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Fishing Reports
Fish Hook Story
June 10, 2005
Posted by Stan Wright
Email: stanwright@hawaii.rr.com
Current Report
Got a little fish hook story
for you. I don't "lip" fish
any more because of a close
call with a fishing lure.
Some times I net the fish,
but mostly just reach down
with my Boga-Grip and land
them that way. Those Boga -
Grip tools and others like
it keep the fingers a safe
distance from sharp hooks.
(they also hold the fish
closer to the camera so it
looks bigger in your
pictures) Now in fly
fishing, all my hooks are
barbless. Makes it easy to
unhook a fish as well as
unhooking my hat, shirt, or
ear. I even bent
down the barbs on all my
bass lures.
Well, the other day my son
reached down to "lip" a big
peacock bass and got a
treble hook through the
index finger. The guy
fishing with him was able to
cut the hook off the crank
bait. They then pushed the
hook the rest of the way
through and cut it so it
could pass on through and
out. A little alcohol wipe
and a band aid.......... he
kept on fishing. Thank
goodness I had a first aid
kit, wire cutters, and a
good pair of pliers in the
boat.
Needless to say....... for
the rest of the day Chris
checked every lure and used
the pliers to bend down all
the barbs on every hook. He
then netted the fish, and
used the Boga-Grip to hold
the fish while he used
the "long-nose" pliers to
unhook the lure.
"Learn from others
mistakes, you'll never live
long enough to make them all
yourself." LOL
Aloha,
Stan
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