injurys

[Guest muddy]

Variuos hooks in my hands, head and the Infamous one at the Fork Trip. The front seat came disloged from its pedatal on our lovely rental, then it hit me square in the chest and when it dropped it stuck two of the four trebels of a Rapala #11 in my thigh. Russ and Brent were disaponited they didn't get it for the video.Geez!

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

;D That memory will never get old,lol

You should have your own show,..."Fishing with Brooklyn"  ;D ;D 8-)

[Bassnajr]

I know I am probably SUPER parinoid but this summer, I started putting my cell phone in a small dry bag and kept it on me or near me. I'm thinking What happens if we're out here in the middle of the lake and something happens? I fish with alot of "don't worry about it!" guys but I have seen alot of freaky stuff happen when you least expect it. I'll take a ribbing anytime over my dry bag phone and hope I never need to use it!!

Alan

[jeremyt]

When I was 14 we were fishing of the pier at the OBX for sharks at night.  We had one guy that would kayak out the baits about 400 yds off the end of the pier.  One guy forgot to free spool his reel and the guy took a 12/0 hook through his calf, we rushed him to the hospital and they had to cut it out. That is by far the worst injury that I have personally seen. On a side note though, I have been told by friends who have seen guys take treble hooks to the eyes when king mack fishing. Always wear some sort of eye protection.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

I know I am probably SUPER parinoid but this summer, I started putting my cell phone in a small dry bag and kept it on me or near me. I'm thinking What happens if we're out here in the middle of the lake and something happens? I fish with alot of "don't worry about it!" guys but I have seen alot of freaky stuff happen when you least expect it. I'll take a ribbing anytime over my dry bag phone and hope I never need to use it!!

Alan

Hopefully, that false confidence goes away quickly.  It's easy to think nothing can happen when the shore is only 50 ft away in a 10 ft deep lake.  Death can happen, and in many different ways.  You can NEVER be too prepared.

When I was 14 we were fishing of the pier at the OBX for sharks at night.  We had one guy that would kayak out the baits about 400 yds off the end of the pier.

Dude,....I gotta meet you  8-)

[jeremyt]

Come on down, we can head out to the stream during the day for wahoo, kings and hopefully a bill fish or two, and at night maybe hook into a good 250pd Sand Tiger. It's a blast.

[Tin]

This year with 5.Slow, jumping out of the Crawdacious-Unit foot got caught landed sideways on a curb and busted a few ribs.

Worst I have ever seen was a guy loading his boat. The ramp was steep, so he loaded all but about 3 feet on so the nose wouldnt go under the front roller. So he pulls it up a little so the nose will go over and starts cranking it up with winch. Since it is a load on the winch he is bent over cranking it has hard as he can when the winch gear slips or something, well need less to say the boat goes down and almost off the trailer and the winch handle starts spinning out of control, hitting the guy in the forehead twice. Cut his forehead WIDE open, just nasty, blood everywhere.

[rondef]

My daughter in law had a catfish fin go deep into the palm of her hand while trying to get the hook out of it's mouth.  This happened on a day where she had caught about 10 catfish with no problems.  I cleaned her wound best I could and bandaged it up and then took her back to the dock since she was in a lot of pain.  This was the first time I ever had to break out the emergency medical kit.  My son took her to to the hospital where they cleaned out the wound again, bandaged her up and gave her some antibiotics and pain medication.  The next weekend she was back out there tearing it up again catching catfish.

[Tokyo Tony]

Wow everyone - reading all these posts has totally freaked me out  :-?

Luckily I don't have any stories like this, but I'm definitely gonna be even MORE careful now.

[z115491]

Just reading that made my "man parts" hurt

[jkart]

thank you all for the replys keep them comeing. I can see there are of diffrent ways to get injuryed. A lot to watch out for.

[Del from philly]

last thursday:

I wore a suit to work, but on the way out the weather actually looked warm so i borrowed my coworkers running shoes and hit the schukill

after walking through the woods, i noticed a big glass window shattered all around my feet. I stepped way, and walked right into a big jagged peice of broken glass.

The piece of glass went through the top of the running shoes as i took my step, and right into my big toe.

At first, it was numb and i wasnt sure how bad it was, then when i took a step, blood started foaming out of the top of the shoe.....every step it would bubble out like a volcano....

it waS making me lightheaded, anf for a second i didnt know what to do, i was alone in the woods, and loosing blood fast.

I actually saw people but was too embarressed to yell for help. I ended up hobbling to my truck, leaving an obviouse blood trail on the cement, it was actually making the sound of soaking wet shoes and making that "squish" sound every step....

whi8le driving home i realized that blood had soaked the entire shoe, and was getting all over my pedals and making me slip all around

it was pretty scary untill i got home...

[Fishin-Psyantist]

My daughter in law had a catfish fin go deep into the palm of her hand while trying to get the hook out of it's mouth.

I dont know why it is, but it seems to me like a catfish fin through the skin is the most painfull of any fish I have experienced. It just down right HURTS.

