First aid on the water

Last week I had the occasion to help out a elderly gentleman ( 82 ) that had a treble hook from a crank bait through his thumb and the other in a 2+ lb drum. Needless to say it was a mess. Schrounged around in my boat and found 3 pair of needle nose with side cutters 2 of which would not cut the hook. The pair that would were almost to big to get where I needed to go and made it very painful for the gentleman I was working on. Finally got 2 barbs cut off and out of the way then I could get to the last one and got it out. Luckily I keep a first aid kit in my boat and was able to disinfect and put antibiotic ointment on his wound.
My whole point behind this story is to say, I have been telling myself to put a good pair of side cutters in my boat and had neglected to. If had it would have been much easier and more comfortable on this man. Also for those of you keep first aid kits and own a vacume sealer. Check your kit, if it's fresh and in order seal it up. I had sealed mine up over 4 years ago and when I opened it up everything was as new. I can't tell you the number of kits I have ruined over the years with them laying in the boat and getting wet. I also got 3 different cutters and vacume sealed them just for emergencies like this.

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Great idea as well as a good reminder, I don't keep a first aid kit in the boat or my truck for that matter. This will not be the case next time I'm out, like the notion of vacuum sealing the kit and side cutters also! We keep first aid kits in our work trucks and your right most that stuff goes bad or gets used up and not replaced, those kits are cheap enough everyone should have at least two!

Good info there.

Good info Charlie

Thanks! Great idea, will have the good cutters in the boat before next weekend!


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Kudos for helping out your fellow fisherman Cray......Excellent ideas on the kits....Thanks,will get mine made-up....Crank bait trebbles are a genuine hazard,every fish gets a burst of adrenaline when you touch them first time in the boat.

Cray is right! If you're cranking, you better have side cutters in your boat! (as a minimum). Learned that the hard way 3 years ago!

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Good on ya, sir. I can't say how many times with these long rods I have unhooked a fish and, not paying attention, let go of a jig or crank bait with the rod still loaded up. It seems a matter of time before one one buries up in the flesh.


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Good on ya, sir. I can't say how many times with these long rods I have unhooked a fish and, not paying attention, let go of a jig or crank bait with the rod still loaded up. It seems a matter of time before one one buries up in the flesh.


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That's the exact reason my words to clients right after they get a fish to the net I say "Good Job!" then the next words are "Free Spool!" I keep a medium size pair of side cutters in one of my rod tubes on the center console and show every group where they are and what they are for. They are big enough to cut the SHANK of any crank hook I've found. I figure MY chances of getting hooked at 10X the chances a client will. So far that is correct.

BIGBADDAD had a steel shad treble in his ankle with a 10 pound blue cat flopping around and no side cutters. The pic of that before he went to the hospital was all I needed.

It could happen to any of us. Great idea and I'm definitely putting something together for my boat.

Way to go Charlie.
My first aid kit use to sit in the console out of the sun, but not out of the heat. I got to use it on a fellow fisherman a few years ago. The small packs of antibiotic ointment were almost dry after sitting in the boat for 4 years unused or checked. It now gets checked every few months and items replaced.

Great idea

Great info. Like a Boy Scout, Be Prepared.


BRM