What to do if you hook yourself passed the barb! 2025
JuniorFisherJJ08 reply :
ok guys, something everyone should know is how to remove a hook from your skin, after it passed the barb. It does happen and with this trick you can save yourself time and money.
This trick really works, It saved me a trip to the ER.
1.] take 5ft of line or so, and wrap it around in 1ft intervals.
2.] Wrap it around the hook that's stuck in you.[not any other hooks]
3.] Press down with one hand where the hook is stuck in your skin.
4.] Pull hard, with 1 quick ''pop'' straight out with the hook. DO NOT PULL UP, or DOWN. Straight out in the opposite direction the hooks facing.
Mine did not hurt at all. Im not saying yours won't. But a little pain to keep fishing is nothing right?
ps: make sure of when you had your last shot.
Catt reply :
fishfordollars reply :
Unfortunately I can attest to how well this works.
D.Cox reply :
Also works on cats, if you can hold them down! 
JuniorFisherJJ08 reply :
FFD, I think we all can. But have sucked mud out of your motors lil pee hole thing? that was a trip. wouldn't of been bad if it wasn't the Ohio River. ;p.
steezy reply :
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Ouch, thats just gotta hurt!
I.rar reply :
Ouch!
JuniorFisherJJ08 reply :
surprisingly mine didn't hurt in my calf. it just took a lot of my partner calling me names n such 2 do it.. then afterwards he said ''i dnt think I could do it''.. lol
zbigbadaaron reply :
How do you pull the hook out if the hook is a treble hook and is connected to the lure?
Dan: reply :
QuoteHow do you pull the hook out if the hook is a treble hook and is connected to the lure?
Take the hook off the split ring
JuniorFisherJJ08 reply :
QuoteQuoteHow do you pull the hook out if the hook is a treble hook and is connected to the lure?Take the hook off the split ring
Mine was a nice size crank bait. I kept the lure together and just sorta covered the hooks with a cloth.
fishn hard reply :
I did that for a guy One time he had it deep in his hand. I didnt want to but he said just pop the dang thing out so i did it came flyn outa there :'( He started to call me bad names and then passed out LOL
aceman387 reply :
i knew somebody who was fishing in lake Michigan and it got rough and he ended up getting a treble hook in each hand , his hands were locked together like he had hand cuffs on , he said he stuck both his hands in the cooler with the ice for as long as he could stand it and had his friend use pliers and pull them out . i think i would have jumped over the side and drowned myself.
Koop reply :
Quotei knew somebody who was fishing in lake Michigan and it got rough and he ended up getting a treble hook in each hand , his hands were locked together like he had hand cuffs on , he said he stuck both his hands in the cooler with the ice for as long as he could stand it and had his friend use pliers and pull them out . i think i would have jumped over the side and drowned myself.
Someone on here had posted a picture of themself with a jerkbait or something and a treble in each hand, standing in the waiting room at the hospital or something.
Quitlimpin reply :
Had a crank treble buried in the side of my neck many moons ago. Yanked it out just like that and kept on fishing.
Mottfia reply :
Been there, done that, got the shirt. I wish I would have known about that cause I had to cut a DD22 hook out of my finger with a knife. Maybe that way will be a little easier
Mottfia
Hot Rod reply :
Yes it works! But be very careful that the hook is not in a nerve orlarger blood vessel.
I used it in May on a deeply burried No. 2 trebble. It was down to the bone. Not a problem I figured. I've popped out a few using the line trick but thist time was different. The hook did come right out but it hurt way more than the others I have had popped out.
It was stuck in a nerve. I know this now because I still don't have any feeling in that finger past the point of were the wound was to the tip 
Bassn Blvd reply :
QuoteI did that for a guy One time he had it deep in his hand. I didnt want to but he said just pop the dang thing out so i did it came flyn outa there :'( He started to call me bad names and then passed out LOL
I just blew snot all over my keyboard while visualizing your friend.
tutle reply :
I had a crank bait hook get worked deep into my finger by a flopping fish once. It was past the bend in the hook so I cut the eye off the shank and pushed the point out , grabbed it with pliers and pulled it out.
bryand82487 reply :
Wish I had known that years ago. A buddy of mine had to push the hook through his skin, cut the barb off and pull it back through! ouch
scootz reply :
I was showing my mom how to cast a baitcaster in my yard, with a decent size crank on it. It got hung on a small root and I popped it came back and stuck in my calf I just grabbed it and yanked it out. hurt like hell for about a week.
LooksLikeSinbad reply :
QuoteBeen there, done that, got the shirt.
