some pliers and other tools, because they aren't equipped for hook removal at the ER. They didn't have anything big enough to cut the hook, and nothing strong enough to get a good grip on it to pull it through. Beav | |||
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| You know, this post got me to thinking...and something dawned on me. Other than a 28 incher 2 years ago on a #8 crankbait hook smallie fishing, I've *never* been hooked by a muskie. Pike are a completely different story - been skewered unhooking them plenty of times. But when it comes to muskie fishing, I'm seriously beating the odds. Had hooks bounce off my watch band, get hooked in my sleeve and and scrape across me, but never got hooks in past the barb once. Only time I've ever gotten severely bloody (stitches), the hooks were never involved. Suppose it was good training on handling early in my career, and a 'cut hooks first ask questions later' modus operandi. Now that I've realized this, I'm sure the Karma wheel will come around and squash me flat, and I'll get mauled by the first fish I handle next year. Think I'm going to go knock on every piece of wood in my house, and all the trees in my yard... Cheers, RK | |||
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| Beaver....what you need is a good orthodontist...everything in there shop is for bending or cutting wire. Many years ago I was bass fishing using a large, floating Rapala. Missed a large surface strike and the lure came flying in and hit me in the thigh (shorts on). I waited for it to hit the bank to reel it up but it never dropped. Looked down to find one of the treble barbs sunk in past the bend in my leg. Bit off the line, walked to the car (receiving many admiring remarks from other fisherman about my choice in leg decorations)and went home to get my father...the orthodontist. Went over to the office, shot it full of lidocaine, pushed the hook through, cut it off and I was back fishing 1/2 hour later. Man, they are in deep it is really tough to push them through. My father had to push as hard as he could and my buddy had his 200 lbs on my leg to keep it down. Watch out for them sharp things, BrianW | |||
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| Sorry but I just thought of another nasty impaling injury...and reason why it is not so hot to mix heavy drinking and handling large fish. A few years ago in Alaska my fishing buddy and I headed down to a coastal stream at high tide near 1 in the morn. When I picked him up he was already well pickled and had decided to bring his neighbor who had never caught a king before. Soon he handed off a nice 40 lbs king to his friend who eventually brought it to shore. Shrugging my offers of help he gets down with his pliers, the fish flops, gets off and he is left with a 7/0 mustad buried into the bone of his thumb. And, being intoxicated, grabbed it with his pliers and ripped it out, nicely filleting his thumb to the bone for an inch and a half. No pain that night but the next morning...let's just say he and the doc fixing it were not happy campers. BrianW | |||
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| I know what you mean Doc. When it came time to pull what was left of the hook through, one guy held my hand down, another guy had my arm at the wrist and forearm and the Doc needed both hands to pull it through. Something about all the tendons that makes it hard to get through. Beav | |||
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| You were there to see mine, Jason! Had a pike toss an Undertaker into the air, and impale my right bicep...all the way to the bend of the hook. I grabbed the thing, and inexplicably, it slid out, bleeding like mad, but simply fell out...the barb did not grab, thank goodness!! OUCH!!![:knockout:] | |||
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| Your boat not mine..Worrall....lol Yep that was very close to being a big problem back on the Goon...[;)] Those darn undertakers catch more then fish sometimes...[:bigsmile:] | |||
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| My bloody experience came out on Lac Seul this year. I had caught a runt 26" or so northern and grabbed it by the back of the head. Was removing the hooks on a reef hawg and was almost finished except for one hook. The thing finally starts to thrash so I simply drop it back into the water. However on the way back into the water, one of the hooks catches my thumb. It goes all the way through, so I am connected by a reef hawg to a 26" northern. It proceeds to continue to go nuts and rips the hook out for me. We then proceded to have a bloody boat ride back to camp.[:knockout:] Kly | |||
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| Knock on wood I have not had any major injuries however due to my Screen Name a lot of folks initially thought I was a Doc and as a result I have heard some really painfull stuff, Like the guy who sat on a 10 inch Jake and was hooked in such a way that he had to lay in the bottom of the boat in the fetal position and carried to an ambulance in that position for transport to the Hospital to have the Jake removed. or The this poor guy who Went into the woods on a remote lake in canada with a roll of paper only to be seen sreaming and diving into the lake a few min later, it seems that unknowingly he found a beehive when he dropped the first bomb needless to say the bees did not like it very much NO I will not give the names of these poor guys as they already suffered enough See Ya at the Shows. | |||
