Ouch!!! 2025
Dcheek reply :
Clearing a snag at the bank and I sling shot a KVD Red Eye in my forehead 
Two of the three points were past the barb.......I did save the lure though 
Jigs 4 Pigs reply :
Thank God it wasn't your eye!!
TrippyJai reply :
Man... that's just brutal. So how did you end up getting it out?
MarksHooked reply :
Ouch is right!
Dcheek reply :
Jigs 4 Pigs I always wear glasses, but yes very lucky it didn't catch the eye! I have had some close calls in the past, but in 20 years of fishing this is the 1st time I have been caught past the barb. And Trippy I didn't get them out, I wen't to urgent care and they pushed the hooks all the way through and clipped the barbs.
Jigs 4 Pigs reply :
On 8/10/2013 at 12:14 PM, Dcheek said:Jigs 4 Pigs I always wear glasses, but yes very lucky it didn't catch the eye! I have had some close calls in the past, but in 20 years of fishing this is the 1st time I have been caught past the barb. And Trippy I didn't get them out, I wen't to urgent care and they pushed the hooks all the way through and clipped the barbs.
I've hooked myself in the leg one time, no fun!
Ever since then, I rip my snags to the side if I can.
Dcheek reply :
On 8/10/2013 at 12:23 PM, Jigs 4 Pigs said:I've hooked myself in the leg one time, no fun!
Ever since then, I rip my snags to the side if I can.
It was a total lapse on my part, I was not tracking my line like I should have when I caught bottom I popped the tip to clear it and was only a few feet from the bank, obviously by then it was too late I had a face full of hooks before I knew what hit me.
Jigs 4 Pigs reply :
On 8/10/2013 at 12:39 PM, Dcheek said:It was a total lapse on my part, I was not tracking my line like I should have when I caught bottom I popped the tip to clear it and was only a few feet from the bank, obviously by then it was too late I had a face full of hooks before I knew what hit me.
Geez..Well at least you got that sucker out of your face and are ok for the most part, but hey at least you got your red eye back! You and that thing have a "closer" relationship now!
I still have my x-rap that went in my leg in one of my 360 boxes.
Dcheek reply :
Ha! Yes those baits should hold a special place in the tackle box 
JellyMan reply :
Oooooh. Thats a good one. Glad it was only as bad as it was. It could have been a whole lot worse.
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
Looks painful. I've never hooked myself but I got hit in the stomach with a 1/4oz roostertail that I had got caught in a tree. The thing came slingshotting back, hit me in the gut, and here we are 5 months later and I still have a bit of a bruise even though I was wearing 3 layers of clothes including a thick hoodie. It could have been a lot worse in both our cases. Glad it wasn't your eye.
bassfisherjk reply :
WOW! Glad your ok.
Sam reply :
Wow! Almost lost the lure. Glad you did not lose it.
Great Christmas card photo!
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And that was a close call. Thank goodness it did not hit your eye.
Fast recovery.
OkobojiEagle reply :
Barbless, man...
oe
annexation reply :
Yipes. Just yipes. This in the eye is like my worst nightmare.
moguy1973 reply :
Did you use the string trick to get it out?
aceman387 reply :
On 8/10/2013 at 7:58 PM, OkobojiEagle said:Barbless, man...
oe
Barbless man #2
Dcheek reply :
Ha Sam, I indeed did save the red eye which is key in this fiasco 
And yes guys barbless is certainly going to happen, I turn down all the barbs on my kids baits, but me being the idiot I am I did not find it necessary for myself.....whoops!
Shortfish, I would have use the string trick if I had someone with me, but since I was alone, the hooks were fairly close to my eye, and I could not recall when my last tetanus was I opted for the urgent care. I might add that the urgent care was pretty clueless about removing hooks.....they did not numb the area and basically pushed the hooks through and cut the barbs which I am not sure is the best route and as you can imagine pretty painful......but I did receive antibiotics and a tetanus, and since infection was my main concern I had no choice.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 8/11/2013 at 2:26 AM, Dcheek said:Ha Sam, I indeed did save the red eye which is key in this fiasco
And yes guys barbless is certainly going to happen, I turn down all the barbs on my kids baits, but me being the idiot I am I did not find it necessary for myself.....whoops!
Shortfish, I would have use the string trick if I had someone with me, but since I was alone, the hooks were fairly close to my eye, and I could not recall when my last tetanus was I opted for the urgent care. I might add that the urgent care was pretty clueless about removing hooks.....they did not numb the area and basically pushed the hooks through and cut the barbs which I am not sure is the best route and as you can imagine pretty painful......but I did receive antibiotics and a tetanus, and since infection was my main concern I had no choice.
I'm pretty sure the string trick is for single hooks. You did the right thing by getting professional help with that one considering the proximity to your eye.
silentchris reply :
A few years ago my friend bounced a rattle trap off the boat while casting. It bounced and hit me square in the throat. The reel locked up and he basically set the hooks in my throat. It was the only time I've ever left fishing in an ambulance.
Bankbeater reply :
Wow, sorry to hear that. Glad everything turned out OK.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
That sucks!! glad it wasn't anything worse
Diablos reply :
Good to hear you're okay.
Till this day, I will always use a fish gripper or net when handling treble hooked fish and don't care what anyone else thinks about it.
Dcheek reply :
Thanks all!
Eddie thankfully no stitches required, just two small holes that look like a snake bite.
DogBone_384 reply :
Have to mount that trophy!
AK-Jax86 reply :
That'd be my new avatar and FB photo
"BRB" reply :
knock on wood i never got myself with a treble hook. I seen my dad have a treble hook past the barb in his thumb and kentucky on the other treble hook. It was a KVD sexy shade crankbait must be something about those KVD lures! lol
tugsandpulls reply :
makes me wanna wear glasses all the time
tate reply :
wow thank god it didn't get your eye! A solid reminder to all of us on the importance of wearing glasses when we're out there.
moguy1973 reply :
On 8/11/2013 at 5:22 AM, Dwight Hottle said:I'm pretty sure the string trick is for single hooks. You did the right thing by getting professional help with that one considering the proximity to your eye.
The string trick works with any hook, any size. Treble, single, whatever. Might have been a little more tricky with it that close to his eye, but with a couple other people it could have been done, and he would have only had one hole in his face instead of 2.
Although reading the OP's post he said he had 2 hooks past the barb. That would have made the string trick a little more tricky.
BassAssassin726 reply :
And that is why I always wear sun glasses. No matter what. Close call man. Good to hear you're alright. Careful yankin those snags!
CrossK reply :
Woah!!! Dude your so lucky that wasnt your eye haha Ive done the same but with a Texas rigged plastic with an ounce weight, cracked a big gash in my forehead haha.
Dcheek reply :
On 8/12/2013 at 11:45 PM, moguy1973 said:The string trick works with any hook, any size. Treble, single, whatever. Might have been a little more tricky with it that close to his eye, but with a couple other people it could have been done, and he would have only had one hole in his face instead of 2.
Although reading the OP's post he said he had 2 hooks past the barb. That would have made the string trick a little more tricky.
The string trick would definitely been very difficult on this one......I would of had to loop on both points and tried to pull them out at the same time, otherwise I yank one and the other would either go deeper or tear some skin lol! In this case I could not see any alternative.
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