Sharp Hooks!

A couple of years ago I was fishing with Dave Stewart and I got a lesson on hook removal from him. Fortunately for me it was him with the hook in his finger. Last fall I was messing around the house with a crankbait and ended up sticking it in the living room carpet. Somehow in removing it from the carpet it ended up stuck in my finger all the way to the curve in the treble hook. My daughter who is an emergancy room nurse at University Hospital totally disagreed with how we were going to remove the hook , but like a good daughter she yanked it out using the fishing line method. Actually I think she enjoyed it a little too much. But really it didnt really hurt that much. I actually took a picture of the hook in my finger and videoed her yanking it out. Showed it to the guys at work and they thought it was the sickest thing they have ever seen. I really saw some humor in the whole thing. If your interested theres a pic of the bait in my finger at www.geocities.com/basshuntin.

What exactly is the fishing line method. That is what I saw Roland Martin do for Paul Elias when they were fishing together last year in the Ultimate Match Fishing contest. How does it work and is there a time you shouldn't use it ? Just might be a helpful tip for us on the boat and do not know the technique.

Check out this website. It explains it better than I can. I wouldnt use this method to remove a hook from your face or anywhere around your eyes. I have also been told you should move the hook around a little to make sure that you havnt lodged it in a bone. You can tell by moving it if it can be yanked out without any problems. Really...It didnt hurt that much at all. Less than a bee sting. http://www.atlanticanglers.com/fishing_hook_removal.html

thanks for the tip. I've got a buddy in louisville that I can try it on the next time he comes down. LOL Hope your ready hughes.

That line trick sounds scary but I guess if it only hurts like a bee sting that's not too bad. I don't think it would have worked in my situation (cartlidge behind the knee) but I will keep it in mind if this unfortunate event happens again.

[QUOTE=RoadToad;296777]A friend and I had rented one of those row boats at Lake Jericho. He was casting a small spinner, and one of his casts ended up in my shoulder. It went in past the barb, but I guess the hook wasn't all that sharp, because I just couldn't push it all the way through to snip it. This was compounded by the fact that it was in the back of my shoulder, and hard to reach. My buddy was no use; he was afraid to pull or push on it much at all. Finally, I took a pair of pliers, reached around behind my head, grabbed the hook, and pulled it free. It wasn't nearly as bad as it might sound; there aren't all that many nerve endings there, I guess, not like if it's in your finger or hand. So, does that make me a redneck? Seems to me that [B]if you've ever used pliers to remove a fish hook from your flesh, you might be a redneck.[/B]

Tight lines, everyone![/QUOTE]

Well then I reckon I am a Redneck because that is exactly what I had to do this weekend. I had a small fish that absolutely swallowed a Sammy and as I was removing the hooks from his gullet the bottom set of trebles ended up in my left hand, way past the barb. I used my needlenose and grabbed the shank, gritted my teeth and yanked for all I was worth. Painful but effective.

A few years back, dad got a devil's horse stuck deep in the back of my knee. I tried to get it out for about half an hour and just took the hook out of the bait and went back to fishing. Went to the ER later that day and the medics thought it was the funniest thing.

I pulled a baby-1 out of a bush right into my ankle 2 years ago. did the mono loop thing with a friend and it came right out.

But the funniest thing was about a month later. My brother was striper fishing on Lake Texoma. If you guys haven't been there, when the stripers are schooling, the boat traffic looks similar to the scene in Jaws where all the idiots are chumming, dynamiting, ect. Long story short, my brother is in his 17foot deep v Tracker when a 25 foot center console guide boat blew by right next to him. My brother lost his balance and sat right on a big striper plug and had a huge treble stuck in his backside. I don't know how he did it, but he drove the 2 hours back to the hospital in Dallas with this hook in his butt. haha

Back in April, my buddy and I were out testing lures. We had a bunch of lures hanging off of a 5 gallon bucket. I was going to change lures and reached down to pick up another lure that was hanging off of the bucket when we got tossed by a big wave. Of course the bottom treble hook caught on the lip of the bucket and I ended up with a triple grip hook sunk deep in my index finger. I tried to pull it out with pliers, but couldn't. I was able to work the barb out of the meat and up to the skin level. My buddy offered to take me in, but I didn't want to go. He offered to try the fishing line trick. I was all for it except for the fact this is a tripple grip hook. It's like being hooked by a circle hook. He tied the line on the bend of the hook and was ready to pull. His idea of which direction to pull didn't go with mine though. I had to back him off and explain that he needed to pull in the correct direction or I would be hurtin for certain. He agreed and said he would pull on 3. Got it out on 1. I wiped off the blood and went back to fishing. Lure worked fine.

Another fine mess I got myself in...I was fishing Guist Creek throwing a Rat-L-trap across a point. I hooked a nice 12" bass and brought him in. As I reached down to lip said fish, he jerked around a bit. I felt sudden pain as he continued to jump around some more. I actually had to put the fish up under my arm pit while in my hand to stop him from jumping around. I had buried the front hook in my index finger and the back hook in my thumb and one of the hooks were still in the fishes mouth. Lucky enough my brother-in-law was with me. He asked what I needed, I said you got to pull the hook out of the fish then pull the hooks out of my finger and thumb. As I braced my hand under my arm for leverage support, he proceeded to pull the hooks out...sounds weird pulling a hook out of human flesh as it makes the exact same sound as if it were coming from the mouth of a Bass, or so it seemed at the moment. But he got the hooks out and we loaded up and went home....Strange thing was, I had just told him I was ready to leave on that exact cast I made to the point. Boy was I ready to leave for sure then....lol Another adventure for me and one of my fishing pals.

Guys, getting a hook out can be a simple process in most cases. A full time guide showed me this and claimed he's removed more than 100 hooks. I have removed several over the last few years and have had 3 removed from me, and it has worked in every case. It does take 2 people, the one hooked and one to get it out. If you're by yourself and hook yourself, find another fisherman to help you out.

Take a standard plastic worm hook and bend it straight. Mash down the barb down. Run the straightened hook with barb mashed along-side the the one caught you, right in the same hole to the depth of the one that caught you. Gently lift/separate the skin in the direction away from the barb of the hook that caught you. Then, just slip the hook that caught you out.

Believe me, it works and has you back to fishin' in just a couple of minutes and doesn't damage any more flesh like pushing the hook back through.

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I have done this several times and it works every time!!