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| haven't had any serious damage this year, but I always handland my pike (no matter the size) if I can. I can't seem to be able to land it without have scratched the back of my fingers. Always just a little bleeing but these small cuts sting the hardest afterwards (just freeking annoying to have this happen to you at the start of the day). I have tried a glove once but I feel you loose the grip on that pike and you don't know if you hold it the wrong way or not. | |||
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| ...yesterday, while looking for a knife in my closet I felt a sharp pain in my foot. I look down to see an Ernie (perch) hanging off my foot. The hook went right through the web between my toes. The barb was exposed.... thank god for hook cutters! | |||
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| This is gonna get rather long...... In October I was scheduled to meet several friends in Crandon for a weekend of fishing. Got out of the office early Thursday afternoon. In the area I live most lots are 2-5 acres in size, behind my house about 200' is my shop where I keep my boats (no phone to call for help). About 2:30 in the afternoon I'm sorting baits on my bench, my Yellow Lab "Mande" is sleeping under the Tuffy. Few minutes later she woke up (I didn't notice) and she is sitting next to me and decides to put her front paws up on the bench as if to say "watcha doing Dad"... As she comes up I notice she is going to put her paw right on a 6" jake...I reach over to take away and say, "Mande NO" at the same time she puts her paw on it and then pulls away.......(I take the middle hoods out of my Jakes and replace the front/rear with next larger size) She gets one hook of rear treble in her paw and I get two hooks of front treble through and under my left thumbnail at the cuticle and other in skin at nuckle..OUCH>>>>[:0] Yep, I'm attached to a scared 65lb Lab and when she pulled I screamed and when I pulled she would scream....:( The struggle with getting her to settle down ended with me tackling her under the Tuffy (I also had to keep her from biting at the hooks in her paw) Now mind you I knew I was in trouble...but I am very soft hearted when it comes to my Labs (they are my kids) so I was more concerned with Mande than myself. I knew I needed to get us unhooked so I could get both of us help, we were both bleeding...allot. Every time I tried to back the hook out of her paw she would screem. The pain in my thumb almost made me pass out. I knew I had to get the hooks out of me, so I litterally gritted my teeth and ripped the hooks out of me...OUCH AGAIN..... I held up her paw with the bait in it and walked Mande around to the port side of the Tuffy where I keep my Knipex in the glove box. I cut the hook that was in her at the shank, picked her up and carried her outside to my truck where my cell phone was, called the vet for an emergency house call and called the wife to come home so I could go to the hospital. Mande was fine later that evening, the hospital bandaged me up and I was fishing the next afternoon. Sore as ***** but I wasn't going to miss the trip...:) Not sure how we avoided it but after all the comotion was over with I went to clean up the blood etc. And next to were we layed on the floor was a Slammer crankbait as well.....lucky we didn't get that one in us too. I will never.....and I mean NEVER sort baits with her in the shop again unless she is tied to the boat. I always am very concious of safety when she is in the boat with me but never expected this to happen..... Safety must come first....in and out of the boat. Mark Musky Adventures Eau Claire, WI | |||
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| OOOOOOOUUUUUCCCH! Yea, I was attached to a 10" Believer at the same time as one REALLY po'd 48"er. The real unfortunate thing was it happened while I was alone(come to think of it it probably wouldn't have happened if I wasn't alone)to make a long story short, it took two operations to put some tendons back together. | |||
