Monster hooked on a Crappie jig

I was on the Petit Jean River today when the hook up happened. But not the biggun you think. i reached up in a tree to tie out my cage of Bream i was going to use for Flathead bait. Something pulled on my arm and it turned out someone had lost a Crappie jig. Sorry no photos but it was buried in the underside of my arm above the elbow. I pulled out my knife and cut the line. Not sure whether to go on fishing or quit. Saw i could not get it out and decided to load the canoe and head home.
I figured Kena would not remove it and just send me to the doctor. I pulled into a friend's shop down the road and asked him for help. I had seen on Youtube where they tied a string to it and jerked the hook out. Well I could not make myself do it and Mike and his boy would not try. We decided to push the hook back through the skin. I pushed till the point came through but had trouble getting barb through. Mike cut off the hook once I pushed it out and I could them back it out.
I have removed several hooks from my hands and feet , as well as for other folks. It is easier on someone else or in a tougher spot with easy access. This was not any fun , glad the hook was clean and not rusty.
Wondering just how many have removed hooks buried in them or others and how they did it ?

That string method is the best. Don't understand why people are so squeamish about using it. I have used it on myself and other people. I have also had to cut out a couple of big salt water hooks for folks. That's not fun at all.

i have removed several from others and a real deep treble hook from my hand all with the string method you are talking about, loop the string under the hook and push the eye off the hook down a give a quick jerk and wallah!!!! out it will come

I have seen the trick your talking about, but have never tried it.
Glad you had some help, that would have been hard to do by yourself !

Last time I got one stuck past the barb I just got a hold of it as close to the skin as I could with a pair of needle nose pliers and let her rip. Basically the same as the string method. I was surprised at how little it hurt.

I used pliers to pull a treble hook from my thumb.

Ice down the skin (effected area) with an Ice cube this will numb the nerve ending's and stop pain.... then use the string method to remove hook. No pain at all.

Make sure your tetanus shot is up to date. Sure hate to see you get lockjaw and can't eat any mud bugs or crappie again!!! Good for 10 years.

Ive had three past the barb including a zara spook that hung on my leg for a couple hours while these stripers continued to school. Grandaddy got em all out with the string method. Painless quick simple easy way out. The zara spook hook did begin to hurt after being in my leg about an hour but surprisingly prior to that i could just feel pressure.

Never hurt but suprizing how tough your skin is trying to push a barbed hook through !

have been hooked in the back and once in the chest both were treble hooks, had a friend push them out and cut them off. Have never tried the string trick, though about it but the hooks were thru my shirt and the friend was already freaked out. Hope I don't have the need again to remove one!

Had to remove one from my dad's arm. His was a self inflicted wound while showing off a little! I had to push the hook through, cut the point and barb off and then back it out. His was on the backside of his forearm near the elbow. He could barely see it.

Hooks in my hands, I just use a set of needle nose and a quick yank.

My wife got a hook buried up in her finger once and I used the string method. She wouldnt watch while I did it and she didnt even know when the hook came out.

I've pulled one out of Lori's finger and had two pulled from mine, all with the string method. Its virtually painless. Kept on fishing all three times.Attachment 204999

You would have had less pain with the string method than pushing it through.

A couple of years ago, I had a white bass on one hook and my left pointing finger on the other hook of a Bandit. It was a terrifying ordeal. I was also alone. I had to put my foot on the fish to unhook him first. The hook in my finger was buried all the way to the bend. I backed it out with needlenose while pushing away from the barb. All was well until it was over. Then, I wanted to puke and regretted my decision to quit smoking about 20 years ago. DP

When people come to the ER with hooks in them. I use the string method. I showed it to the docs and now im the official foreign body removal guy. A "local block" (numbing agent) is much more painful and takes longer than just jerking it out with a string. Most people I have done it to end up laughing about how it didnt hurt as much as they thought it would. Its just scary thinking about it, but not so bad. Most have said they wouldnt leave their fishing hole just do it right there from now on. I would do the same! This method is for hooks with smaller barbs and too short to push all the way thru and removing the barbs. I would NOT do this with a big circle hook or any other big hook with big barbs. U will hate ur life if ya do!

Hooks with big gaps and big barbs its best to push them on through, cut em off and then pull em out. I would do this in the "field" as well. Tetanus needs to be up to date. So if it is then ur home free. If its not see primary care doc as soon as possible. Im not leaving a fishing hole until im done fishing hahaha.

Great advise LP. Not an expert here, but I totally agree with both of your posts.

Yea and you definitely dont want to be one of the 15-20 people per year that die from tetanus in arkansas