This thread reminds me of why I dislike using barbed hooks, and especially barbed trebles. Most of the big fisheries here require single barbless hooks so if we do hook ourselves, it comes out cleanly.

The Lighter is for the razor blade and disinfecting it. the screw driver was the apply pressure to the skin so it didnt pull and stretch.

Pretty fancy tools for your basic hook removal. Sparky by any chance?

I hate trebles.... Took some grunting to get this one out...  It was the second time in seven days.

I'm going to go home and mash down the barbs on all my treble hooked baits now...

 

I don't have a picture of it stuck in me, but I got the back hook of this bait stuck in my side after it rocketed back at me when a fish missed it right at the bank. Thankfully gardnerjigman was with me and able to push it through and cut the point off. I was fine until it made a loud "pop" when it came back through the skin, got a little queasy after that, didn't help that I hadn't eaten in 12 hours I'm sure. 

 

My worst looked something like this with my friend. Not paying attention and got 2 trebles in my side. No pictures, just a lot of blood. lets just say I kept my distance from there on    

I have no pictures, but I was trying to get some weeds off of a spinnerbait one time and I shake all the time for some reason so I thought my finger was clear of the hook and when the weeds gave their grip up the hook went under my fingernail. I just gritted my teeth and pulled it out because I have a high pain tolerance but I'm scared of getting hooked.

Holy Cow!  When I first read the title of this I thought it was about catching dinks!

I've been lucky so far.

I lost my appetite.....

my dad one hooked himself in the same spot twice in a day and once more in another spot.

my dad one hooked himself in the same spot twice in a day and once more in another spot.

That's one of those "You really don't need to fish today" signs.

When I was a kid i had a deep diving crank in my closet stuck to a blanket and my mom tried to get it out for me she ended up with both treble hooks in her hand had to go to the er to have them take it out. They actually have a tool for removing fish hooks.

The pic in my avatar

A 24inch lady fish did that...i really like the part where it was still on the other hook

I can contribute to this thread. The lure is a Rogers Big Jim with short shank KVD hooks.. Big Jims are fantastic square bills. I just pushed it through .

 

^^ Very nice! lol