Well this is the craziest thing to happen to me while fishing. Before everyone says I dont know how to handle a fish I have caught many fish like this before and about 20 muskies all larger than this fish. This was just one mean fish that had our number!!
Wisconsin Fishing Discussion
Attacked By Monster Pike!
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Really !!!! I had to stop the video after you said you were really hurt bad and showed a picture of your hand. If you washed off the blood you probably would have a hard time seing the "scratch" from the hook. Go out and get a set it sounds like you need some
I was hooked in the neck 1/2" deep with a treble from a crank bait. Friends bait caster birds nested and came flying at me. Still don't know how, but it is what it is. Just between my earlobe and jaw bone. Tip of hook was fairly close to my artery. Only reason I know that is because the ER the had do a quick surgery cutting and peeling away the muscle tissue the barb was embedded in.
Didn't realize that at the time of hooking though. I took the crank off, left the hook in and wanted to keep fishing. Stayed about 30 more minutes, then realized we were about a hour and a half from closest ER, so I decided to go.
Didn't make a video, but have a couple nice pictures.
Dude,
You got stuck by a hook. Sorry for that, but to videotape the whole thing and act like you were shot during battle, really? Even the hospital trip? We've all been stuck by hooks and had them removed in one way or the other. I felt the most sympathy for your 13 year old kid. Not for the fact that he got stuck too, but for the fact that he had to be filmed side by side walking into the hospital next to an "adult" with a Band-Aid on his hand to get an stich or two on his "oweee". Really, man up next time, wash it off and have a first aid kit on board for you and your teenage boy.
First and foremost do not get a fish gripper. Have seen them split the jaw of a fish too many times. I dont care if they are the most expensive ones with the best swivel on them. They are dangerous to a fish despite what any person says. Second get the hooks out of and clear of the net before tring to handle a fish. As this video proves, they can become a serious weapon when a fish starts thrashing both to the human and the fish. Have seen fish hook their eyeballs while thrashing and the hook is still in the net. Third, have a good bolt/hook cutter to make getting the hooks out of the net easier if need be. Fourth have a good quality net that doesn't tangle easily. Lastly, wear a fish handling glove and almost all cuts can be avoided.
That happened to me one time. Ive caught hundreds of muskies and have never been biten never even thought about it. Wife and I on the Teal River and I catch a 34" muskie. Ive got it in the net in the bottom of the boat and i could tell that fish was watching me. It was the strangest thing.
The thought crossed my mind that he was going to try and bite me. So i reach down to pick him up by the gill plate and that fish flops his head up lightning quick and bites me on the end of my right thumb. Down through the thumbnail and to the bone on the other side. I tried to pick him up a second time and he tried to bite me again. Third time he just layed there like normal and i let him go.
Wife wrapped my thumb up with a papertowel and electricians tape and we kept fishing. You know why? They were biting lol
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