Hook Emergency

[MontclairDave]

So, I was fishing alone and hooked into a rather large bass with a jerkbait, tried to remove the lure without pliers (yeah)  and this happened—a treble buried to the hilt in my finger. Tried to push it out but too deep. Ended up in Emergycenter and they had to cut it out.

 

Question: what is that trick for removing trebles with fishing line? And can you do it yourself or do you need another person? 
 

 

[Jig Man]

I had a bass put a spook in the underside of a finger, down to the shank.  My wife was along.  I couldn’t get her to try the line thing.  I tried it myself with no luck.  
 

I was in another state out in the sticks.  Miles from any town.  I took a pair of needle nosed pliers and a deep breath and took it out, wrapped up the finger and kept on fishing.  
 

Nothing about that was fun.  Since then I rarely use anything with treble hooks.

[HaydenS]

You can do it to yourself.   Jon B did it to himself, there is another guy that did it (a while back) after he was fishing a solo tournament, and got hooked with a whopper plopper.  Look up some videos, and keep some extra braid and dikes in the boat, so you're prepared next time.  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3kSCeT9jH8

[Kenny Yi]

we need an NSFW (not-safe-for-work) tag ?

 

thankful for single hooks...

[Glenn]

14 minutes ago, Kenny Yi said:

we need an NSFW (not-safe-for-work) tag

Ya, Google sends me flag notifications about "blood, gore, and graphic" images/videos for posts like these.  But people need to know about this, so Google needs to know the difference between egregious gore and medical advice.

 

OH, sorry, tangent airlines now departing.  NSFW flag...I'll work on it. 

[MickD]

I have been there, and have taken out trebles from my hands in about the same configuration as presented.  The one thing I would suggest to improve the method is to cut the other two hooks of the treble off before jerking the embedded one out.  Preloading as best you can to push the hook away from the barb will help too.

 

I took a fairly large spinnerbait trailer hook out of a partner in the wilds of Canada this way, and he was amazed at how nicely it worked.  Next day you couldn't tell it had even happened.

[CrankFate]

Not a treble but I took a 4/0 Gamakatsu octopus hook to the pad of my index finger. Felt like the tip hit my bone. I grabbed the hook as close to my skin as possible and pulled it right back out as fast as I could. It was either that or risk more hooks or tearing, since I was holding a ball of tangled lines on a crowded boat. The medical method is much, much worse and definitely more painful. Within 2-3 minutes I was back to fishing. I seen lots of guys go through more suffering than is necessary. Just pull it straight back out faster than you should take off a band aid.

[Koz]

Call me a sissy, but this is why I almost always use a fish gripper and pliers when I catch something with a treble hook bait.

[A-Jay]

Throughout my fishing years, I have had 'several' hooks & trebles in my hands, fingers, knees and even a darn big toe one time.

It's always a problem, could develop into something worse and has ruined a few trips.

Finally I snapped out of it and frankly I had had enough.

Made it a priority to establish a 'system' that kept me and anyone I was fishing with safe.

Wasn't hard to do but requires one to stick to the plan.

When I do, the chances of putting another hook into my flesh are all but eliminated.

If I get in a hurry and for go the plan, I get what I deserve.

Reality is it only takes a few seconds to net a bass, use a gripper to control it while I use pliers or hemostats to remove the hooks.

It very safe for me and usually ends up better/easier on the fish.

A mat on the deck can be pretty handy as well. 

I don't boat flip anything over the dinkiest of dinks. 

I do carry  pair of high leverage mini bolt cutters as a precaution.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01018D2CS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Other wise hook removals almost always go like this.

Big Pike & Musky are especially challenging. 

Fish Hard

A-Jay

[galyonj]

10 hours ago, Koz said:

Call me a sissy, but this is why I almost always use a fish gripper and pliers when I catch something with a treble hook bait.

 

Nah, you ain't a sissy for that.

 

Tough is being able to yank a hook out of yourself and keep fishing.

 

Smart is having the presence of mind to plan ahead and avoid the situation entirely.

 

Sissy is having somebody else unhook your fish because they're icky.

[Ski]

Two of 3 hooks from a POP-R, Partner used the line removal technique  that worked and salvaged the day. Not sure I could have done that alone.

[TcRoc]

I do the same with trebles. Grippers and pliers, in the yak its netted and pliers. Don’t care what anyone thinks . 

[throttleplate]

6 hours ago, Ski said:

Two of 3 hooks from a POP-R, Partner used the line removal technique  that worked and salvaged the day. Not sure I could have done that alone.

 

as a former mechanic i used duct tape numerous times to hold my cut hands and fingers together.

[Crazyju]

I have used the string trick twice on myself and 4 times on other people. The one below, I tried to talk the guy that was fishing with me (and the one who stuck me with his bait) to do the string trick, but he was turning white and about to faint. Key to the string trick is hard downward pressure on the hook shank. That is what gives the barb room to release.

 

 

[PhishLI]

I was alone for this one, and had two barbs of a good sized Berkley Fusion treble nicely buried. I was able to cut downward toward the barbs with a fresh X-acto knife blade. It took a few minutes, it sucked,  but it worked. Poured alcohol on the cuts, smeared some neosporin on, gloved up then went back out. Now I always have a X-sacto knife blade in my kit.

 

 

[Bubba 460]

Grab some pliers and give a hardy jerk.... One of two things will happen, either the hook will come out or you'll turn yourself inside out. So far with me the hook comes out (all 3 times).

[NHBull]

All good advise........and I always have hydrogen peroxide in the boat

[MN Fisher]

I'm with A-Jay on this...net, grippers and pliers are on my list of 'necessary' items in the canoe.

 

44 minutes ago, NHBull said:

All good advise........and I always have hydrogen peroxide in the boat

I include HO, 99% (medical grade) alcohol and Providone in my med-kit in addition to bandages and steri-strips.

[Michigander]

23 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I include HO, 99% (medical grade) alcohol and Providone in my med-kit in addition to bandages and steri-strips.

99% is what you want for electronics but 70% is better for disinfecting. I got corrected on that myself, lol.

[MN Fisher]

11 minutes ago, Michigander said:

99% is what you want for electronics but 70% is better for disinfecting. I got corrected on that myself, lol.

My mom - an RN for 25 years followed by teaching new nurses for 15 - is the one who told me 99%.

[Michigander]

28 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

My mom - an RN for 25 years followed by teaching new nurses for 15 - is the one who told me 99%.

If it's been working, keep doing it. I got told 70% by medical persons too, lol.

[Bubba 460]

13 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

My mom - an RN for 25 years followed by teaching new nurses for 15 - is the one who told me 99%.

 

 99% alcohol ~ that would hurt more than yankin' the hook out! You might want to take a couple of hits before you use that on a wound.

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, Bubba 460 said:

 

 99% alcohol ~ that would hurt more than yankin' the hook out! You might want to take a couple of hits before you use that on a wound.

^ Truth - 99% stings like an SOB...and that's exactly why most med-professionals recommend 70%...it don't sting as much, so people are more likely to use it.

[Glenn]

Here's how I always handle fish when using trebles:

 

 

 

And it's why I land fish this way instead of swinging them:

 

 

[Bubba 460]

4 hours ago, Crazyju said:

I have used the string trick twice on myself and 4 times on other people. The one below, I tried to talk the guy that was fishing with me (and the one who stuck me with his bait) to do the string trick, but he was turning white and about to faint. Key to the string trick is hard downward pressure on the hook shank. That is what gives the barb room to release.

 

 

 

 

Man these face piercings are getting out of hand....