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Jeff's brother Brian was watching the proceedings with interest and soon after had a hookup of his own on a nice 18" trout on a pink Skitterwalk. The landing turned out to be a little rough though. Jeff and I heard a pained yell coming from Brian's direction and when we turned to check on him, noticed he had a death grip on the fish with his right hand and what appeared to be the back hook of the Skitterwalk firmly imbedded in his left thumb. Uh Oh!
I quickly waded over to see if I could be of assistance. Brian held his death grip on the fish as I worked the hook out of the fishes mouth. Since it was definitely a keeper and almost literally had the guts squeezed out of it, I took a moment to string her. Hope you didn't mind Brian LOL.
I clipped the line on the lure and we assessed the situation. The hook was buried just past the barb right next to the side of his thumbnail and looked like it would be a challenge to remove. I was ready to help him to the boat where we could work on it when he said he was going to attempt to get it out himself. We made sure the other hook was secured and brian gritted his teeth and with one well placed yank, removed the hook from his flesh. Of course it bled profusely for a few minutes but the relieved look on his face said it was worth it.
We continued fishing and when we arrived back at the boat after the first wade cleaned and disinfected the wound. Good as new.
Mike showed his fishing prowess as he too picked up a solid 24" trout and helped Zac land a nice slot redfish. WTG guys!
Jeff's brother Brian was watching the proceedings with interest and soon after had a hookup of his own on a nice 18" trout on a pink Skitterwalk. The landing turned out to be a little rough though. Jeff and I heard a pained yell coming from Brian's direction and when we turned to check on him, noticed he had a death grip on the fish with his right hand and what appeared to be the back hook of the Skitterwalk firmly imbedded in his left thumb. Uh Oh!
I quickly waded over to see if I could be of assistance. Brian held his death grip on the fish as I worked the hook out of the fishes mouth. Since it was definitely a keeper and almost literally had the guts squeezed out of it, I took a moment to string her. Hope you didn't mind Brian LOL.
I clipped the line on the lure and we assessed the situation. The hook was buried just past the barb right next to the side of his thumbnail and looked like it would be a challenge to remove. I was ready to help him to the boat where we could work on it when he said he was going to attempt to get it out himself. We made sure the other hook was secured and brian gritted his teeth and with one well placed yank, removed the hook from his flesh. Of course it bled profusely for a few minutes but the relieved look on his face said it was worth it.
We continued fishing and when we arrived back at the boat after the first wade cleaned and disinfected the wound. Good as new.
Mike showed his fishing prowess as he too picked up a solid 24" trout and helped Zac land a nice slot redfish. WTG guys!