Removing hooks from skin

DaveyBoy · Post by **DaveyBoy** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:20 am

Just thought I'd post this for anybody who hasn't seen this done before:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q_zAuQ2bm9U&feature=related

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:43 am

Why wasn't he using a McSpin?

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:45 pm

That guy was way too tentative. The barb on a hook isn't that big. Even without the line, just using needle nose pliers, when you decide you're going to do it, do it. Pull for real. There isn't that much meat in the way, and getting it out is what you're after, not a perfect exit hole. Quick equals good.

Moose · Post by **Moose** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:35 pm

Last summer I ended up with a crankbait buried in my lower lip. It didn't hurt but I pulled like hell trying to get that thing out with pliers and it wouldn't budge. I had my 8yr old son do the line trick and it popped right out. I won't hesitate to use the line next time first off.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:38 am

I was hooked in the chin by my partner with a worm hook. Past the barb. So I turned the hook and pushed the point out, so he could cut it off.
That's when I grew a beard.

Quick is hard to do when you're doing it yourself to yourself. I was lucky. There aren't that many nerves in the chin. But the lips have a ton! Glad your son was able to get it out for you.
Whether your use fishing line or pliers, the secret is the angle you pull from. If you push the hook shank down toward the skin, it kind of curls the barb behind the hook point, so it won't catch as you pull it out, if you pull from a place close to the skin. Kind of like getting a hook out of a fish.

some guy · Post by **some guy** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:42 am

Dont throw the spook while intoxicated. It never works out. Mr Striper is angry when he hits the deck.

MCSPIN · Post by **MCSPIN** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:24 am

I have had hooks in that would'nt come out with a pair of pliers. So why try it and go through the pain if it does'nt come out. Just use the line method.
Gary

Guy G · Post by **Guy G** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:12 am

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mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:38 am

Gary,
That's because you use good hooks on your lures!

MCSPIN wrote:I have had hooks in that would'nt come out with a pair of pliers. So why try it and go through the pain if it does'nt come out. Just use the line method.
Gary