OUCH Fish Hook accidents

[patfishhi]

Whats the story on that ONE!!!!!! OUCHIE!!!!!!!

Had just boated an Otaru (big aku/skipjack over 20#'s), the fish had grabbed a 9" lure with 2 J hooks. The injured put the fish on the deck (1 of the hooks still in the jaw) and looked away, the boat rolled some, I heard a noise, turned around, saw the point of the hook (the second hook) stuck in the arch of his foot, reached for the fish (a few feet away) but didn't get there in time, the fish gave a kick and got to see it happen.

Obviously there were some lessons to be learned.

Pat

[bigfishhooker]

Fred...I know that exact jitterbug and probably have one in a tackle box somewhere. Hilarious!!

[Captain Fred Archer]

Yah, bigfishhooker, in spite of that accident and a few other similar, near misses, I continued to fish that big, black bug at night...it was a killer big bass lure...probably still is. Funny thing was, it and the other lures too, worked best on nights with little or no moon. The reason I know that is I kept thorough records on all of my bass fishing trips, just as I did my salt water ones.

PatfishHi, Aloha, pal! (This guy is a good and serious fisherman, folks.) Little hooks are one thing, but as your picture shows, it's the big ones that can and do create some terrible wounds. Two of the worst that I ever saw happened on the boats of a Cabo fleet that were docked near my boat. In both cases, the victim was still impaled on the hook/hooks when the boat came in. And in both cases, the hooks were double hook rigs. These incidents were noted in a couple of my books as part of why I never allowed double hook rigs on my boat. After being victimized myself by one of a cable rigged double set in a big blue marlin long ago, I swore by the "rule", "One hook for the fish and one hook for the fisherman".

Enough preaching. In the first incident, the mate had a big 10 or 11/0 hook (the other one was in the fish. The one that got him wasn't and was swinging free) driven to the bone in his inner thigh. It was put there by one of the fish most associated with sticking hooks in people, a big dorado. This hook was so close to the femoral artery that the paramedic team that met the boat refused to move the victim to the hospital before a doctor came down and determined that it was okay and that the artery wouldn't get cut.

The second incident happened later the same week. We weren't fishing that day and heard the boat in question's radio call to their headquarters. The paramedics were waiting when the boat thundered back into its slip. The mate had a big offshore hook punched through his upper leg. The shaking wahoo created a helluva wound, but worse yet, when the mate reached down to try to grab the fish and stop the shaking or whatever he was trying to do, the fish BIT him, then impaled him by driving the second big hook clean through the palm of his hand! There's more to the story, but that's probably more than enough here. This guy nearly bled to death.

I repeat what I said in my earlier post...I've seen a lot of hook accidents over the many years that I've fished, but by far the most and certainly the worst, were double hook rigs used in saltwater. And the most common "hooker fish" has been the dolphin. Food for thought.

Be careful out there.

[patfishhi]

Yah, bigfishhooker, in spite of that accident and a few other similar, near misses, I continued to fish that big, black bug at night...it was a killer big bass lure...probably still is. Funny thing was, it and the other lures too, worked best on nights with little or no moon. The reason I know that is I kept thorough records on all of my bass fishing trips, just as I did my salt water ones.

PatfishHi, Aloha, pal! (This guy is a good and serious fisherman, folks.) Little hooks are one thing, but as your picture shows, it's the big ones that can and do create some terrible wounds. Two of the worst that I ever saw happened on the boats of a Cabo fleet that were docked near my boat. In both cases, the victim was still impaled on the hook/hooks when the boat came in. And in both cases, the hooks were double hook rigs. These incidents were noted in a couple of my books as part of why I never allowed double hook rigs on my boat. After being victimized myself by one of a cable rigged double set in a big blue marlin long ago, I swore by the "rule", "One hook for the fish and one hook for the fisherman".

Enough preaching. In the first incident, the mate had a big 10 or 11/0 hook (the other one was in the fish. The one that got him wasn't and was swinging free) driven to the bone in his inner thigh. It was put there by one of the fish most associated with sticking hooks in people, a big dorado. This hook was so close to the femoral artery that the paramedic team that met the boat refused to move the victim to the hospital before a doctor came down and determined that it was okay and that the artery wouldn't get cut.

The second incident happened later the same week. We weren't fishing that day and heard the boat in question's radio call to their headquarters. The paramedics were waiting when the boat thundered back into its slip. The mate had a big offshore hook punched through his upper leg. The shaking wahoo created a helluva wound, but worse yet, when the mate reached down to try to grab the fish and stop the shaking or whatever he was trying to do, the fish BIT him, then impaled him by driving the second big hook clean through the palm of his hand! There's more to the story, but that's probably more than enough here. This guy nearly bled to death.

I repeat what I said in my earlier post...I've seen a lot of hook accidents over the many years that I've fished, but by far the most and certainly the worst, were double hook rigs used in saltwater. And the most common "hooker fish" has been the dolphin. Food for thought.

Be careful out there.

Aloha and much Mahalos for everything Capt Fred it's great to see a few posts from ya Capt.. And thanks for all your words of wisdom and experiences very appreciated.

Pat.

[Natty Boh]

I was deep dropping for tiles when I planted one of the hooks square into my left index finger. I have video of the removal at the hospital in Berlin, MD, I think. Not a pretty site.