US EditionCrankbait Mishap Leads to the Wrong Kind of ‘Hooked on Fishing’
A barbed treble hook embedded in an angler's thumb during a northern pike trip highlights risks of handling thrashing fish, with quick recovery and minimal injury reported.
- Last Friday afternoon, while fishing from a boat, a friend accidentally had a barbed treble hook embedded in the underside of his left thumb.
- The injury occurred after the friend reeled in a particularly boisterous northern pike during a trolling trip for pike and walleyes.
- The hook was quickly removed with little harm, resulting in a few minor punctures and brief bleeding that soon stopped.
- The friend said, "I'm going to have to go to the ER," as blood spots grew larger on the boat floor, but he did not go and returned to fishing minutes later.
- The incident highlights the frequent risks of handling northern pike and the importance of caution, as the friend took measures to pinch barbs afterward to avoid repeat injury.
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Crankbait mishap leads to the wrong kind of ‘hooked on fishing’
Spend enough time fishing, and chances are that you — or someone you know — will have an unpleasant encounter with a fishing lure at some point. A fish hook in the hand, perhaps, or any number of other places on one’s body. As the old saying goes, “You’re not a real fisherman until you’ve been caught yourself.” Been there, done that. I was reminded of the inevitability of fishing lure unpleasantness last weekend, when a friend and I spent a coup…
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Dokken: Crankbait mishap leads to the wrong kind of ‘hooked on fishing’
Spend enough time fishing, and chances are that you – or someone you know – will have an unpleasant encounter with a fishing lure at some point. A fish hook in the hand, perhaps, or any number of other places on one’s body. As the old saying goes, “You’re not a real fisherman until you’ve been caught yourself.” Been there, done that. I was reminded of the inevitability of fishing lure unpleasantness last weekend, when a friend and I spent a cou…
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