HAND CUFFED ON LAKE ERIE

[WWW]

I was out saturday in front of the castle about 7:00pm trying to catch some walleye when a boat about 70 yards away yelled "Hey I need some help". Before I could get my lines in the boat,the guy which was by himself yelled two more times. I went over to see what the problem was and the guy said I hand cuffed myself. Well he had a reefrunner with the tail hook in his left hand and the front hook in his right hand. The hooks were in deep. I was buy myself and thought this is going to be interesting. Its a good thing it wasn't any ruffer. Just about a 6" chop. I pulled up on the down wind side and said "Well what do you want to do". He didn't say much. I grabbed my multtool pliers and with one hand trying to keep the boats from smashing together I was able to cut the hook shanks with the other hand. The guy was pretty calm, he said he would try and get the rest of the hooks out of his hands so he could keep fishing. I wasn't about to try and cut the hooks out. I pushed off and said good luck. I went back to fishing and it was about 40 mins before I saw the guy take off towards Vermilion. I never did ask him what happened. I just taught at the time it didn't matter. What if this happened to you. Remember people be careful out there.

[BojiHawk]

When I was a kid, there was a huge increase in musky fishing on Big Spirit Lake. My dad always cursed the DNR for stocking them because we loved perch fishing which rocked in the early 80's on Spirit...super big year class. So anyway, this guy is out there fishing the perimeter of an anchored perch armada. Kind of mouthy and liked to do it LOUDLY. So this guy is throwing a plug the size of a baby's leg and finally hooks up with a fish and starts in with the "THAT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT...YEAH!....COME TO DADDY!" So as he brings this fish to the boat, it's evident he may not have caught many musky. He had the broomstick pole he was using almost bent in half and you could see he only had about 5' of line from the tip of the rod to the fish that was right next to his boat. Well, the fish threw it's head, the plug rocketed straight at the guy's face at about 80 mph, he turned his head, the plug hooked the top of his right ear lobe with the front treble, then the back hook buried in the back of his life jacket! He was basically looking straight to his right and then up and couldn't move his head. Needless to say, there was not to many offers to assist so he kind of putted to shore. In all seriousness, those plugs are dangerous deals and can RUIN your day. I hooked a tire on a dock with a panther martin when I was 13 or so. I decided to try and pull it free with the line...line stretched super tight...lure came free and straight at me and just buried in the bottom of my wrist. Weird little white stringy stuff comes out of your wrist when you pull those out FYI.

[anonamous]

I was pulling a crankbait out of a fish's mouth one time when it flipped his head and buried a treble in my thumb. The hook went in all the way to the bend. I thought about it for a minute, then I grabbed the hook with pliers. I took a deep breath, counted to three, then pulled the hooked hand down hard and sharp. It hurt really bad, but the hook came out. I was suprised that there wasn't much blood. In an instance like that you have to have had a tetanous shot within the last 5 years, luckily I did.

[Wahoo]

I can only imagine how many guys have tales about anglers hooking themselves (or other fishing/boating snafu's).Other guys who got to close to a big cast or tales like the one that started this thread.
Here goes mine...I was steelheading with a buddy about two winters ago along a (ohio)north coast river.He had hooked a nice five pound(?) chromer and fought it to where it was net ready.
We were fishing a steep bank alomg a river.As the fish came toward shore I had to climb down about 8' to where I could net the fish.He had hooked it on a 3/4 oz. casting spoon and it appeared to be stuck firmly in the fish's upper jaw.But when I got the fish in the net the amount of upward pressure/lift my buddy had on the lure~coupled with the stretch in the mono line sent the lure upward like it was launched toward space.ZING it came out of the steelies mouth!
The only problem was that it chanced to hit my forhead as it rocketed up!Thank GOD it missed both my eyes but it creased my forhead and the blood rained down!I nearly fainted it hurt so darn bad!!But luckily no hooks got embedded in my face...A good lesson learned!...I still have the scar to remind me of that day...At least we got the fish!!...lol.....Wahoo.