When I'm boating I usually bring a pair of clear safety glasses with me for cloudy mornings just because my eyes dry out in the wind. A couple weekends ago I was out fishing in a light rain, my safety glasses were on because I'd just gunned down the lake and I hooked a good size pickerel on a Vision 110. I lifted him most of the way out of the water by the line but was just kind of kneeling there debating how to grab him when he gave a big shake. Faster than I could even register what was happening the lure came back and hit me square in the left lense, I mean I never saw it, never even blinked. That was three trebles to the eye if my glasses weren't on and let me tell you it woke me up. I know it's been discussed before on this forum but I just wanted to remind people. I took my kid fishing a few days later and that's the new rule on the boat, life jackets and sunglasses at all times. 

Very good point! Thanks for sharing.

I popped a lure free from a snag the other day and turned my head just in time to catch it square in the temple. I wear glasses, so I probably would've been ok even if it hit me in the face, but I'm glad I didn't have to find out. It's a danger you don't even think about much until it happens. 

Exactly why my optometrist who is a fisherman strongly recommended my sunglasses be poly and not glass.  You may lose a bit of clarity but per him it’s better than picking glass out of your eye because there’s no such thing as shatterproof glass lenses.  

6 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

Exactly why my optometrist who is a fisherman strongly recommended my sunglasses be poly and not glass.  You may lose a bit of clarity but per him it’s better than picking glass out of your eye because there’s no such thing as shatterproof glass lenses.  

Poly is also lighter.

Always wear my script sunglasses with poly lens. Have glaucoma and my left eye is already really bad so I really need to take care of what I have left. I've always worn sunglasses on the water and don't know how you could fish without them.

 

When running the boat before sunrise I have a good pair of shop safety googles I wear.  I once got a dragon fly directly in the eye while running at 60.  Never again.

On 6/1/2025 at 10:24 AM, IcatchDinks said:

I popped a lure free from a snag the other day and turned my head just in time to catch it square in the temple. I wear glasses, so I probably would've been ok even if it hit me in the face, but I'm glad I didn't have to find out. It's a danger you don't even think about much until it happens. 

Thanks for the PSA you can never be to safe out there, S#!t always happens when you least expect it.

Small pike/pickerel and a treble-hooked lure is like trying to dismantle a bomb.  It's just a small, thin, wiggling piece of slime with nothing to grab.  It's just waiting to go off when you grab it.

I wear eye and ear protection a LOT! Running the shop-vac, ear protection. Working on the boat, eye protection. Table saw, ear protection. Mowing grass, eye AND ear protection.

 

I have two sets of fishing glasses...one for low light, and one for bright situations...and they are always on my face.

100%!  a treble hook to the eye...what a nightmare!

I have transition bifocals. They are my poly and act as my sunglasses and i wear them 24-7 since I am blinder than a bat without them.

Guess how much Carhardt safety grade sunglasses are?   The same as a 6th Sense crankbait.