Eight Reds and Five stitches

Hit the north bank of Mud Point (V-Bay) this AM, flinging flies. Released the first three - one too small, two too big. Kept the next five and went home all smug and happy.
Cleaned four and half of the fifth, the knife then slipped, and I had to call Barb away from her job to take me to the ER. Couldn't drive myself. Five stitches (Along with two Coors, half a bottle of Shiraz, and two cigars) later the blood all over the kitchen has been cleaned up - both mine and the reds, and all is well.
Sort of - had to cancel a trip tomorrow AM. That's hard to do when you finally get on 'em! :(
Pete
Oh, the moral of this tale?
Sure glad the filet knife wasn't electric!

dude--that stinks!! i'll have to give ys freebird's number so yall can lick ur wounds together. LOL==see pic below!!

doc :)

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Congrats on a fine catch. You sure the Coors and Shiraz came AFTER the accident?:rolleyes::D And the crankbait pic...oooh...that just hurts looking at it.:eek: You fellas get well and go back to catching so you can post more fish pictures.;):)

Pete, congrats on the catch and sorry to hear about the battle wound. Now how would that effect you if you were invited to Bundick's? lol... Get better soon so you can get on them again.

Sorry to hear about your accident sneakypete. Congratulations on the catch. Glad you didn't chop off anything important like your stripping fingers.

I was fishing earlier this year, and an older gent idled up to me asking if I knew how to get a hook out. I said what's up, and he showed me, he had a treble hook buried in his thumb very similar to the picture above. I know it hurt like crazy, but I didn't have any wire cutters, only what i use to pull buried hooks out of fish, so he was trying to pull it back out, and I told him it needed to go on thru and then cut the barb off. He didn't want to listen and kept trying pull it out backwards. I finally had to tell him I couldn't help him and suggested he go to the ER. I think he had it buried all the way to the bone and trying to pull it back out. Havent seen him since. Hope the thumb heals quickly.

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Originally Posted by jlaughlin72

Pete, congrats on the catch and sorry to hear about the battle wound. Now how would that effect you if you were invited to Bundick's? lol... Get better soon so you can get on them again.

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Johnny, that would rate as "cruel and unusual punishment"!


Pastor, now that WOULD have been serious, probably demanding a transplant from my right hand!! Not my trigger finger, though!!

Pete, sorry to hear that, it's a sickening feeling. I hate to clean red fish and I always use an electric knife because on those heavy duty fish I feel safer using the electric. Less chance of a slip. Hurry up and heal, you're in the peak of the season.
"gene"

I've seen hooks removed both ways. Pushing through and yanking out. I think the right way is to push the top of the hook, where it connects to the line, against your skin and then yank out. That's supposed to remove the barb from the equation (or at least minimize it's impact). Seen youtube videos with that...sometimes with a fifth of jim beam.

In either case. I don't want to find out if I'm man enough to do it myself or go to the ER.

MrPaulAR, I used that procedure twice to remove hooks and its simple and easy if you understand the principle of it.
"gene"

PPG, I have removed hooks both ways, but there have been times when the hook was either too large or at such a deep angle that it had to be cut out. Even heard about a guy (Capt. Lance "Coon" Schouest - you might know of him) who had to borrow some chain cutters from a production platform to remove a size 16/0 circle hook from the back of his hand. In other words, the situation dictates the remedy, and if you are unsure, go see the doctor!
Pete

Pete, you're 100 percent correct. Both times I used the procedure was with smaller hooks.
"gene"

Pete, I can't believe you are whinning about a little ole cut! LOL Just messing with you buddy and good thing fishing hasn't got good at bundicks yet! I know that would have just rubbed salt in the wound!.

My son and our neighbor just got back from fishing this morning they caught one good eater red (about 18"). They were bank fishing so not bad for a couple of hours.

Hey Doc! Thanks for bringing that image back --was trying to forget it! ;-)

We tried backing the hook out that day, but there was no way to mash it flat to reduce the barb's catch of the meat. I decided that's what insurance is for -- I'll let the Doc's in the ER do what they are trained for instead of trying amateur hour on my own, and I hope if the Docs ever need to do nuclear security, they'll call me instead of trying it on their own.

Hope it heals quickly Pete, I know it's tough to lay off the fishing just when you've found the fish and the pattern!

Hey Pete, I sent you a PM.
"gene"

Couple of years ago I got stuck pretty bad by a catfish fin while cleaning fish. It happened really fast as I thought he was frozen from the ice chest but he started flipping and flipped off the table. Without thinking I reached and grabbed him before he hit the ground, it was just one of those instinctive moves to catch something as it's falling but I grabbed him wrong and the fin went through the skin between my thumb and first finger.
Well it started to bleed everywhere and stung like hell as you can imagine but eventually I got over it but it was always on my mind for several fishing trips after that. About 2 weeks later I was at academy and they had one of those fillet gloves in the markdown bin. I've seen em before but I never paid em much attention because it looked like it would just slow my filleting down. It was like $3.99 so I figured I'd try it and if I didn't like it I wouldn't be out much.

To this day, I'm super glad I bought one and I use a fillet glove everytime I fillet fish. I did upgrade to a name brand glove because the cheaper ones seem kind of stiff but I have Rapala and Behr and both are very smooth and flexible. They make it easier to grip fish even when slimy or wet and they even keep my hand a bit warmer when I'm cleaning fish that have been covered in ice or in the winter time.
They are machine washable and will last a couple years easily. Cost about $7.99 new at Academy and Wal-mart sells one too but I'm not sure of the brand at wally world.

Team M&M, I appreciate the input. Will definitely get a fillet glove ASAP, even after never using one for 50-odd years. Guess time just caught up with me!
Thanks for the suggestion!

Paw Paw Gene - I have yet to figure out where the PM slot is on this new format. Will keep looking.

Freebird, I personally hope that you and your counterparts have a solid lock on nuclear security! Don't want any rookies messing around with that!

You all pass a nice Sunday!
Pete

Ewww. I can only imagine. I hope I never clean another red fish in my life. Hope you're doing better.

My bud called the other day and said "man, I got a story, but don't laugh". He proceeded to tell me that his German Shephard came into the room whining something awful. Come to see, he had a treble hook through his lower nose and bottom lip. So he says..."me and the boy went to working at him". In the process the third hook sunk deep into his thumb and they proceeded to play tug of war. In the end, money won. Vet n ER for steeetches.

Adam