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| Mark H. has the best one yet… Mark I feel your pain! This Fall I experienced what I hope will be the worst experience of my muskie fishing career. After a day and a half of trolling the Clearfork Reservior in OH with a good fishing buddy of mine, we finally hooked into a fish. I grabbed the rod and managed to get the smaller, but better than skunked 36” – 10 lb., muskie to the boat. My buddy got a net under her but we left her in the water for unhooking. After not catching anything for 12+ hours on the water we were ecstatic to have finally hooked up. In my state of bliss I obviously lost all common sense, as you will see. Before my buddy could grab the pliers, I reached in to untangle the forward of the (2) trebles. The rear treble was still firmly seated in the fishes jaw. The split second I got my hands on the treble, the fish thrashed and before I could react, I was hooked. One of the barbs was sunk into the back of my left hand (near miss of tendon) and a second bard from the same hook was through my left hand thumb… That right, one hook, two hands, and a fish… The muskie was like Mark H.’s dog trying to get away. Every time the fish would thrash, the hooks went deeper. Both barbs firmly penetrated my skin… With both of my hands pre occupied, I couldn’t do much to help the situation. After much chaos, my buddy finally cut the barb that was in my left hand. A couple seconds later the fish thrashed again and the hook that was through my left thumb popped out??? Thank God! We quickly unhooked the muskie, got a quick measure and a photo. Had to get a photo of this one…story fish. Now I have to make a decision…Hospital or perform minor surgery myself… I elected the later as my stupidity continued. After 10-15 minutes of “playing around” I managed to get the hook out of my left hand. I had to lay down and suck big air twice to keep from passing out, but I got it. Lessons learned: Keep your hand out of the net dummy, that’s what tools are for. Always carry a mini bolt cutter, side cutters won’t do. Always carry a first aid kit. When in doubt, go to the hospital. I hope this goes without saying, but I will do my best to avoid this situation in the future. This made my top three “most painful experiences in life list”. | |||
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| Thanks for the vote Chadster....[:devil:] I've got the bait haning on the window sill in the shop, If I can figure out this "upload" thing I'll send a picture of it. The hook that was under my nail was straighted to past 45 degrees from the struggle..... JONO saw the bait a week later, he was impressed..[:devil:] Pretty easy to laugh about it now....I can still hear the squeel from Mande though...[:blackeye:] You want to see a good one, my buddy from Eau Claire who also guides part time has a picture of a Believer stuck in his right upper arm on his website muskyhunt.com. He had one jump the net. Mark Musky Adventures Eau Claire, WI | |||
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| Hans Nordin told me that he was fishing on a torunament for pike this year in Sweden. One guide's client wanted to throw a heavy big crankbait and smashed that into the skull of the guide! Three big trebles in the skull! You know what that guide did? He cut them out himself, added some thread with a needle and was fishing the next day. Now, how about being dedicated to the sport?? | |||
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| Been hooked once, now i use glove until the lure is out of the fish and the net. I had caught a 36"er trolling and had it in the net, I had gotten it unhooked w/ the hookout and put my hand into the net to get the lure out. The fish thrased in the net and I noticed that there was a hook in my finger. I did not feel any pain at all though because the hook was so sharp and went in so fast. I cut the hook, then got the fish out, got a picture and released it. Then, went to the hospital to get it pulled through. | |||
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| C'mon Slamr, you've been out at least 30 times this year which means you have at least that many stories of pain and bloodshed to share. I've got a carboard box in my garage that you bled all over so bad that I'm afraid to throw it away in fear that the garbage man will call the cops to investigate the homicide. | |||
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| I got hooked to a muskie once before some years ago and I can tell you the skin on top of your hand only stretches out to about 1 inch or so. I had a 33 inch muskie on the other end of this 10" believer and somehow I was able to back the hook out without a problem even tho the barb had gone through twice ( in and after hitting the bone back out elsewhere . This summer I did not get hooked but sliced by a hook. It was the Friday before the Can-Am and I was been a guide even tho it was my first day fishing but not working in a month as I was helping release my friends 37 incher when the fish trashed and the hook from the Jake cut me some 3/4 inch long gash on top of my first finger near the knuckle. Now this felt rather painfull for just a simple cut but been some crazy muskie fisherman I taped it up and went on fishing and actualy caught a 41 incher shortly after but had my friend help with the releasing as I was still in great pain. Now we were fishing a few days later when I opened a can of coke when I felt this snap in my finger ( like someone pulling an elastic and letting it go ) and this happened everytime I would bend my finger wich made me realise I must of cut something in there( a tendon ). I went and seen my doctor a month later to see if there was something to do to fix this but he said it would take 6+ months before it would go away. No need to tell you some 3 months later almost to the day I still have a reminder everytime I open a coke.[:((] | |||
