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More facts, from a friend who did something similar with a large
Dardevil
lu At Strong Hospital's emergency room, they have no idea how to
remove
a large fish hook. Don't go there. They came at him with tin snips. He
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It's funny how some ER personnel get freaked out by
fishing hooks.

I've driven some rather large hooks through my hand and
one time, put a 6/0 right through my left thigh.

That hurt.

I embedded a hook in my hand while fishing in Northern Ontario several
years ago. Happened while removing a Suick from a pesky musky.

After cutting the lure from the embedded hook I drove to the hospital in
Kenora. In the ER the doc pulled out a plastic Tupper Ware container with
the words "Fish Hook Removal Tools" written on the side with a Sharpie
pen.

The one tool in that collection that still sticks in my mind was an old
rusty pair of gas pliers.

After a ring block with Novocain he did the job painlessly.


Oh yeah..........my scar is bigger than yours! ;-)


I don't know about that. I have about 24" on my gut for a botched
gallbladder removal and appendix being on the left side instead of more
correctly the right side.