Quote Originally Posted by Mac Daddy View Post
Man last time I fished MS I caught one of those son-of-a-guns, a small one with needle sharp spines, and when I tried to get a hold of him to get my crank out, it flopped and nailed me right between my thumb and finger. Buried that spine about a half an inch into my hand. I thought I'd been struck by lightning. I couldn't believe how painful that was, almost passed out. And it didn't go away anytime soon. I took every kind of pain meds I could find plus a muscle relaxer and it still took over an hour or two for the pain to subside.
When you get hit with a catfish fin, rub some of it's belly slime on and in it. Stops he bleeding and relieves the pain quickly. Have used this method many time when fishing for cats in the Arkansas river.