Well It Happened To Me Finally.....hooked Past The Barb (No Pics)

[The Rooster]

As I said no pics, but it did happen. I snagged a crankbait on a log. I pulled hard to free it and just as I decided it was stuck good and I'd need to troll over and get it, it popped free and shot at me with impressive speed. I saw it coming and actually had time to react but didn't because I just thought my jeans were durable enough and loose fitting enough to deflect it, or at least prevent penetration. Nope. I took a hook just left of my right kneecap, through the jeans and buried past the barb. One tug told me all I needed to know, and (don't laugh) dropping my pants confirmed it. For the next five minutes I must have looked real funny to anyone passing by and seeing this scene. I was sitting on deck in my underwear with pants down to my knees working on removing a hook. I tried to just push it on through to cut the barbed tip off but apparently my knee skin is like leather. It would not push through. Pulling gently in reverse was painful, and a fast yank wasn't possible since it had my jeans hooked also. The only option was redneck surgery with a hunting knife I keep in my tacklebag. A small cut to open the wound up and the hook could be pulled out with pliers after that. I thought it would end up sore but it didn't at all and 24 hours later there's hardly a mark where it was. It never even bled. I don't know how because that's a soft fleshy area where it hit but I'm not complaining.

[livetofish28]

your lucky I buried a strike king 6s series crankbait in my shin. dont know how it managed to do that but 40# braid and ten minutes later it was out a little bit of blood and a scar that i still have just as a reminder that duck and cover doesnt always work 

[Tuckahoe Joe]

Sucks man.  I've had a couple close calls but nothing past the barb yet.  Hope I didn't just jinx myself.

[Bluebasser86]

That sucks man. I've had more than my share of hooks stuck in me, never a good time. At least it wasn't in a worse area.

[Bankbeater]

Your lucky, the last time that happened to me the hook went straight in. Ended up going down to the ER to have it cut out.

[Fishes in trees]

Just for the record,  a sharper hook probably would have pushed on through and you would have been able to cut it off at the barb.  Just joking, I've been there, I've stuck hooks in myself that required surgery to get out.  There isn't any better argument for always carrying a GOOD set of side cutters and a VERY sharp knife in the boat at all times.  A first aid kit equipped for post surgical clean up isn't a bad idea either.

[The Rooster]

Oh wow! I just realized where else it might have hit. Makes me think of fishing as a contact sport where I might need a cup!

[bigbill]

I was casting a saltwater open Penn reel with a flatfish hook and a 2 oz. lead sinker

As the hook started to enter my calf it went in deeper and deeper till it went 6" and stopped. It buried itself in my calf. It wasn't fun to remove. I had too much line out when I casted. I was just a kid trying to make do with any fishing equipment I had. I even used a soda can with line wrapped around it. As a handheld spinning reel. It worked great. I wonder where popiels got the idea for his pocket fisherman?

[Crestliner2008]

It didn't bleed? I do hope you are up to date with your tetanus shots. Bleeding actually cleanses the wound. With that not happening, an infection could still occur. 

[BassinLou]

I fished with jerkbaits and cranks for years, I respected the hooks, until I got really hooked in my thumb. Unfortunately, it required an ER visit and now I REALLY respect baits with treble hooks.

[SuskyDude]

Wear it like a badge of honor!

 

I've deep hooked myself several times. 3 times in the hand/finger, 2 of wich I was able to remove myself. One time in my chest, which I removed.

 

But my best one happened pretty much the same way as yousr, except I caught it right in the nose! I went home and made a half-hearted attempt to remove the hook while standing in front of a mirror before going to the walk in. The best part was when I check in, with a 2 1/2 inch popper dangling from my nose, the girl doing my paper work asks  " Soooo, you're here for the fish hook in your nose......right?" LOL. "No," i said, "thats just a fashion statment!"

