Thanks guys but what I actually meant was not to cut the stinger from the lure rather cut the lure from leader and secure it to the unfortunate one anyway possible. Until you have tried cutting a quality hook I would not let the first time be while embedded in someone way to much risk of additional wound damage. I know what your thinking who wants to ride back to shore with a 12oz parachute hanging out of them. Well I can tell you first hand , while mating in Florida we had a customer lose balance on a swell and fell back, burying a six foot gaff in the back of his calf. He was only happy to allow me to tape the gaff handle around his leg and waist for the ride back to the barn and off to the hospital. In fact he was so grateful he even stopped down to the dock the next day and returned the gaff. Open wounds are nothing to play with especially with the waters we are subject to!
Thanks guys but what I actually meant was not to cut the stinger from the lure rather cut the lure from leader and secure it to the unfortunate one anyway possible. Until you have tried cutting a quality hook I would not let the first time be while embedded in someone way to much risk of additional wound damage. I know what your thinking who wants to ride back to shore with a 12oz parachute hanging out of them. Well I can tell you first hand , while mating in Florida we had a customer lose balance on a swell and fell back, burying a six foot gaff in the back of his calf. He was only happy to allow me to tape the gaff handle around his leg and waist for the ride back to the barn and off to the hospital. In fact he was so grateful he even stopped down to the dock the next day and returned the gaff. Open wounds are nothing to play with especially with the waters we are subject to!
Thanks Mike, fortunately, I don't have any experience with this type of accident. What you say makes sense. At least we are all now thinking about how we would handle a situation like this in the future.
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I know Mike is right for the most part, but I think sometimes it becomes a judgement call. No way my buddy was going to ride around all day with a stingsilver stuck in the palm of his hand, and I guarantee he would have never gone to the hospital to have it removed. We cut it out with my Gerber tool, but it was far from the ideal tool for the job. It's a needle nose plier and the cutter is towards the middle of the tool. It was very tough, and painful (not for me), trying to get the hook up far enough into the tool to cut it. I now have a pair of high leverage cutters that I keep in my boat bag. The bag doesn't stay on the boat so I don't worry about them rusting, and I have a set of these pliers that I use at work and can tell you they will easily cut through any hook I would ever use in the bay. Probably wouldn't work on a gaff though!!
Ouch! I just wish I could get a hook in a stripers jaw this year! And yes they would be the correct tool to use and where hook is buried in above picture it's obvious it could be removed while on boat. Lack of blood and very few veins and arteries in Palm, however there is muscle tissue that if damaged could restrict use of thumb. Remember that's what separates us from our nearest relative the primate. All I am trying to prove here it that " when in doubt don't take it out!"
A little common sense and safety goes a long way! Now, how did you get him to sit still and let you take that picture. Reminds me of the puffy shirt episode of Sienfeld when George became a hand model until he had a run in with a hot iron.
I carry very heavy electrical pliers ( dykes ) and a small hack saw blade on a handle. Used by plumbers in tight spaces.
It is on the boat intended for cutting things underwater ( fouled crab trap , etc ) but will cut through heavy hooks if needed.
In the million ways to get hurt fishing - heard of a guy losing two front teeth - big Blue spit a Tony # 21 at boat and lure smacked him right in mouth.
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