For those who were not at the Columbia River and did not have the chance to hear my whining here you are as I, having the time of my life catching loads of fish, even four doubles on day two with Bill B. was in the act of removing a small 1lb fish from my rattle trap and when I looked away, the fish shook driving one of the new Gamakatsu trebles into my index finger and then proceded to shake while dangling from my now impaled finger. As some folks might know...I can be colorful with the English lanquage and at this time I seem to have invented several new words for Mr. Webster to ponder. After some rastlin of the fish and a good set of Side Cutting pliers I was ready for the most painful thing next to childbirth and kidney stones....having to drive a sharp object through my finger in order to cut off the barbed end. As I pulled to remove the barbed end I saw that darkening vision reported to me so many times in the back of the Ambulance at work just before someone passes out and when all was said and done I am left with the painful memory of a fun day of fishing and Two Holes in the shape of a snake bite on my index finger.
so beware.........dont join this club!

Do'nt get me wrong....it happened on the 2nd of 12 straight fishing days so nothing got slowed down!

and...I hate to say it.....with a composite transom!.....................sorry fellow ProCrafter!

Hey Larry,
  Got to join the "club"  today.  Was out with Backlash and managed to hook a slimer.  Upon getting it into the boat, the fish battled back buy buring the Rapala DT 16 treble into my ring finger.   Had to push it all the way thru and then cut the hook.    But did managed to get one good smallie into the boat.  3.3 on the digital.  Jim and I caught a total of 9.  All were small largemouth except the one good smallie.

Mark

Larry, if it's ok with you I will rejoin the club after I started it with those 4 hooks from  two tripple grips stuck in my face.   Yesterday While lippin a lunker, I was standing up with the lipped fish and she bucked, hooking the lure on a rope and in the process of standing up put a hook thru my finger nail and into the bone, I don't know that I made the decision my self or it just happened but I was on my knees before I knew it. got rid of the fish, cut the hook off the lure (spinnerbaits huge hook) Left it in for a few hours untill fully convinced on how I was going to get it out.  I guess I wasn't man enough the first time around, or it was deeper in the bone than I thought, because it took two tries to get it out. You should have taught me some of those colorful words, because all I said was oh man! this ones gonna hurt! I was right!!  
 No blacking out, but I did get the flash of white lite when it happened which is what you get as something shocks the system into a sencery overload. and I did make sure my boat was beached just incase I did pass out, but I usually don't pass out from pain....just getting knocked upside the head.
   Who's next??