Seriously, someone should make shirts:
"I buried a 5/0 EWG hook in my skin and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
I did this over the summer, through the nail and the skin and out the top of my finger:
hawgwalker reply :
Fishing alone I became one with a 2 1/2 lb smallie via a silver buddy. One treble in the fish the other in my right forefinger. I did manage to get separated from the fish and the hook separated from the buddy but could not manage the logistics of hook removal solo......
Lidocaine and a scalpel did the trick. I nurse friend of mine now keeps both on hand for just such an emergency. The previous time it was with an excalibur treble (rattletrap) and a smallie also not conducive to the string method. I was 2 hours from home at the time and by the time I got back my finger was twice normal......not good to wait.
Lidocane is a great friend!
timothy_spain reply :
hope i don't ever hook myself
angler1 reply :
It's happend to me twice. Once my youngest son made a cast when I was standing beside him, don't know how he casted in that direction even to this day. Fortunitly for me I saw it coming at me and put my arm up to block it. He continued with his follow thru only to notice the lure never hit the water and I was screaming for him to put the rod on the ground and get away from it. He saw the lure in my arm and started crying and ran over to the bench. Because I did not want it to be a tramatic moment for him, I calmly cut the line and walked over to him crying on the bench and told him that I was ok, but that is why I told him to always make sure that there is nobody next to u when you cast. He stopped crying and said he was sorry. I calmly walked away to look at the damage. One treble hook had 2 hooks deeply burried in me and the other treble only had one in me. Two of three were hooked WAY passed the barb. Had I known about the method with the line I would not have had to pull them out with pliers, myself. Quite painfull.
NasTMcfingas reply :
No major hooking of myself yet, knock on wood.
Five-Alive reply :
Here is a link to the wild life blog from the Roanoke Times in Roanoke Virginia showing a picture of a guy with 2 treble hooks buried in his scalp, they say this was the result of 3 people fishing in a 15 foot boat - ouch!!
http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/wildlife/2009/06/25/heres-a-shot-of-ralph-bartons-big-catch/
Elite Image Fishing reply :
If you guys want to see I will post, until then I will just describe it. One saturday morning I was respooling reels and I was taking a red eye shad off one of my setups. I was sitting on the floor and somehow when I cut the line on the redeye it went straight into my left pinky-finger. My immediate reflex, to jerk away, got my right pinky-finger stuck so, I was in a pickle. I had no way to do the hook tie technique since my hands were bound together. I called my mom into the kitchen where I had attempted to pour some medication onto the entrance points. She then poured the medicine which made it hurt even worse.... I fell to my knees and wound up getting the other trebles stuck in the rug in front of the kitchen sink :-X. After my mom had to pretty much fall out of the wheelchair she was in (due to ankle injury) she cut the lures free, then called my brother-in-law to drive me to the E.R. (Yeah he laughed the whole way). So once I get there I stuck my hands in through the little window and said.... " I need you to fix this." After the woman picked her jaw up off the floor I went back and had the hooks removed. I have plenty of pics... if you want to see I'll post later tonight. I just didn't want to post up a bunch of nasty pics.
Dr Pigg reply :
My wife just told me to get off the D--- computer--I've disturbed her TV watching -Laughing my rim off at this thread. If ya'll don't make as pro fishermen--comedy is your calling--Doc
.ghoti. reply :
Only one way to go when you hook yourself.
1. Use the method described above.
2. Change your underwear.
3. Continue fishing
BobP reply :
If it's me, jerk it out and keep fishing. If the other guy in the boat wants more refined treatment, drop him off at the dock....and keep fishing.
BassThumb reply :
Yeah, it happens. I've done it 3 times. All 3x on a hookset that sent a lure flying back at me. Hand, forearm, and ear. After you hook yourself, the longer you wait the more tender it gets. Rip it out ASAP and put some isopropyl alc on it. I used a similar method, put instead of a string I used my needlenose.
bassmedic46 reply :
Knock on wood no major hooking, Does look extremely painful. :'(
vatech reply :
You're supposed to down Makers Mark? 
Danny1991 reply :
Hooked my self twice. Once in the forearm with a crankbait, was able to push it on through and cut the barb then back it out (actually didn't hurt too bad) Then once had jerkbait go straight down to the bone on my little finger, After my dad tried to pull it out (not a good idea!) and failed I had to go to the ER. The doc. shot my finger up with something that made it swell to double normal size (Dad almost passed out watching this lol) He held my hand on the table and pulled hard as he could with pliers, took a couple tries but it finally came out. Worst part about that one was it took close to 6hrs at the ER! 
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