I win the googan of the year award

[mick2360]

Facilitate catch and release: crush your barbs!

[speedy]

Thanks for the well wishes.
As to it could have happened to anyone...
Who is 30 miles from the beach, takes a plug in his hand, ties line too it, and throws (tries to throw it with his hand) it at a tree.....
The Googan of the year does it.
Well all better. Thanks again....
Here is an xray of it.

....nice job there bro have to give ya a name now (the pinky hooker) lol get well soon bro

[Monty]

at least it wasn't the 5 oz. pencil I did that qualifies for a plug and brick at the same time that could have really sucked.

That plug would have taken my finger with it, would of had a broken branch, your Bubba Pencil and my pinky stuck in the tree.

[surfstix1963]

How ya doing I hope your catching fish after all of this and luckily it wasn't your index finger on your casting hand not that that would stop ya your a fishing machine.I'm sure we all have our stories

[DarkSkies]

.I'm sure we all have our stories

It's so bad at Monty's house that even his cats have their stories,,,,,the last I heard they were on strike.
See what happens when ya get them hooked on albies? The first chance they get, they post signs online against their owner....

[Monty]

How ya doing I hope your catching fish after all of this and luckily it wasn't your index finger on your casting hand not that that would stop ya your a fishing machine.I'm sure we all have our stories

Finger seems fine, have to keep it dry some how.....fished for 5 hours this morning, one short bass on a Hogy.
Was great just being out there.
If anyone sees a guy fishing with a pig pinky (finger) sticking straight out.......say hello to me.

[Monty]

it's so bad at monty's house that even his cats have their stories,,,,,the last i heard they were on strike.
See what happens when ya get them hooked on albies? The first chance they get, they post signs online against their owner....

The branch is still hanging in that tree.......its like a magnet

[mick2360]

Kind of thought, "what the heck was he thinking?". Then today I looked up into my maple and saw a huge limb hanging about 30 feet up. I may have a go at it with my conventional heaver this weekend.

[7deadlyplugs]

Dude, that is so funny even your cat knows you screwed up! Ha ha but at least you are ok now, and know better for next time.

[clamchucker]

I am glad to see things turned out well for you Monty.

[Monty]

Kind of thought, "what the heck was he thinking?". Then today I looked up into my maple and saw a huge limb hanging about 30 feet up. I may have a go at it with my conventional heaver this weekend.

Being a Maple and at that distance I would go with that 5 oz pencil Surfstix made me (I'll have someone crush the barbs), I'm kinda an expert at this now (more experience than anyone out there (I would recommend the heaver too...instead of throwing it)

Dude, that is so funny even your cat knows you screwed up! Ha ha but at least you are ok now, and know better for next time.

Yup, wife can't stop laughing, the cats posting on the internet, hell of a support group I got here. Finger feels good, thanks, but I'll keep doing stupid stuff (hopefully with crushed barbs).

I am glad to see things turned out well for you Monty.

Thanks, was weird, Doctor said it would be numb for 6-8 hours, 14 hours later when I started fishing it was still numb, sometime while fishing the numbness went away.

[surfstix1963]

"Finger seems fine, have to keep it dry some how"

Throw a waterproof bandage and a rubber on it and tape it up Don't go to Walgreens LOL

[DarkSkies]

Googan of the Fall 2011---

This is a very prestigious award and is taking some time to create...

I'm preparing an official certificate for Mr Monty Saxitilis, the S&A official googan of the fall.2011 Season..

Just started it, hope to have it done soon.

If anyone has any words of wisdom to add to the proclamation...feel free

[jigfreak]

Yeah, when aiming at a tree branch, make sure the bail is open.
Get well soon.

[wish4fish]

ha ha monty you are the googan of the century lol. do u have pics of the blood lets see em! and u are smart to get rite back to fishing, that way it wont hurt so much

[jonthepain]

don't drink any tea with that hand! the cats will snap a picture and post it.

glad you're back out there. go get 'em!

[finchaser]

After last night Dark stands alone and he didn't even have a brick

[DarkSkies]

Fished OC with the OGB last night.
It was tough to find a places where the surf was fishable, big swells everywhere. If not for the tide being as high as it was we would have had no water.

Despite the handicaps, we managed a very slow pick of fish, 2 bass, 1 about 10. The other about 13#. All on plugs, as the water was rough. A few other hits and misses.

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.....

[Monty]

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.

Hope your not in any pain, ....Just can't let me have a few moments in the spot light.

So if I have this straight, you didn't throw a brick into the water first?

And it was a Super Strike plug again.
Can't make this stuff up.

[surfstix1963]

*** its pretty bad when you guys try to outshine each other by putting hooks in your hands you guys have some kind of weird fetish we probably don't want to know about