[fisherdave]

When I first got my boat I took it to lake and tried it out and when I was loading it to leave I slipped off the side of the trailor into the water and got a few brewses and scratches but mostlly my pride because the boat dock is right in the middle of the state park and the camping area was full so I had a crowd watching.

[fishfordollars]

5X hooks in different body parts. Only once by me. None required a trip to the E/R.

[TR21Lay]

I got hung up flipping and while looking forward to the next spot to flip to I gave it a hard ******. As the jig came flying by me the only thing that toughed me was the point of the hook on the end of my nose. It hit me so hard it snatched my head around.

I had to load the boat up with a 3/4 blaclk/blue jig with skirt and pork rind swinging around below my chin. I got home, removed the skirt and rind, and tried to get it out. I called my wife to come home an hour early to help, she refused and took me to the hospital. They tried to cut the hook. It was one of those blue hardened steel ones and couldn't be cut. Finally a male nurse went out to his truck and brought in a bolt cutter, after calling in several other nurses to have a look.

Never really hurt, just embarrassing. I still have a little scar on both sides of my nose.

[Bassnajr]

OWWWWWW!!!!

I thought my Power Worm with worm hook earring was bad...you win!!!

bassinajr

[Fish Chris]

Talk about a PAINFUL thread ! :-)

I still can't believe that after 40 years of hard-core fishing, I've still never sunk a hook into myself, past the barb.

However, one time about 25 years ago (I still remember this like it happened yesterday, if that gives you any indication of how severe this was) I was fishing from the bank, out in the muddy, tidally effected Ca Delta. One time I was reeling in my 4 oz lead pyramid weight, when it got snagged right beyond the water line. The thing was, there was a 25 foot distance of thick, slick mud (low tide) between the edge of the water, and the actual dry, solid shoreline. So I start pulling, and pulling.... but it won't come loose. I must have pulled 10 feet of stretch, out of 25 feet of 20 lb mono..... When ZING ! That freaking 4 oz lead weight came loose, and shot back at me with such tremendous force, I really didn't see it coming ! I mean, I bet it didn't curve down 1 inch, in its 30 foot travel..... and POW ! That thing blasted me right in the middle of my chin ! It didn't knock me down, but it was really close. Immediatly, my chin swelled out to the distance of my nose ! It also drove all kinds of grit and grime, deep into my chin. It didn't really split it open (must have hit on one of the flat sides) but instead, it just kind of turned my chin into hamburger. Took months to completely heal. I still imagine how much worse that would have been a couple inches higher, right through the middle of all of my teeth..... or in an eye !

It was horrible, but it sure could have been worse !

Be careful out there,

Fish

PS, Freaking stretchy arse mono anyway....... This wouldn't have ever happened if I had been using braid. No stretch, means no sling shot......

[dave]

A friend reached  back to cast a crankbait and unknowingly hooked his brother in the side right around the kidney.  He felt the resistance and jerked hard to free the lure.  Snapped the line,  trebles buried.  He almost passed out.  Not seeing the hooks in him but,  his other brother trying to cut it out with an old bait knife.  Hospital after that.  We laugh about it now 20+ years later.

[dave]

I know I am probably SUPER parinoid but this summer, I started putting my cell phone in a small dry bag and kept it on me or near me. I'm thinking What happens if we're out here in the middle of the lake and something happens? I fish with alot of "don't worry about it!" guys but I have seen alot of freaky stuff happen when you least expect it. I'll take a ribbing anytime over my dry bag phone and hope I never need to use it!!

Alan

I had a seat break off in a john boat once while wearing my phone on my belt.  In the drink I went.  No injury but,  phone ruined.  Or so I thought.  Battery was toast but,  after a thorough drying,  the phone still works.  I don't have it on my person when I fish now.  In a zip lock bag it goes.

[maxke01]

i have a scar on my right ear.. was fishing with a buddy 2 springs ago and he got himself stuck in a tree somehow..instead of working it out he gave the rod a jerk and his Rapala went right into my ear

[Hookem]

Broke 3 ribs when I slipped on wet carpet and hit the gunwale. Ouch!

[Bankbeater]

Many years ago I was on a rock dam and one of the rocks rolled.  My knee came down on a pointed rock and I had a hole in my knee about the size of a penny.  It swelled up and I couldn't bend it for 10 days.  I went to the ER and x-rays looked like a car windshield, OK around the edges but busted up in the middle.  

[Team_Dougherty]

Last summer I was night bank fishing for catfish with 3 Friend on lake ontelaunee. I was just sitting in my chair minding my own business when It felt like i got shot in the face. I yelled, I don't understand was that? I put my hands up to my face and could feel blood all over. My friends came over to see what I was fussing about. They where shinning flashlights on me and could see my face cut from the bottom of my nose to the top of my lip and it was deep.  What happened was on of the guys I was fishing with got snagged as he was trying to pull it out his 1 oz. lead sinker flew back hitting me square in the face. I did not even see him doing him trying to free it, it was so dark. I did not even have a chance to put my hands up to deflect it.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I just read every one of those 5 pages.....i feel queasy   and lucky too!!