No good deed goes unpunished. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Vikingj · 08-30-2012, 09:19 PM

[QUOTE=StinkyMatt;131369]Looks like at least 60 to 90 days off from fishing. Got to let it heal properly.

Don't worry, the bite should still be red hot around the end of November.

Looks like 60-90 days off work so you can recoop and relax (at LJ?)! Sorry about the injury. Thanks for the story-good reminder to be careful.

08-30-2012, 09:27 PM

I should get the million dollar Mustad challenge payout

jorluivil · 08-31-2012, 01:47 AM

Ouch!!!

But at least he got his rod back

bellcon · 08-31-2012, 07:32 AM

These will do the job

8" mini bolt cutters=

Don't leave home with out them!
(although I rarely bring them on the water, they will cut that hook like butter)

T-Rex · 08-31-2012, 08:05 AM

ER photos! Classic! I'm sure you'll eventually get some karma for your good deed.

wade · 08-31-2012, 08:05 AM

Sorry to hear about your hand Neil. The cutters Don just posted, I keep in the bottom of my dry bag always. just the other day, i had a huge barracuda go berserker while trying to release it, and he implanted a nice one into the webbing of my hand..f ing slime logs..

ps doogie howser was the specialist?

seriola_killer · 08-31-2012, 08:35 AM

Good karma will come your way. Hopefully it's not your "regular" hand, but if it is, at least it will feel like a stranger is doing it.

JeffB · 08-31-2012, 05:20 PM

I know the feeling. Last Sunday I was trying to help out this guy with a shark he had caught, about a 5' soupfin. Oh, that guy was you! Well at the time being I had a hold of the shark's tail and trying to get kelp off of the line. At some point in time I felt a pressure below my right hand, about the same time I felt a pressure, you said "I think I hooked him in the tail"! My reply, "yeah I think the hook is in my hand". Your reply, "I have on an iron"!!!

"Damn"

was one of few select words processing through my mind, oh and the fact I need to either get the hook out of the shark or me in a hurry. After about a minute the hook finally ripped out. At first it was just a big hole with worm looking things at the base of it

, then came the blood

...

Once I landed at the shores, went straight to the VA hospital and spent 7 1/2hrs in the emergency room waiting to get stitched up. Stuck got broken into Wed, so yes you and my buddy are correct. "No good deed goes unpunished"!

Dirty Curti · 08-31-2012, 08:39 AM

Dude, you are a hero and and a good friend. We should have more people like you on the beach always.

Karma & Cudos points coming your way!

addicted2sp33d · 08-31-2012, 09:35 AM

That's some serious bonus kharma there.

That should be enough to get you more bikini shots.

byounghusband · 08-31-2012, 10:11 AM

X2 on the Bolt Cutter... Way to take on for the, uh..... Team!!

Sounds like standing in the surf is like driving on the Freeway... "Cover me, I'm gonna land on the beach..."

Quote:

Originally Posted by bellcon

These will do the job

8" mini bolt cutters=

Don't leave home with out them!
(although I rarely bring them on the water, they will cut that hook like butter)

08-31-2012, 01:46 PM

Those are pretty much identical to the ones they used, except they were silver and in a sterile packaging.

So far the finger is fine, hardly noticed it happened.

08-31-2012, 01:47 AM	#3
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	Ouch!!! But at least he got his rod back __________________ www.facebook.com/Teamsewer

08-31-2012, 07:32 AM	#4
bellcon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Pedro Posts: 999	These will do the job 8" mini bolt cutters= Don't leave home with out them! (although I rarely bring them on the water, they will cut that hook like butter) __________________

08-31-2012, 08:05 AM	#5
T-Rex Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Posts: 770	ER photos! Classic! I'm sure you'll eventually get some karma for your good deed. __________________

08-31-2012, 08:05 AM	#6
wade Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,214	Sorry to hear about your hand Neil. The cutters Don just posted, I keep in the bottom of my dry bag always. just the other day, i had a huge barracuda go berserker while trying to release it, and he implanted a nice one into the webbing of my hand..f ing slime logs.. ps doogie howser was the specialist? __________________

08-31-2012, 08:35 AM	#7
seriola_killer Sled Peddler Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bonita, Ca. Posts: 236	Good karma will come your way. Hopefully it's not your "regular" hand, but if it is, at least it will feel like a stranger is doing it. __________________ Jerry Moore Need a car or truck to yaul your yak? Ring me up. (619)988-3325

08-30-2012, 09:19 PM	#1
Vikingj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dana Point area Posts: 438	[QUOTE=StinkyMatt;131369]Looks like at least 60 to 90 days off from fishing. Got to let it heal properly. Don't worry, the bite should still be red hot around the end of November. Looks like 60-90 days off work so you can recoop and relax (at LJ?)! Sorry about the injury. Thanks for the story-good reminder to be careful.

08-30-2012, 09:27 PM	#2
Drake Guest Posts: n/a	I should get the million dollar Mustad challenge payout

08-31-2012, 08:39 AM	#9
Dirty Curti Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 419	Dude, you are a hero and and a good friend. We should have more people like you on the beach always. Karma & Cudos points coming your way! __________________

08-31-2012, 09:35 AM	#10
addicted2sp33d Here fishy fishy fishy... Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 774	That's some serious bonus kharma there. That should be enough to get you more bikini shots.

08-31-2012, 01:46 PM	#12
Drake Guest Posts: n/a	Those are pretty much identical to the ones they used, except they were silver and in a sterile packaging. So far the finger is fine, hardly noticed it happened.