Great day here in Southern NY.  50 degrees in the air and water. 20 largemouth between buddy and myself (adhering to social distancing, diff boats :-).  

 

Most notable hook up was definitely unplanned. 

 

Moral of the story- don’t be lazy hand-gaffing a jerkbait-caught bass. 

That hurts just looking at it!!

 

 

 

 

Mike

Emergency room visit?

Nope.  Crushed the barb and pull her right back out.  Ship shape now!

 

The tough part was getting the flopping 2.5-lber off the third hook while my finger was latched to the first hook.   I was holding the fish in my left hand while my right hand had it's uninvited guest stuck to it.    I was literally sitting there thinking to myself, "how the hell and Im gonna get outta this one?" 

 

All in, pretty funny.  I'll definitely be more carful hand-gaffing around jerkbaits for a while.

Laughing with you, but darn that hurt me.

180? Round down on humans, up on fish.

Ouch!

If I'm throwing trebles, I'm using the net

Also, ouch!!

AAAAAH!!!

People have to put a disclaimer in the title when posting this tuff with graphic pictures. I've clicked on this thread twice, by mistake, to see a hook embedded in your cuticle.

 

Why I expected to see someone having caught a 180 lb bass from the title is beyond me! Geesh.... cringeworthy for sure.

That's a real fisher .....*hats off to you* 

Looks like the barb is all the way through. This would be a great time to have a set of 6-8" flush cutters. I carry one for gut-hooked situations, to quickly cut/clear most of the hook, plus lure and line, as quickly as possible to facilitate the rest of the hook removal.

 

When I hooked my foot I was glad to have them on board because needle nose pliers and forceps wouldn't have cut it (pun intended). Cut off the barb section, back the rest out. In my case (even though barbless) it wouldn't back out so pushed it through, cut it off, backed it out and continued fishing.

 

 

No dikes but a Leatherman that will cut hooks always on my belt.