Any way of fishing with a broken hand?

[Baseball 'n Bassin]

I broke my right hand in a baseball game. is there any way I can still fish with it?

[WRB]

Spinning tackle.

Tom

[MN Fisher]

Talk to your doctor - that's the only safe way.

 

Even if we had a doc on the forum, they'd have to have the X-Rays and examine you personally to make that judgement call. Certain movements could damage your hand more and give you at best a longer recovery time - at worst, a permanent disability...even with a cast 'immobilizing' the hand.

[HaydenS]

My fishing partner broke his wrist, it got stepped on in a baseball game, and he still fished.  Pretty sure he caught a ten pounder with the broken wrist....   Try and find a comfortable way to reel and hold the rod.  

Don't hurt yourself more.

[Lottabass]

Research how people with disabilities can fish.

There are lots of adaptive equipment that will help you.

[CrankFate]

No. Wait until it heals. 

[Bubba 460]

I've broken several bones, including compound fractures~ eww!  It takes the bones about 9 days before they start "knitting " back to together. So if you have a forearm cast on you should be able to cast... I mean lob a spinning rod in about 3 weeks, IF the cast allows you to get a grip and you don't do anything crazy with it ( like in into a fight with a cast on ~ been there done that). If you have a cast that curves around to the upper arm it's gonna be a little more difficult to "lob" and zombie like moves will have to be honed. Simple rule: If it hurts, don't do dat! ~ Good luck.

[schplurg]

Saw a kid on Scott Martins Youtube channel fishing and he only had one arm. He'd hold the rod between his legs sometimes, and had other tricks. He could cast, land fish.

 

I practiced once because I may have tendinitis surgery at some point. It ain't easy!!! But he did it so it's doable! Not sure I could tie a knot or land the fish, especially a big one.

[the reel ess]

Brace or cast maybe. A jigging pole? When I was a kid I saw a guy with one arm trolling past our dock. He was using a crankbait. He had a rod holder on his belt. He would cast, put the rod in the holder and retrieve. I was impressed. I told my mom about it and she said "That would be you if you lost an arm".

[N Florida Mike]

I broke 3 bones in my right thumb/ wrist . I learned how to cast left handed , set the hook left handed  and reel in somehow. Can’t remember exactly how I did it now.

[newriverfisherman1953]

Clay Dyer. You can do what you want/need to do. I’d be very careful with it. Let it heal. 

[.ghoti.]

8 hours ago, Baseball 'n Bassin said:

I broke my right hand in a baseball game. is there any way I can still fish with it?

Very simple answer to this question.

NO!

You  wish to risk further damage? Damage which could last the rest of your life?

 But, It is your life. 
Be intelligent. 

[Bankc]

Get a Fish Winch.  It's a regular reel with an electric motor attached so you can fish with one hand.  

[Big Hands]

I rode dirt bikes when I broke my hand and had it in a cast. . . . . which will never qualify me to be considered the world's smartest person. And just to back that up. . . . I fished when I had my arm and hand in a cast from carpal tunnel and tendonitis surgery too. A conventional reel was easier on my hand than a spinning reel. Caught several big bass at that time because I was off work and was able to fish a LOT and get very dialed into what was working. At the time we were trolling 'big wooden swimbaits' on lead core line at about 25' deep in the middle of winter. 

 

Disclaimer: If your hands are your moneymakers, it might be prudent to listen to your doctors. I am not qualified to give medical advice even if I had slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night (I didn't). 

[Hammer 4]

Broke my right wrist 2 times. Both due to M/C crashes. After about a week, I jumped back on my dirt tracker and rode sorta easy, with no pain. Then after my Doc changed casts, I started to rider faster, which means more work on parts of your body, including my wrists.

About 10 months later I had a bad get off at about 130 mph, broke the same wrist again, plus a couple of other things.

I stayed off my bikes for 1 1/2 months, and no fishing. Doctors  orders..To this day, some 48 years later, my wrist gives me trouble, I really sharp pains if I move it wrong, or put too much strain on it.

My advice, let that sucker heal up, let you Doc tell you when you can fish and do other things.

[throttleplate]

theres a guy who is on youtube and he paints pictures by holding the brush with his toes because he is disabled so give that a try.?

[A-Jay]

18 hours ago, Baseball 'n Bassin said:

I broke my right hand in a baseball game. is there any way I can still fish with it?

We all get exactly One opportunity to rehap correctly and allow our body to perform what pretty much equates to magic. 

Everything else is damage control.

Your choice.

A-Jay

[Deleted account]

I'm sure you could, but bones heal in short order, and keeping the area immobilized is the key to it, so....

[Bankbeater]

I would hold off fishing until the bone heals.  One little accident and you'll be back at the doctor's office. 

[E-rude dude]

Wacky rigged senko type worm under a big  bass slip bobber. Drifting over large flats or submerged weeds. Use a cane pole if you can find one or the longest rod you own. When you catch a fish raise rod to 12 o’clock. Stick it between your back and chair, net fish.