Hook Removal

[beekeeper]

A couple of years ago my grandson got a hook embedded in his thumb. We discovered line snipers, leatherman pliers/cutters, and small wire cutters were inadequate to cut a hook. I purchased a heaver pair of side cutters to keep in the boat. Last week Paw Paw got a hook in my finger and discovered two things. It hurts, and the cutters don't work if they are in the other boat. They have now been moved to my tackle bag that goes with me in every boat I use.



It hurt me more when he had the hook than when I did, especially when I was ill prepared to deal with it.

beekeeper

[jdupre']

Bee, try smashing down the barbs on your hooks. You get easier hook-ups and surprisingly almost no increase in lost fish. I started doing this on my fly fishing equipment and am a believer now. Never got one stuck in my own skin, but the hooks seem to pull easily out of fish, anchor ropes, pants , shirts, PFDs, shoe laces, sneakers, caps, ........... Don't ask me how I know.

[oldsparkey]

If you have a buddy with you there is a easy way to remove a hook.

Take some line and loop it around the bend in the hook , one person shoves down on the shank of the hook ( this releases the barb ) while the other gives the line a pull backing the hook out.

Personally I do like Joey and pinch the barbs on my hooks down. I like to catch and release , especially if it is me being hooked.

Chuck.

[beekeeper]

I know about the line and loop technique. Have not been brave enough to try on my self. Hooks, barbs, hold down, and snatch don't sound good when the hook is in my finger. The pliers are for cutting the hook to detach it from the bait. Not good to have it attached when snatching.
Has anyone used the line and snatch method?

beekeeper

[Wannabe]

I know about the line and loop technique. Have not been brave enough to try on my self. Hooks, barbs, hold down, and snatch don't sound good when the hook is in my finger. The pliers are for cutting the hook to detach it from the bait. Not good to have it attached when snatching.
Has anyone used the line and snatch method?

beekeeper

BK,
I've never tried it but it sounds like a good deal if the hook is in someone else' finger.
Bob

[beekeeper]

I know about the line and loop technique. Have not been brave enough to try on my self. Hooks, barbs, hold down, and snatch don't sound good when the hook is in my finger. The pliers are for cutting the hook to detach it from the bait. Not good to have it attached when snatching.
Has anyone used the line and snatch method?

beekeeper

BK,
I've never tried it but it sounds like a good deal if the hook is in someone else' finger.
Bob

"someone else' finger" is the key factor in determining how well it worked. I would like to practice this befor useing it on myself, but can't find any volunteers to let me snatch a hook from their finger.

beekeeper

[oldsparkey]

You know the best hook removal is the ability of not hooking yourself.....YES... I live in a dream world where those things don't happen.
Unless you are using a fly rod and all of a sudden a gust of wind hits the fly as you are casting on the tail end of the fly line with 6 or 7 feet of leader and it nails your ear , sometimes your back or hat ......

Those little fly's we use sure do grab onto things , especially body parts at times and being by yourself is no fun when that happens , one reason there are no barbs on my hooks.

Chuck....

[catfish]

dont know if any you geezers remember the 13 plug but in my real early years i manage to put one in moms arm. i dont guess was too lucky for mom. i don,t remember but i don,t think mom let daddy use the pliers or string & pull teckniqe? he took her to doc to cut out both trebble hooks.

[oldsparkey]

The Lucky 13 by Heddon , yep , used quite a few.

Chuck.

[Steve]

The Lucky 13 by Heddon , yep , used quite a few.

Chuck.

Never was any good with 'em. . . Have a "few" that belonged to my dad and a few of those are still in the packages. . . Kinda curious how'd they work on trout and salmon up here. . . Hmmmmm. . . I wonder. . . . . . . . . . . . . I do recall though them buggers hurt like 7734 whenever I snagged myself. . . .

[Wannabe]

The Lucky 13 by Heddon , yep , used quite a few.

Chuck.

Never was any good with 'em. . . Have a "few" that belonged to my dad and a few of those are still in the packages. . . Kinda curious how'd they work on trout and salmon up here. . . Hmmmmm. . . I wonder. . . . . . . . . . . . . I do recall though them buggers hurt like 7734 whenever I snagged myself. . . .

Dynamite works whenever it is tried. Instant fish.
Bob

[catfish]

steve never used them on trout or salmon but have caught a few bass on them

wanabee that reminds me i guess you heard the story of the outlaw & the game warden ? when the outlaw told him what he was fishing with (dyno) & the warden said thats illegle. the outlaw handed him a lit on & ask the warden was he gona fish or what

[Kayak Jack]

It's nice fishing with badminton nets like I do. No punctured fingers.

[islandpiper]

I still (clearly) remember the day that I brought a thirty inch Northern Pike into the boat and ended up with him hooked on one end of a three inch silver shad wobble bait, and my left thumb on the other end of that same lure. We simply DANCED around that 14-foot fishing boat together for a while. Then, i managed to cut the hook.

Later that evening I found that not all doctors have experience in #3 hook removal. In fact, I don't think that this one really understood what a "barb" was. I eventually convinced him to push it through and let me go home.

I have not danced with a fish since then.

piper

[BEARS BUDDY]

Dances with Fish?