Oyster Wound

General Fishing Discussion
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Had a nice gash right on my knuckle last Saturday when picking oysters. It stayed swollen, but hurts worse today.

I gotta wait till Monday so I can use the cheap 1-800 doc. Found some old antibiotics I had from a shrimp wound this morning so taking those in the meantime.

Am I gonna die?

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Tetanus shot!

“mr keys”

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Yep, an oyster cut can mess you up if not cleaned well and taken care of.

“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?

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If you don’t mind me asking…What was your previous “shrimp wound”

17’ Mako

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quote:
Originally posted by Screamingdrag

If you don’t mind me asking…What was your previous “shrimp wound”

17’ Mako

Had a shrimp barb stick into my thumb during shrimping season. Happens a lot but it got infected this one time.

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When I gather oysters I usually keep a soda bottle full of a 50/50 mix of bleach water and pour it over any cut. I use rubber gloves under welding gloves and have still had them sliced through. The other thing I’ve learned on gathering oysters over time is getting to the bed a hour before slack low and not being in a rush to put em in the basket.

Personally I think the quicker a wound is cleaned the less chance of infection. When I get home I then use some hibiclens before and after a shower. That stuff is like magic on cleaning a cut. Don’t think you are suppose to use it on a real deep one though. ?

“Why Bruce?”

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If you die, we’ll split up your gear.

ZX

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I’ve had countless fishing related incidents and never got a infection. My go to is let it bleed out and rinse it. I had a deep down fish fin form a callus. The only thing I’ve went to the hospital or was a sting ray sting. I googled it, big mistake it made me think I was having an allergic reaction. Just put hot water on it, that worked better then morphine.

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Leftover antibiotics[:0]! Good luck and as NC said, tetanus shot!

NN

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My buddy has had 2 bouts where he had to see the infectious disease doc. Not fun.

I usually do the rinse with bleach water too if my hands get beat up (aka every bottom fishing trip ever lol)

“mr keys”

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This was after I pushed it through… Should have took a video of that…

NN

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Dang, that is a cringe worthy shot!

“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?

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and that is why i carry bolt cutters on my boat now.

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Originally posted by DoubleN

This was after I pushed it through… Should have took a video of that…

That made me queasy… Can’t tell from the pic, but is that a circle hook? If so, I’m surprised as they are supposed to get you in the corner of the mouth.

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quote:
Originally posted by skinneej
quote:
Originally posted by DoubleN

This was after I pushed it through… Should have took a video of that…

That made me queasy… Can’t tell from the pic, but is that a circle hook? If so, I’m surprised as they are supposed to get you in the corner of the mouth.

Hilarious , j !
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Lets be fair it was in the corner of his thumb. Hook job well done. Fisherman epic fail…

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Either way, it was foul hooked, so has to get thrown back!

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LOL, SJ, well done!

NN

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I am sure you have all seen the videos of using fishing line to get them out.
I have only seen it done on J hooks wonder if it works on circle hooks?