Human skin is remarkably tough. I've buried crankbait hooks in the same thumb to the bone twice. Had brace the end of my thumb under the console and pull mighty hard with pliers to get them out. If you do this, do it immediately while it's still numb from shock. I was slow the first time it happened and it hurt real real bad. The second time I didn't mess around long and it only hurt real bad.
At Lake Fork in Texas I hit a buddy who bent over in the boat down behind me in the chest with a rattletrap and buried not 1 but 2 hooks on each treble in him. I cut the hooks off the bait and used pliers to pop the hooks out. Clamped onto the hooks with all my strength before giving a mighty yank, last thing I (or him) wanted was the pliers slipping loose. He called me some extremely uncomplimentary names.
My son hooked me through the earlobe years ago. Clean thru one side and out the other just like an earring. My other young son offered to operate, but I declined. Luckily the earlobe is not very sensitive...took the hook out looking in the mirror that night after we got home from fishing. Still had a piece of worm on it.
I hooked a fellow poster on this board through the under arm with a 4.0 Gamakatsu hook on a C-rig a couple of years ago. He pushed it through, cut it off, and pulled it back. He never made a sound, just looked at me. We've fished together since, but he stays on the other end of the boat and keeps an eye on me.
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