How To Remove A Fish Hook…..Or Not

As someone – and I almost hate to admit this – that has had a fishhook in the face, and in the hand – I prefer the emergency room. I guess that really isn’t an option when you’re out on a boat like that, though.

I’ve actually used this method a couple of times and it works really well. Once on my son who was only 10 at the time caightabout a 2 lb. smallmouth bass on a crankbait, h tried to lip the bass and as he did it flop and buried one of the trebles about the same place as the guy on the video so then he had a bass and a hook in his hand, after removing the bass I rmoved the treble from the split ring and it made it easier to get a straight pull. At first he was done fishing but after about 10 minutes running back to camp in the boat he decided to fish some more and finish out the day. All this withour the aid of whiskey, he’s a tough kid and a pleasure for me to hunt and fish with.