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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 09:55 AM
W.-Airstream is Mulege' MacGyver


While fishing a few day's back, I landed a barracuda; got him lifted into the boat and reached for the long-nosed pliers; only to rather quickly observe that he wasn't in the mood to be shaken off the treble hook and into the fish well. He ziged when I zaged and I got one of the second hook points drilled into my index finger. With two of us hooked, it was a race to see who get got off quicker; lucky for me, Mulege’ Mac Gyver, (aka W. Airstream), took control of the pliers and worked the fish into the well leaving me with the hook firmly inserted into my index finger.

Next step; what do we have to get that hook out? Pliers, pocket knife, a few Pacificos and not much else. “Plenty”, says MacGyver, so he takes my pocket knife and proceeds to open the puncture wound to extricate the hook.

Well, it wasn’t that easy; and since both of us can’t see all that great; and since the red stuff was clouding the scene; it was touch and go as I was wanting to put pressure on the open cut while MacGyver was still wanting to cut along the hook shank to open the wound. He won; I sat down and looked the other way. He yanked; out came the hook. Then it was to handle the wound with no first aid supplies. So I put on a cotton glove – not exactly the most sterile – and used a zip-tie to keep pressure on the wound. Thanks to Mulege’ Macgyver, I should be able to use that finger again in a few – days, weeks, well, we’ll see.

Question: where do I get a marine grade first aid kit that includes suture material, cutting device, serious disinfectant, and other stuff one might need in case I get into an instant replay mode?
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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:02 AM


tooth floss works in a pinch.

just get some triple antibiotic ointment, some gauze pads and a roll of duct tape. you can figure out what to do with it until you get to the doctor.




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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:09 AM


Cutting the hook out is Not a good idea! Infection and long healing time on the larger wound.
This is simple and it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKAAGWZskGg




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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:12 AM


OUCH
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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:27 AM


Tequila could work as a disinfectant and painkiller?! What does Mc Airstream have to say? Oouuch!! Tio
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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:28 AM


pucker factor off the charts!:O



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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:32 AM


Have heard that it's best to push the hook thru, remove the barb and back it out. Never had to try it. Thank goodness.:)
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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:41 AM


Actually, PlanB is still in shock and not recalling the events correctly. Plan B offered the knife to cut it, but when I told him I couldn't see and my hands were too shaky, he suddenly and violently reared back, snatching his finger away at mach speed from the dull blade and out came the hook. Credit the extraction to pure fear! :) Back on shore, John D demonstrated a hook extraction method - hold down the eye end of the hook and when the patient isn't looking yank out the hook with a piece of line looked over the hook. He also eliminated future mishaps by giving PlanB a jig with a single hook :)



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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 10:45 AM


NOT FUNNY

We were in Galveston Bay fishing and my friend sat down on a treble hook he bent over the seat and I performed Surgery on his lower end.
He was more upset about ruining his coveralls than having the hook extracted.:lol::lol::lol::lol:
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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 12:28 PM


A day to remember! And you'll have the scar to remind you. Only one fish? A barracuda. Most of those Sea of Cortez 'cudas are little dinks. Be thankful it wasn't one of those Gulf of Mexico 25 lbs. + brutes. He'd ripped your finger off. Hope your finger heals without any problems.:spingrin:
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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 02:25 PM


Quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Cutting the hook out is Not a good idea! Infection and long healing time on the larger wound.
This is simple and it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKAAGWZskGg


Man, the guy who removed that hook was a surgeon! He's obviously done that before.
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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 03:26 PM


That's a lott-a-trouble for just a barracuda, y'all, isn't it?



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[*] posted on 4-7-2012 at 05:33 PM


Well, yes, we were not keeping the cudas, but throwing him back with out the hook removed would have meant throwing Capt. Plan B into the water too! :) Very succeaaful day, no YT, but plenty of Pinto and Trigger.




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[*] posted on 4-8-2012 at 04:52 AM


Marry a nurse...brings home pockets full of stuff (oops!) that would kill the pain if she has to remove an organ on the road!
Best traveling medical kit I ever had!
and she loves to fish!
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[*] posted on 4-8-2012 at 05:07 AM


Quote:
Originally posted by PlanB

Question: where do I get a marine grade first aid kit that includes suture material, cutting device, serious disinfectant, and other stuff one might need in case I get into an instant replay mode?


West Marine has a wide selection marine oriented first aid kits. I got mine there. You can order off the internet, or when passing through San Diego they have a couple of brick and mortar outlets.

http://www.westmarine.com
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[*] posted on 4-8-2012 at 07:41 AM


http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0601/p2231.html
Print this out, cover in plastic and keep on boat. Also, I keep a quart bottle of bleach on boat for cleaning fish box etc and great for pouring over small wounds. Put a magnifying glass in your first aid kit - we're all getting older. Cabela has the kit here.
Keep a small bolt cutter on board - I got mine at Harbor Freight for $10 and have used it to cut the hook free from the X-Rap and the flopping yellowtail.
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[*] posted on 4-8-2012 at 08:32 AM


Have had a few hooks in me at sea. Offshore fishing out of San Diego few years back had a salas jig go up my thumb. We had sharpened the hooks real well before leaving and the hook went in near the bottom of my thumb to the joint. A Vet friend was aboard and once and awhile would talk about past experiences so I figured he would be the best to try and cut it out. He made about a 1 inch cut to get it out and I think it bothered him more than me. Afterwards he got real drunk and complained how he did not like to cut a friend. I thanked him over and over!
In this case we poured Jack Daniels over the incision, took a piece of t-shirt wrapped around the thumb carefully to keep the cut together, then wrap with duct tape or electical tape would work well also. Afterwards went on to catch five nice yellows off the Coronados. Thumb healed up nice.
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[*] posted on 4-8-2012 at 12:38 PM


Explaining the physics of hook removal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=nSm1BmnkB5c




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[*] posted on 4-8-2012 at 01:37 PM


EYOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It ain't pretty, but I have used a rubber band to staunch the bleeding to zero, dab the wound dry after sousing with hard booze YIPES! then SUPER GLUE into the cut. Close it up. KEFLEX antibiotic 500mg / 8 hrs which is the best there is for deep wounds and even toothaches.

Of course get to a clinic ASAP.
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