Fishing Accident

[Redphisher]

My wifes parents sent me this yesterday. It happened at their local beach up north. Note to self... always be careful.

Man dies in freak fishing accident
In a freak accident, a piece of fishing equipment ended up killing a
Roosevelt man Tuesday. Jaime Chicas, 21, of Roosevelt, was fishing off a jetty at the west end of Jones Beach on Friday when his 3-ounce lead sinker came out of the water and hit him in the face and then lodged in his brain. "Suddenly, we saw him lying on the rocks," said Jose Gonzalez, 30, Chicas' brother-in-law. Gonzalez and his cousin, who both had been fishing with Chicas, ran over to find Chicas bleeding from his head. "We thought it was the fishing hook, because the thread was dangling by his eye," Gonzalez said through an interpreter. "We never could have imagined this."The trio had gone fishing a few times before and visited the beach often, Gonzalez said. While the sun set, Chicas kept fishing, as the others began packing their belongings. As Gonzalez and his cousin walked toward the beach, they heard Chicas make a whimpering noise behind them. After looking at X-rays, doctors at Nassau University Medical Center, where Chicas was taken, saw that the sinker of Chicas' fishing pole had just missed his right eye and entered his head at the bridge in his nose. The momentum of the lead weight continued across the middle of his brain into the back left side of his head, where it stopped, neurologist Imran Wahedna said. "There was so much force that it kept going and it lodged through the back of his head," Wahedna said of the lead sinker. "The trauma was simply too severe. "Chicas was pronounced brain-dead at 2 p.m. yesterday, from severe head trauma and herniation, Wahedna said.

[Reel Cowboy]

That is just plain wicked.

[captkeyser]

Holy cow! That's horrible. I have had a weight come back and hit me in the head, but it just hurt. I had no idea that they could come back with enough force to that kind of damage.

[cmccord]

That's a reminder that it's just a numbers game. When your number gets pulled, it's time to go. How unusual of a way to die though.

[cueball]

WOW.... I never even considered that could happen. It makes me consider downsizing my choice of line so that the line will break before it can build that much momentum.

[jsuber]

Sounds like a script Final Destination 5 . That just plain sux.

[Chalk]

That's freaky... to the family

[Dubble Trubble]

Here is a link to the article:

http://www.newsday.com/news/printeditio ... 2483.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I also never figured that a line stretched could get that kind of velocity. Of course, a 3 ounce lead weight is quite a hunk of metal.....

I would think that it had to have at least 400 or 500 ft per second velocity to do that kind of damage....

Dubble

[Bow'd Up]

Dayum, thats wild.

[TyatCapeSanBlas]

Ugh, "back of his brain," how is that possible, bummer to say the least

[GAJOEY]

Here is a link to the article:

http://www.newsday.com/news/printeditio ... 2483.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I also never figured that a line stretched could get that kind of velocity. Of course, a 3 ounce lead weight is quite a hunk of metal.....

I would think that it had to have at least 400 or 500 ft per second velocity to do that kind of damage....

Dubble

I have seen a bullet weight mushroom pretty good after it hit the side fo my boat after I yanked it out of a tree with 20lb line

[grim reeler]

This is why you pull with the rod pointed straight down the line when snagged. The rod doesnt load up and whip the hook at you when it breaks free. I've had to duck too many spinner baits, worms and frogs doing it the wrong way.

[Fisherman989]

In Moultrie, a few years ago, a friend of mine hung her lead head jig in the bushes while casting in the river.. When she foolishly pulled on the line...streight at her...the jig came loose and hit her right in the eye...putting it out. She lost sight in her eye over a hung-up jig.
You can never be too careful.

[Breambuster]

Let this story be a reminder to those who drive their boat too close to me when I am fishing on the flats. I do carry 3 oz lead on the boat, can cast a country mile and usually not very good at controlling my aim. There's no saying where the lead may land.

[PerryFisherMan]

If one wonders if the Biblical story of David and Goliath is possible, this is some pretty good data that a hard object (thrown properly) can easily kill someone.