So who here has ever hooked themselves?

[Oliver10]

How to remove a fish hook - Guide sticks 4 hooks in arm to demonstrate! - YouTube

I got a size 16 hook under my nail once. Could not get it out because I was a whimp. ER just numbed up my finger and pulled it out.

 

[Thursthouse]

How to remove a fish hook - Guide sticks 4 hooks in arm to demonstrate! - YouTube

I got a size 16 hook under my nail once. Could not get it out because I was a whimp. ER just numbed up my finger and pulled it out.

I've been hooked so many times I cannot count, but surprisingly not while fly fishing. The worst was when I was bass fishing by myself in a row boat. I had a jointed lure with two sets of treble hooks. I grasped the bass by the lip and he flipped out of my hand, in the process I got hooked inbetween my thumb and pointer with the second set of trebble hooks with the first set still in the bass's mouth. He was freaking out and flipping every which way and just kept digging it into my hand further. Finally, I was able to get the bass under control (under my foot - hey, desperate times call for desperate measures) and I had to rip the hook out of my hand with a pair of plyers - horrible experience and caused me to remove the second trebble on all my lures. If only I had known about pinching the barbs down back then...

I've heard some crazy stories from other fisherman, so I'm excited to hear stories that this thread will dredge up.

 

[lightenup]

When fishing I really haven't had any bad ones..a couple flesh wounds but never past the barb..I smash them, but before in my younger days none that were worth bringing up....I do stick my thumb a lot when tying flies...and my cousin put a size 18 treble hook in his eyelid when we were kids fishing with our grandfather....I'll never forget hearing,

"Pop-Pop, I got a hook in my eye.."

"don't move"!!!

I got in trouble for telling him he ruined our day fishing....

well he did, with the hospital and all....

 

[tomfly]

I hooked a Snook on a spoon while surf fishing in Florida. It was a good size one. I went grab him by the lip. He darted through my hand. While he passed through my hand he drove one one of the shanks of the treble hook that he was hooked on into the flesh between my thumb and index finger. Now we are both hooked to the same treble hook. Now I do not know If you have had a 6 to 8 lb fish flopping around while you are hooked to it. I can assure you it was not a pleasant experience The more he flopped the deeper the hook went.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

My friend buried one hook of a treble deep into my finger many years ago while we were bass fishing. Had to go to the doc's office, get numbed, and have him push it through, cut the barb, and back it out with a tetanus shot thrown in for good measure.

But I did hook some foreigner at the False Hook deep in the leg with a Deceiver after he quietly moved right next to me while I was banging the blues. I never knew he was there as I false cast until I heard a very loud OUCH followed by what I assume were multiple F-bombs in Russian or some other language I didn't understand....

 

[sunsignarcher]

Last year my brother had a rapala buried in his palm at the base of his thumb...DEEP!

I got a good grip on em w/a pair of pliers and told him I was gonna count to three. On one I ripped that bitch out with a mighty yank and SLAMMED the second set of trebles into the other side of his hand....hey, I tried.

:rofl:

 

[Agust]

A few years ago I had worked overnight and had the whole day of to fish. didn't wake up until almost 10 am. Wife was already out of the house, so i snuck out to fish spruce run creek. 2nd or third cast I embedded a size 12 streamer (might have been a coachman) into the middle of my back. Through the shirt and past the barb. i was able to cut the tippet, but not reach the fly. So I did what every reasonable fisherman does. I kept fishing. By around 6PM I knwe my wife would be coming back so I walked home.

She was beside herself, not sure if I was nuts or just dumb, when i cam in still asking her to try and save the fly and just pull it out with a pair of pliers. We saved the fly, the shirt had a small hole but it was mid back so no one noticed.

Agust

 

[lightenup]

A few years ago I had worked overnight and had the whole day of to fish. didn't wake up until almost 10 am. Wife was already out of the house, so i snuck out to fish spruce run creek. 2nd or third cast I embedded a size 12 streamer (might have been a coachman) into the middle of my back. Through the shirt and past the barb. i was able to cut the tippet, but not reach the fly. So I did what every reasonable fisherman does. I kept fishing. By around 6PM I knwe my wife would be coming back so I walked home.

