I have almost the same story it happen maybe 20 years ago with a few of my buds. We were bait fishing Breezy point area. A log snagged my line and my reel was screaming. I thought I had a Cow on. (this was at night)I walked a few city blocks before I landed that log. My buddies were busting my Balls, and to this day they still bring up that moment.
I lost a lot of plugs last year from both a hair line crack on the ring in my tip top that I couldn't see, and a bail that kept on closing on the cast. must of lost 50 to 80 dollars in plugs. Now I have a manual bail 704z when I'm casting metal lips.
Here is my biggest googan mistake ever.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...5253#post45253
"Don't be shy, give it a try"
Cardoc
These were this year:
I was out on the water, wading ocean side, 2:00 AM. I feel a bumping on my leg. Look down, there's a bunker swimming between my legs. Notice it a couple times, finally reach down and miss it with a couple swipes. I move a bout 20 feet and still notice the bumping, reach down again and miss it. Another 10 feet away and still look down and see this bunker between my legs. It dawns on me that this is not normal. I make a real effort and grab it, it was attached to line that had been cut, was wrapped to my one leg.
Late fall, ~3:00 AM in that heavy west wind, I ended up with a big Danny plug stuck in the middle of my back (was wearing a dry top/pullover) 2 guys walk by and we talk for a couple minutes, I had to much pride to say "do me a favor and dislodge that plug from the middle of my back". That wasn't fun in that cold and wind taking off the top and getting the plug.
White Water Monty 2.00 (WWM)
Future Long Islander (ASAP)
I probably wouldn't have asked either. lmao
I don't want to steal the thunder from Monty's thread, as we have proclaimed him "StripersandAnglers Googan of the Fall" for the 2011 Season.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...the-year-award
2 days later I put a hook in my palm due to not paying attention and getting my hand too close to a plug in the mouth of a thrashing bass.
Sheer stupidity.
I'm posting up here because Fin was there when it happened, so I can't hide from it or minimize it....I don't think he'll ever let me live it down....
Also posting to let ya's know it can happen to anyone...all it takes is a 1/2 sec of inattention, and you're hooked!
So, please learn from this, guys and gals....
it ain't that much fun hooking yourself, and if the fishing is good, you will lose out on valuable fishin time.....
Bloody plug
My hand, the next day.
Here's the treble that Fin cut with the dykes.
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The original post, and some pics......
"I kind of ruined the flow for Fin when I put a hook in and out of my palm. The fish lay on the beach and I didn't leader it as usual but grabbed it closer to the hook. Thank God Fin had dykes with him.. The hook went clean through and we were able to crush the barb, cut it, and back it out.
More than embarassing because it's the first time I ever put a hook in my flesh, clean through.
I know better...and that's the most embarassing part of all...
I know he won't let me live the stupidity down, so I might as well come clean and fess up....
From now on I'll be crushing all my barbs, and will strongly be preaching that to you folks out there......
We missed out on valuable fishin time by dealing with that hook in palm. I know he would have had some bigger fish, but the opportunity had passed.......
Much gratitude to the Old Grouchy Basstard for being there....
I might have been in a little trouble without his quick thinking..... "
LESSON to be learned from this... CRUSH YOUR BARBS!
You'll thank me, and Fin, if this ever happens to you.....
Thanks for the advice!
Dude, what's with the bandana? Joining up with the Bloods?
Let's see a pic of the hook through your hand, you know you want to show it.
Show the pic! Show the pic!
Wow, how long did Doctor Finchaser work on your hand?
Mines all better, stitch out today.
I guess it goes without saying never throw a plug that has hooks on with your hand (always use a rod).
White Water Monty 2.00 (WWM)
Future Long Islander (ASAP)
ha ha good thing you had the Finster with you. When I did that exact same thing i had to hike a mile back down the beach with the fish attached to find my pliers, which had dropped out of the side pocket of my Carhartt painters pants when I sat on a log to eat my sammich.
Still not in the same class as throwing a plug at a tree branch, tho.
I think you get a lifetime achievement award (bucket?) for that one!
White Water Monty 2.00 (WWM)
Future Long Islander (ASAP)
wow monty dude thats a nasty gash how many stitches
Just the one (you can see the little holes). Was not bad at all.
Only painful time was when the plug was hanging.
Three hours after it happened the doctor numbed it, slit the skin to pull out.
He had pliers to grab it, but each time he grabbed it and pulled the pliers would slip off the hook, making that snapping sound you would here like if you were grabbing a buried nail with pliers but couldn't get a good grip and the pliers would slip off. Happened some 20 times, didn't hurt but the sound was making feel like "come on, grab that puppy and get it out".
Was really not painful, fished 3x this week (5+ hours per trip), a slight hindrance. I thought Dark's palm looked a lot worse than my finger.
White Water Monty 2.00 (WWM)
Future Long Islander (ASAP)
White Water Monty 2.00 (WWM)
Future Long Islander (ASAP)
Karma can be a *****. I laughed at Monty and Chuckled at Dark....now I'm afraid to go near a treble hook....
Somehow I missed seeing this one...that might be enough to get ya a 2nd place commendation...any more this week, and you might single-handedly sweep the S&A Fall Googan awards....
The bandana was wrapped around my hand to stop the blood, so I could keep fishin.
Didn't take a pic of the hook in hand because we had a fish flopping at the other end, and we wanted to get the fish free and back in the water asap....also, I did feel a little embarassed by it all, and thought we might "forget" it happened..but with Fin yelling at me and calling me an effing dillydock, I knew there would be no sweeping this mistake under the googan rug...
You would get an honorable mention for that if we had extended these awards Jon, what did your hand look like after the fish got done swinging back and forth? Bet it was pretty shredded up....
As far as scars and gashes go, I gotta give props to Monty, I think his looks nastier than mine....
Originally Posted by DarkSkies;54366.[B
Let me get this straight - you sleep in your car for days at a time, have waders that smell like they were accidentally dropped into a port a john, and smell like fish so bad that people have to fish upwind of you.
And you are embarassed to take a pic of a hook in your hand? What's up with that, dude?
I had a 9ft pole standing straight up in the rack in the back of my truck .I was driving from one spot to another. I was cruising along and I heard this soft snap. Really didn’t think much of it. I pull up to my next spot, get out and grab my pole. I look at the spool and all the line is missing. So I’m think now I know what that snap was. Apparently my line snagged in a tree and as I drove down the road the line was being stripped off. I'm surprised I didn’t hear the drag screaming. So I went back to where it happen to pick up the line and the ava lure I had on. Put I couldn’t find any of it. Weird