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| My first legal of the season, (this past Spring)struck at boatside and jumped into my boat landing on the floor and thrashed violently. While trying to subdue the angry beast so I could get it back in the water, the fish thrashed and drove a hook into my shoe past the barb. I could feel the point of the hook sticking me in the foot. I cut the hooks and released the fish. No real harm done, just scared the bajesus out of me. I was wearing shorts and am fortunate that the hook stuck in my shoe and not my leg. I think I should start wearing snake-proof boots while I musky fish. | |||
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| Knock on wood, it has been 15 years since a 35 incher drove a hook into my arm. But this year while fishing the Cabin Fever Challunge I set hooks into a stump with a jerko and must of twisted while doing it, and pull muscles on my leftside. I thought I must of cracked a rib or two, I finally saw a doctor after three weeks of pain and he said after checking the ribs I didn't crack any just pulled some muscles. I said it is still hurting and he said it probally would go away after a few more weeks and I said thanks alot for the info.[:blackeye:] | |||
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| Been hooked in the hand, the head, the belly etc. Never by a fish always my partner! Hook in the head needed a trip to the E.R. But only after dark after the fish quit biting..... Hand, was a bait coming out out of fish at boat side. The hooks in the belly came from a hand tied bucktail with three trebles, yep they all got me. During a tournament though so we went to shore popped them through past the barbs and cut them off. Back fishing in a half hour darn sore though. We do have two brothers here that fish together, there last name is Johnson, they are called the "Band Aid Boys" seems that they have experienced some blood in the boat a time or two. LOL Let Em Go...Let Em Grow.....Mike[;)] | |||
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| It's been four years for me at which time I was hooked to a musky. My wonderful brother took my pliers out of my tackle box and left them on the dock of another lake! Hooks are no fun to take out from inside a muskie's mouth with no tools![:(] | |||
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---------------- On 12/16/2001 9:49:23 PM There has to be some good injury storys out there.....Muskie fishing can often be very hazardous. I normally have one or two to share.. but I luckly made it through the entire year with the same bandaids.[:bigsmile:] ---------------- | |||
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| Anonymous.... I also carry 2% lidocaine w/epi and also .5% bupivacaine that way if I do catch a good hook I can still fish for many more hours pain free. I always keep a Z-Pak of azithromycin handy as well. | |||
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| Great stories. I am still amazed at the number of fisherman that don't know how to remove a hook without cutting it, by doing the string thing. And doctors that fish should have learned this long ago. I wrote it up on one board and someone else put it on another board last year but evidently it was not read. As a group though you guys did much better this year than the crew last year- they ALL seemed to go to the emergency room! Maybe Jason and Sworrall could add the string method of hook removal to the top as a permanent article, you can practice on an orange, or a piece of meat and it works, bet it could save some pain and money. | |||
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| Last time I was HOOKED was 2 years ago, fishing by myself, my biggest to date, 42.5....fought her out, netting was not an option. Picked her up out of the water, one head thrash later and she puts a hook across my middle finger, an inch long gash, double lined, barb and point! I drop the fish to the bottom of the boat, fish flips out, pulls the hook out of the bait....I stick my finger in my mouth (natural reaction i guess to the pain), my mouth fills with blood, take the finger out, it shoots out in a FOUNTAIN, ala "Saving Pvt. Ryan"!!! I grab the fish in both arms and throw her over board....did get a measurement first though. Like a dumba@@ I go to the hospital 8 hours later, and they wouldnt put stiches in....too long. Got a nice scar from it though. This year, no hookings, but at least 5 incidents of teeth to the hands....worst was right at dark, unhooking a 38" for Boro....3 bites later, I'm bleeding ALL OVER the boat, covering everything in sight. Probably lost 2 pints of blood, but 4 band-aids and some electrical tape later and I'm back casting!! My name now graces Boro's First Aid Kit....being that I used all his bandaids and first aid tape this year while dumping a total of 5 pints of blood into the boat...which he later sold to his cousin!!! Slamr | |||
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