She was beside herself, not sure if I was nuts or just dumb, when i cam in still asking her to try and save the fly and just pull it out with a pair of pliers. We saved the fly, the shirt had a small hole but it was mid back so no one noticed.

Agust

Stay off my creek!!!!!!

 

[Rusty Spinner]

A few years ago I had worked overnight and had the whole day of to fish. didn't wake up until almost 10 am. Wife was already out of the house, so i snuck out to fish spruce run creek. 2nd or third cast I embedded a size 12 streamer (might have been a coachman) into the middle of my back. Through the shirt and past the barb. i was able to cut the tippet, but not reach the fly. So I did what every reasonable fisherman does. I kept fishing. By around 6PM I knwe my wife would be coming back so I walked home.

She was beside herself, not sure if I was nuts or just dumb, when i cam in still asking her to try and save the fly and just pull it out with a pair of pliers. We saved the fly, the shirt had a small hole but it was mid back so no one noticed.

Agust

Then again, she married a Viking that raped and pillaged his way across Europe (or at least your family did). So no surprise there. But imagining Linda's look of horror when she saw that hook deep into your back is priceless

 

[Trout Guy]

I hooked my cheek while fishing beads this past fall. Size 10 pierced right through my cheek.. Let's just say I pinch my barbs now..

 

[JeffK]

My worst was getting set up for striper fishing. I laid my surf rod on a picnic table so it wouldn't get sand on it and was standing a few feet away tying on a plug. Some idiot ran between the table and me, caught the line, and drove the big treble with an enormous barb through the meat of my thigh. No way it was backing out so I had to push it through, cut off the barb and then back it out. Fortunately, moved a hook from another lure and proceeded to go fishing. Don't remember if I caught anything.

 

[Pete]

The first time I "hooked myself" was how I got my first fly rod.

In the '50s some lure manufactures would make a miniature version of a popular lure, and sell it as "fly-rod size".
At age 9 my only rod was a sixty cent, 5' solid fiberglass baitcaster.
I tried to "fly cast" a fly rod size lure, and got a treble in my arm for my efforts.

An uncle heard about it, and donated on old Montague cane rod that he wasn't using anymore.
I still have the reel (a Shakespeare "Kazoo").

 

[browntrout27]

I've been snagged so many times (by myself and by others), I've lost count. Perhaps I should take up a hobby that I am better at?

Worst case wasn't my own idiocy involved, but my 8 year old son was hooked with a Rebel Wind Cheater in the hand between thumb and index finger. My father was passing rods into the boat from the dock for a day of chasing blues and stripers in Cape Cod. My son was in the boat awaiting the incoming rods - my father let the rod go before my son had a hold of it. The rod slipped through his hand and the lure (latched to the rod guide) embedded two of the trebles deep past the barb.

No where near life threatening, but you could imagine the feeling of listening to your son howl in pain as you tried to work the hooks out. The way they went in, no way to push through and clip the barb. Wound up with a trip to the hospital - numb the hand and yank. Needless to say, fishing was put on hold for the next few days....

 

[beeber]

Yes I have several times. The worst was while bass fishing with a torpedo, when removing the hooks from a bass, he thrashed and I buried the hook up to my knuckle. First task was to remove the thrashing bass and fortunately for me that happened quickly. Then, for the finger, I got a good hold of the hooks with pliers and yanked them out. I then proceeded to fish more. With trout flies I have hooked my fingers several times, but was able to get the hook out with forceps without too much fuss.

The other memorable time I was floating for bass (first 1/2 mile of a 10 mile all day float) and buried a treble into the back of the pontoon, nice move ace! I was able to remove the lure and patch the boat with duct tape. I had my pump so the day was saved. Always carry duct tape, pliers and a pump for the toon.

 

[WBDluver]

Never! I am way to skilled to get involved in such boobery

 

[Trouser Trout]

I not only hooked myself, I then weighed myself in and won the pool!!!