Got a hook to the knee out in the kayak. Learned a lesson

[Fred Allen]

I got snagged in a over hanging bush and jerked it out and it flew into my knee. A Rapala treble hook. One of the legs of the hook went in deep. I was freaking out. I carefully removed the hook from the split ring and put on a new hook and went back to fishing. But it bothered me to have the hook inside me so I tried to remove it but it was STUCK tight. I had no medical supplies with me at all. After a while I figuered out to kind of push it and pull so the barbed part would be in a way to pull it out. 

 

I learned to carry a medical first aide kit with me and never wear shorts anymore fishing.  Probably never hear short sleeves either. Honestly it sucked so much to get the hook in my leg be careful!!

[desmobob]

Learn to pop out an imbedded hook with a loop of strong mono.  It works wonderfully in most situations and is quick and painless. 

[Bird]

We capsized on the river several years ago and my friend had a crankbait straddled between his legs, hooks embedded in both legs. 

I had to run the hooks all the way through and cut off the barbs then back them out.

 

We laugh about it today but at the time, nobody was laughing. 

[flyfisher]

11 minutes ago, desmobob said:

Learn to pop out an imbedded hook with a loop of strong mono.  It works wonderfully in most situations and is quick and painless. 

I prefer braid myself but it definitely works and is worth learning

 

[desmobob]

I got my worst hooking as a kid.  I was horsing around pretending to "fly cast" with a Hula Popper on a spinning rod, whipping it back and forth over my head.  (I know... WTH was I thinking, but I was about 13.)   It hit me in the back of the neck.  One treble was in my neck and the other was in the heavy collar of my Johnson wool jacket.  ?

 

My dad got it out with pliers.  Then he told me that a friend of mine that had a deceased father had lost his dad due to tetanus after being hooked with a fishing lure. (He made that up.)  So I asked him to take me directly to the doctor's office for a tetanus shot.  He told me there was no need and I'd probably be just fine.  I was worried sick for about two weeks.  Sort of a harsh way to teach me a lesson, but it kept me from flailing double treble hooked lures around like a knucklehead from then on...   ?

 

[Bubba 460]

 Naw, that ain't happening ~ I just grab the pliers and jerk the thing out, the sooner the better. I've been hooked four times none where in longer than 45 seconds.

[throttleplate]

3 hours ago, desmobob said:

Learn to pop out an imbedded hook with a loop of strong mono.  It works wonderfully in most situations and is quick and painless. 

can you explain how or have a link?

[desmobob]

3 hours ago, throttleplate said:

can you explain how or have a link?

From Harvard Health .edu

 

Youtube demonstration by a kayaker

 

Unless it's a pretty large hook with a big barb, I honestly just yank it out.  Doing that will usually make it bleed a bit, so it's a good idea to have some BandAids in the boat.  I have a good quality first aid kit on board, but it's a lot easier to throw a bunch of BandAids in a small ZipLock into your tackle box/bag or a convenient storage compartment in the boat.  And remember to clean it up carefully when you get home and apply some antibiotic ointment.  That s really does make it heal quicker.

[GreenPig]

4 hours ago, Bubba 460 said:

 Naw, that ain't happening ~ I just grab the pliers and jerk the thing out, the sooner the better. I've been hooked four times none where in longer than 45 seconds.

Yes. Before the adrenaline wears off.

[papajoe222]

I've taught half the guys in my club how to remove a hook using a looped wire leader. Half the times it was a hook in me when I demonstrated it and a couple of times I actually performed it on myself.    One of the guys did it successfully on his first try, but the other treble on the lure stuck his victim in the neck. One reason to remove the hook from the lure first. I keep a few (loops) in my boat and another in my onboard first aid kit.

[schplurg]

There's a Youtube vid of a guy embedding hooks in his own arm deliberately, then trying different methods to remove them. Wow skin stretches a lot! He apparently has a high threshold for pain. You can watch him push them in one at a time. 

[E-rude dude]

I caught a 42” northern pike on a super shad rad. Went to unhook it and the pike thrashed. I took a treble between the thumb  and pointer finger. Right in the webbing of skin and flesh. I spent the next 5-10 minutes trying to stop the fish from thrashing and trying to cut the hook with side cutters. Eventually the pike thrashed so much the hook went all the way though. 
Being half in and half out of the water the pike finally calmed down and I was able to release it. Not sure it made it though. Cut the barb on the hook and pulled it out. My hand bleed a lot. Still kept fishing though. Lucky no real damage was done. Hurt like heck though.

 

[ironbjorn]

 

[Bubba 460]

7 hours ago, GreenPig said:

Yes. Before the adrenaline wears off.

Yep ~ gotta come out, just do it, only takes a second.