Couldn’t find anyone with bait close by, so we decided to go do some trolling. Started fishing about 6 and things weren’t looking very encouraging. By the time it turned dark we had caught 1 14" fish and then things started looking up.
We started catching them right after dark. No big fish, but we had some good action, catching 10 keepers and about 7 or 8 shorts. Most keepers were 23" or less, but we did manage a 27"'er for out last fish at about midnight.
All caught in about 15’ to 30’ FOW with the majority coming from 15’-20’.
We were a bit underdressed for the ride back in, but otherwise an absolutely gorgous nigt on the water with almost no wind and hardly any boats at all on the water.
Nah, no need for the downriggers fishing that shallow.
Yea, it was alot of fun, but I left out the not so fun part. We really could have used you on the boat last night. LOL
Did something really stupid and tried to grab a hooked fish in a part of the boat that wasn’t lit very well. He started flapping and drove one end of a treble hook deep into my thumb. The barb was all the way in, so there was no backing it out. It took a while, but we were finally able to remove the treble hook from the split ring so we could cut it with the cutting edge of some wire strippers I had on the boat. I was then able to numb it up some with ice and force the hook back out. Hurt like hell forcing it back up through the skin, but I just kept thinking about how much it cost me the last time I did this and went to the ER. Finally got the tip and barb back though the surface enough to grab with pliers and it pulled right out. Made a bandage out of a piece of a towel, held it on with 2 tie wraps and we were back to fishing again.
A little swelling today, but other than that like it never even happened. Guess I was lucky where it when in…could have been alot worse.
“Made a bandage out of a piece of a towel, held it on with 2 tie wraps and we were back to fishing again”
Oh well, you’ve got to love it! Lol. Yeah, I am glad it was not worse than that, but the way it looks in the picture ( swollen and red) in less than 24 hrs, I would go ahead and get some antibiotics on board, make sure your Td ( tetanus shot) is up to date, keep your hand elevated as much as you can and frequent wash it with soap and water. Anyways, Call me tomorrow sometime if it looks worse, I might be able to help a friend and save you some money as well!
Sportsman Heritage 229 CC
Yamaha 200 HP
Jeremiah 29:11 !!
Yes indeed! A course of antibiotic would be a good thing. Your tetanus needs to be up to date also. Take it from someone who’s been there and done the hook in you trick numerous times.
Did something really stupid and tried to grab a hooked fish in a part of the boat that wasn’t lit very well. He started flapping and drove one end of a treble hook deep into my thumb. The barb was all the way in, so there was no backing it out. It took a while, but we were finally able to remove the treble hook from the split ring so we could cut it with the cutting edge of some wire strippers I had on the boat. I was then able to numb it up some with ice and force the hook back out. Hurt like hell forcing it back up through the skin, but I just kept thinking about how much it cost me the last time I did this and went to the ER. Finally got the tip and barb back though the surface enough to grab with pliers and it pulled right out. Made a bandage out of a piece of a towel, held it on with 2 tie wraps and we were back to fishing again.
A little swelling today, but other than that like it never even happened. Guess I was lucky where it when in…could have been alot worse.
'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
FS90 Suzuki
There is a much simpler and much less painful method to remove a hook from your body. The “snatch method” is illustrated in this video. http://vimeo.com/13659396
The guy in the video has gotten a little elaborate in my opinion, and I just use a piece of braided line, and tie it as close to where the hook is penetrating the skin as possible. The other important step is to push down on the shank of the hook, which will disengage the barb. Also, make sure the hook is not attached to a lure or spoon, and that all other points and barbs have been removed so you don’t snatch it out of one body part and into another.
I helped demonstrate a similar technique this past Saturday with a 4/0 worm hook to some fishing families. We asked for volunteers to assist us and all hands went up. Then we told the volunteers that we needed them to be the “hookie”, and all hands went down in all but one class. We finally convinced the brave young man that a raw chicken leg would be a great substitute for human body parts. We also told them to not try this method if the hook was in a tendon or leader, or if it was close to the eyes. All who have had hooks removed this way, including one of our instructors, agreed that it is quick and almost painless. You still need to have your tetanus shot up to date and may need antibiotics as well. Might be a good to demonstrate this technique at one of your club meetings. If you demonstrate the method have some fishing line tied to the hook to be removed. That keeps it from being lost and stepped on later.
be very vigilant about any new swelling or redness. puncture wounds like that can leave bacteria deep, while your skin heals over, and then an abscess can form. im sure you will be fine, just make sure to keep that in the back of your mind.
good job on the fishing. I would love to be doing some striper fishing right about now.
Thanks all for the advice and the link. I’ll definately be making a little kit with a snatch cord, small bolt cutters and some hydrogen peroxide to leave on the boat.
Yeah Fog I am. I do Famiy Practice. I agree, we all should master the “snatch method” and have a little medical emergency kit handy. There will be an opportunity to use them, whether we want it or not. Of course, at the office or in the ER, we just numb the area with little lidocaine without epinephrine and very painlessly and quickly remove the hook (if in the ER, a 15 min procedure, probably $1500-2000).Remember that tetanus will not show it’s symptoms right away and for us exposed to hooks and other elements thru the skin, tetanus boosters should be updated every 5-10 years depending on risk factors. Fishing, especially with lures with multiple treble hooks, is definitely a risk factor. Striper are indeed fighters to the end, all the way to the boat, and removing them hooks especially when in multiple areas while they are flapping like crazy is risky. Again, call me if you need me. I will be happy to help. I will PM you as well.
Sportsman Heritage 229 CC
Yamaha 200 HP
Jeremiah 29:11 !!
I found out on Sunday that a rescue call went out Saturday night about 10:30 somewhere around Spence. Anyone know what happened? I didn’t see anything in the news. We saw a colored light down that way, but it didn’t look like the strobe from a LEO.
Thanks all for the advice and the link. I’ll definately be making a little kit with a snatch cord, small bolt cutters and some hydrogen peroxide to leave on the boat.
'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
FS90 Suzuki
or … you could simply pack an extra pair of glasses and use a 150 watt light bulb …
I found out on Sunday that a rescue call went out Saturday night about 10:30 somewhere around Spence. Anyone know what happened? I didn’t see anything in the news. We saw a colored light down that way, but it didn’t look like the strobe from a LEO.
Not sure what was going on, but if I remember right I believe it was solid red lights that we were seeing… defiantely not the flashing blue lights you normally see on the weekends. I asked a guy at work who lives at the condos about it, thinking something happened there, but he was out of town this weekend.
Yes I am. I was asked at the last minute, Friday, if I could help with the fishing part of the program. If I had only had a little time to contact the DNR lead person I could have probably furnished a lot of good props for the class. The fishing program seemed to me to go pretty well when you consider all of the information we were trying to convey, in such a limited time frame,to so many groups.
The DNR groups are limited in size and are first come first served. Once they’re full you have to wait for the next class. If you get the chance to attend a DNR coordinated event it will cover a lot more of the basics that will probably be of interest to families. Including fishing knots, safe handling of fish, basic live bait fishing, and assembly of rods and reels, just to name a few. They also have a set aside area at each class where the families can try their luck at fishing. If you are interested in attending a class check out the SCDNR web site. There are several classes scheduled at this time around the state.
We keep a kit with Lanocane , different size sutures and forceps in my offshore boat! Darn near lost a toe one AM when I slipped and fell in the dark about 30 miles out. A friend of mine had a big Hoo flip off a gaff and sent the gaff thru his calf and out the other side at the 226 hole.
never know what might happen and it never happens in close