[Jigs 4 Pigs]

I feel your pain literally. I did the same thing with an x-rap. Got it hung up in some weeds started yanking, it came free and shot at me like a missle. I tried to dodge it but to no prevail, took a treble straight into the calf. The bad part was that I was on vacation in Alabama and did not have my insurance card with me (idiot). I was trying to get this d**n lure out of my leg for like 10 minutes and it wasn't happening. My uncle wanted to rip it out with pliers. Eff that, where's a knife? Red neck surgery it is then. Cut a small slit next to the barb on the treble and finally got it out! In the midst of the furry, I felt no pain... until I woke up the next day and tried to walk. Sucked!!

[Brackish Angler 228]

I'm a veteran at angling for my own flesh (check the profile pic..).  And to whoever said a sharper hook would push right through is dead wrong.  Even brand new GOOD hooks don't want to push through because of how how dense human flesh is and how it works against the barb.  The deeper it goes, the harder it gets to push.  If the hook had no barb it would be easy to push through.  You don't realize how tough you really are until you've sat in a boat biting down on something and using all your mental and physical strength to push a hook through your skin.  Only to keep fishing with a hook in your hand for the rest of the day because you forgot dykes. 

[Sam]

Please get a tetanus shot.

[Brian Needham]

you might need some drawin' savve on that wound....

[The Rooster]

I'm good. First, I had my tetanus shot updated last fall. Second, the wound is closed, it's more than two days old now and barely even noticeable. Not sore, just nothing at all. Just barely a little scab. I guess it didn't go very deep. It went past the barb but it was sideways instead of straight down. There's no bruise or anything. Also, I've had staph infections before so I know what that's like and I NEVER want that again. At the first sign of infection I'll be at the doctor's office. But as of now, there's not even any redness. It seriously looks more like just a little scratch than anything else. The hook was just a #6 on a Bandit 200 crankbait.

[BadContrakt]

Haha I couldn't help myself but to laugh with all the stories of lures shooting at people in their boats at the speed of light. It's just so funny to think about how many of us have sharp hooks flying at us here and there throughout the day. Come to think of it I'm surprised the government hasn't come up with some way to make fishing "idiot proof" and "safe in every way possible" like every other thing in the world. 

 

Another thought... In every package in the world there's warnings and stuff all over the package so the company can protect themselves from lawsuits... WHERE ARE THEY ON LURE PACKAGING!? Haha that's an interesting thought.

 

But yeah anyways this season I've had a lure fly into my arm and get caught in my T-shirt but didn't go into the skin (it was a flying projectile crankbait from my friend on the other side of my boat)

 

Be sure to call and check when your last tetanus shot was, you don't wanna play with tetanus.

[Loop_Dad]

Long time ago. I successfully dodge the lure flew my way. Only to find that lure ended up on my brother's cheek. It was so long ago and I forgot how we dealt with it. (I think he ended up going to ER)

 

Reading this thread reminded me that I had a one first aid book that I need to finish.

[hookset on 3]

I fished with jerkbaits and cranks for years, I respected the hooks, until I got really hooked in my thumb. Unfortunately, it required an ER visit and now I REALLY respect baits with treble hooks.

 

 

Yup! Decades of using trebled lures and then early Spring 2013 it finally happened, ER visit and all. It was so cold out that my fingers were numb and I couldn't feel the hook burying past the barb after the Bass was trying to get out of the lip lock I had him in. I admit, since March, I'm much more gun shy of lipping. Now each Bass with trebles gets my FULL and undivided attention on the grab.

[The Rooster]

Just an update. Close to a week later and the wound has healed to the tiniest of marks. Never did hurt other than a slight ache just after it happened. Never got infected either. All ended well. I guess I got lucky?

I've always been wary of hooks. Been stuck a bunch of times, just never buried it in myself before. So the first time it happened it turned out to be an easy one. But all the same, I think I'll be more careful next time. It wasn't a pleasant experience.

[Renesis07]

Last night while fishing I got a snag and the lure came flying at me and hit the side of my leg.  I was wearing cargo shorts so nothing happened and I really didn't give it a second thought.  Now I'm reading these stories and it makes you think twice....

[skunked_again]

easiest hook removal for me was in the cheek. pushed right out. the worst is always in the fingers. had to have a park ranger help me on that one.