This was fortunate....because one of the first fish I caught was close to 7#. Once hooked it got real angry...tail walking, jumping out of the water like a tarpon.....:headbang:
I really should have played that fish a little longer....the bite is limited at that location and I was only thinking of getting the fish released and back on to plugging again....the fish thrashed enough to put a hook through my thumb....
Once I released the fish, the reality of my situation crept in....
I was far out there.....isolated area...far from any kind of help or assistance....
Walking back to shore and returning would have taken 15 minutes out of the night's fishing....with the way the tide was that night....
The
feeding window might be over when I got back.....
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I was grateful I had crushed that barb on the tail siwash....
Without thinking twice,
quickly ripped it back out, the way it came in.....:viking:
It started to bleed a lot....hurt a bit as well....
I was all alone on the flats.....
Blood dripping from my thumb into the water...
Some sharks
with teeth being caught out that far.....:scared:
I quickly ripped up a bandana I bring along, applied the strip as a tourniquet....band-aids I carry were not enough to stop the bleeding....
And I went back to fishing. :) :kooky:
This is a pic I took of it at home....a
few days after it started to
heal......peroxide applied daily....
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Monty wanted me to post a pic of the bloody thumb...:laugh: :2flip: at the time, it was a littlle hectic....no time or thoughts for a pic...
I can't get in the way of Monty's Quest to win
Googan of the Year again....:laugh: