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This morning I drove to the Eastern Shore and fished in two freshwater bodies. The first was a flowing stream, and I fished from the shore. I caught hickory shad, some small white perch, and a sunfish with an orange belly (possible redbreast sunfish??).
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I drove half and hour to a lake where I launched my kayak. I paddled to the upstream end of the lake and fished the narrow channel between lily pad fields. During my first hour there, I caught a "pond slam" -- largemouth bass, chain pickerel, bluegill, and crappie. After catching seven species in two hours of fishing, I was pretty pleased. I should have stopped then.
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I left the upstream area and was preparing to fish the rest of the lake. On one cast my jighead caught on a lily pad. I tried to bounce it loose, but it would not release from the stem. I paddled up next to the pads and pulled hard. The lure came loose, but the hook point buried itself in the middle finger of my left hand. I cut the line and attempted to remove the hook. Unfortunately, it was in deep, and the partially crimped barb would not back out the same hole without doing a lot of damage.
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I paddled one-third mile back to the launch with the lure hanging off my finger. There I used pliers to push the hook point through the skin, making a second hole. Then I cut off the barbed end of the hook. Once that was done, I could easily back the rest of the hook out of the original hole.
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The photos I took of the wound are out of focus, but you get the idea. I applied hand sanitizer and some bandaids to complete the job. I was not keen about getting more lake water in the new wounds, so I called it a day and headed home.
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I drove half and hour to a lake where I launched my kayak. I paddled to the upstream end of the lake and fished the narrow channel between lily pad fields. During my first hour there, I caught a "pond slam" -- largemouth bass, chain pickerel, bluegill, and crappie. After catching seven species in two hours of fishing, I was pretty pleased. I should have stopped then.
2003-08-01 02-10-04.jpg 2003-08-01 02-43-18.jpg 2003-08-01 02-00-44.jpg 2003-08-01 02-32-21.jpg
I left the upstream area and was preparing to fish the rest of the lake. On one cast my jighead caught on a lily pad. I tried to bounce it loose, but it would not release from the stem. I paddled up next to the pads and pulled hard. The lure came loose, but the hook point buried itself in the middle finger of my left hand. I cut the line and attempted to remove the hook. Unfortunately, it was in deep, and the partially crimped barb would not back out the same hole without doing a lot of damage.
2003-08-01 03-11-38.jpg
I paddled one-third mile back to the launch with the lure hanging off my finger. There I used pliers to push the hook point through the skin, making a second hole. Then I cut off the barbed end of the hook. Once that was done, I could easily back the rest of the hook out of the original hole.
2003-08-01 03-16-06.jpg
The photos I took of the wound are out of focus, but you get the idea. I applied hand sanitizer and some bandaids to complete the job. I was not keen about getting more lake water in the new wounds, so I called it a day and headed home.
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