bass master 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 I saw this today. I cant belive he doesnt bleed. His arm had to hurt the next day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgfpsupmu98 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 What is wrong with him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 you cant fix stupid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 That guy is hardcore!!! After watching, it reinforces my plan to go to the ER and letting them deal with it should that ever happen to me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 Made my legs cringe, and I didn't even push play on the vid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 I've watched that before. I tend to believe that "for demonstration purposes" need not involve slowly driving a hook through your flesh. I don't suppose it's much different than getting certain body parts pierced. Â But then, I think any body piercings, other than the ears (which can be made 99% painless), are ignorance personified. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kudu 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2017 Not. Mensa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 Ignorance is not stupidity or lack of intelligence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 True. But they are not mutually exclusive either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saltybum 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 There is another way to remove a hook not mentioned. One of the ways the ER would do it. If you have a very sharp xacto knife or razor knife you can carefully cut along the shank to the barb ( after sterilizing it of course ) then remove it easily. Â Little hooks can be yanked out backwards, and the string method will work but the angle you yank the string has to be low or you will get S&M's results. Â Lastly popping it through ( and that hurts ) and cutting it off. The one in the photo went it totally painless. Pushing through wasn't and you do need good cutters for the hook ( like in the photo not pliers ) and I always carry a pair with me for just that purpose. Â I've done all the above. Number one more than once. Â Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 Scalpels work. When I was 14 or so I always had a small survival kit that came with us when we went fishing. It had a scalpel and we every now and then would have these very brave conversations about how simple it would be to use it to remove a hook from an arm or a leg. Until one day it happened. You should hear the screams in pain. Then we ganged up on my buddy and held him down to perform the surgery, for his own good. Suddenly his pain went away and he was just fine with that thing sticking out of his knee. Those were the days... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 Yeah, I'll stick with pinching the barbs down. I've experienced both ways, pinched barbs are painless, you lift the hook out with your fingers and that is the case if it's just stuck in your waders or your skin, finger etc.. The ER is traumatic ( I had a treble hook jammed into my knuckle straight in, there are tendons and such in there that I really didn't want to rip out and have a wrecked finger for life). The car and boat are out in the parking lot at teh hospital, we haven't eaten supper yet and it's now after 9 PM, got to be to work at 6 am etc etc. It's just a bad scene. Â And that guy in the video isn't stupid or ignorant , he's just plain crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryon Anderson 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 oh, why not stir the pot a little bit today? Two words: de-barbed hooks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 Nope, Bryon ... I'll take my chances. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryon Anderson 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2017 LOL, Mike -- I knew that would draw a response from you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites