Hook removal from self

[flatsbroke22]

Posting this up in case anyone finds there self in the predicament I came to face Saturday. I’ve fished pretty much my entire life (46 years) and have never buried a hook in myself. Been extremely lucky cause I’ve had several close calls. Well it finally happened yesterday. I caught a short red that inhaled my Redfin. While digging the lure out he shook his head and I lost grip and whamo! Crazy thing was I knew it was about to happen, just synced it. Buried into my knuckle. Once I cut the hook free of the lure and the other two from the treble I prepared myself to free it. I’ve seen many videos of the “snatch” method and to pull it on through and cut the barb and back out method. I figured the snatch would be best since it was quick and hopefully painless. While psyching myself up I figured I better watch that video again to make sure I was doing it correctly. When I searched for the video on my phone I saw a headline of a painless method that I’ve never seen before. Put ice on it for 15-20 minutes until it’s almost froze and numb and it should pull right out. I was skeptical. I got ice out the cooler and held it on it for about 10 minutes and it went numb. So I figured we would just snatch it out since I couldn’t really feel any pain. Partner tied braid to the hook and I put pressure down on the hook and was about to yell “snatch it” and the damn hook literally just fell out! I don’t know what the ice did but it worked. Absolutely no pain at all. I was amazed. It did bleed like a stuck pig. Lol


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[slow motion]

That pic hurts me to look at. Glad you found a painless way and thank you sir for sharing your experience. I have wondered if the extraction of a circle hook is any different than a j hook.

[Big Tim]

Good information. I hope I never have to use it but it is still good information. My finger started throbbing just looking at the picture.

[STMU]

Glad it came out well. Been there a few times, not fun. Hope you're up to date on your tetanus shot!

[bman]

Sounds like a great option! And that hurts just looking at it!

[silverking]

Thanks for the tip. Will try that next time. I buried a treble hook point in my knuckle while fishing solo. Spanish mack was the culprit. Squeezed it to death to keep from thrashing and then used a new knife to cut an X around the entry and pulled it loose. The ice method sounds much better.

I do carry a small bottle of wound cleanser/antiseptic in my boat box. And I'm extra careful about my rowdy four-legged first mate who likes to get right in the middle of the action.

[BloodyChamp]

Doing it once has to be the record for least amount of times lol I’ve done it many times! Once when I wasn’t even fishing! And once I managed to get 5 of 6 barbs stuck. I sure could have used some ice that day lol!

[woopty]

I've had to do the snatch method....
big ol hook...
Looped line around the shank...
Buddy yanked on two instead of three...
surprizingly painless with just a little drop of blood...
I was amazed!

[kenfly]

Good to know! It’s most likely gonna happen to us all eventually.


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