"Jeff" wrote in message
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"Stinkweed" wrote in message
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My hook story. 30 years ago, 3 of us fishing from my uncles pier for
catfish. One kid had a treble hook, triple barbed, large one. He slung
back
to cast as I was turning around to say something. Hook in mouth, one
hook
through my tongue (the easy one to get out), one through the cheek and
one
in the roof of my mouth.



Oh my gosh, I can't even imagine how bad that must have hurt to get out.
I
have not had anything like that happen before, just a prick with the end
of
the hook and that is it. My husband growls when I'm not careful with the
hook at all times, I've come too close to him for his comfort before.
;-)



Actually it didnt really hurt all that bad. I was more scared than
anything
and took off running (It felt like it had gone through my eye, but it
didnt)
and I dragged the fishing rod behind me for 1/4 mile. Cut the line and my
uncle wanted to get them out with his Tackle Box Hook Removal Kit, I
wouldnt
allow it. It took a doctor one needle of pain killer, a pair of snips and
about 2 minutes and they were out with just some small holes. I was back
fishing the next day.



I thought about that later and I figured it must have involved a shot to
numb the area to get it out, but still the idea of it makes me cringe. No
way would I have let anyone remove it with a tackle remover either. But I
think I would have cut the line before I would have drug the pole behind me.
How old were you? I'm sure a tetanus shot too. I have been places where
there are dozens of people lined up along a bridge or dock fishing and it
just seems so dangerous with the tackle.