"aaaaarrrgghh! I Hooked Myself In The....."

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I was fishing by myself at Lake Avalon in Bella vista.

It was raining off and on, and the bass were chewing any crawdad crankbait. I caught almost 50 bass that day, when a 10” bass slipped thru my hands and buried the #4 treble hook into the meat of my ring finger. It starts going psycho, so I laid it on the carpet and put my knee on its back to pin it down. Now, I have to reach into my tackle bag for my Klein side cutters. I cut off the o-ring to release the fish from the bait and my hand. I knew how to pop it free, but couldn’t get the right angle with one hand. So, I decided to tie on a jig and fish one handed. This went on for an hour, until I hooked another bass. Then it occurred to me that I had to find a landowner to pull the hook out.

Keep in mind; this was a no wake lake. If you want attention, just blast off and ride up and down the lake. This usually results in somebody yelling at you and calling the lake ranger. Didn’t happen. It was raining very hard at this point; there was nobody fishing and nobody outside their house to witness. Not good, I didn’t want to put the boat on the trailer and visit the ER.

I found a man and his kid bank fishing at the dam. Thank god, they were there. I ran my boat right up on the bank next to where they were fishing and jumped out. The guy kinda stumbled back in disbelief. I asked if he knew the proper method of pulling hooks out. He said no. I then told him that he was about to learn, so listen up. At this point he couldn’t disagree, b/c he thought I crazy.

I took a piece of 20lb mono and made a loop, then showed him the proper angle and pulling point. “If you get this right, it leaves a tiny hole, you screw it up and I get a gasher.” I knelt down on the dock and held my finger out flat, then told him to put the loop over the hook. Now pull. He pulled just enough to make it hurt like crazy. I was like, stop right there. I looked him square in the eyes and instructed him to pull it like you were starting a lawn mower. A look of disbelief and sheer terror came over him. I assured him that it would work fine, just yank on a count of three. 1,2,3 POP. The hook flew about 10ft in the air and landed in the lake. It was a perfect pull and a good lesson. I offered him my finest crawdad crankbait and a few small bass for them to eat.

Went back out with that jig and crushed 5 bigguns, my finger was sore the next day.

I like this one too!

[joshgray]

i hooked my self bad only one time i had just caught a 40 pound flathead i was trying to pull the hook out of her mouth when she floped at the same time as the hook was coming out the large circle hook went in to my pinky finger all the way to the eye had to go to the doctor to get it out it was not alot of fun