Hooked ( A True Story )
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:00 pm
It was a warm January and the family had gathered at the beach for a days fishing and relaxing, Keen to try out my new tinny I was swamped with family members wanting to come on her first run. The lucky winners were my son Matt and a couple of cousins. Brother in law Danny was a bit peeved at being left out but kids take first place so with much ado we got the boat in the water and prepared to motor out across the lake.
Dan decided that he would work out his sorrows by doing some spinning from the nearby rocky out crop across a sand bank as he had a new spinning rod and had not had a chance to try it out yet. The rod was an ugly stick ( which suited him to a tee ) we all said, and an overhead abu reel and as he had never used this set up before he wanted to see how he would go well clear of the snags.
His casts were quite erratic and we watched him practice as we motored across the shallows, I heard the clunk before I saw the spinning iron hit the boat and rattle down between the seats. I still cannot believe that I picked it up but that is what I did and Dan of course had no idea where his cast had gone as he was intent on clearing the overwind on his reel. I went to throw the lure back into the water but had left the boat slowing idling forward and no sooner had I went to throw in it then Dan cleared his tangle and felt the pull on the line and thinking that he had a strike, struck to set the hook.
Well that is exactly what he did unfortunately he set it in the flesh at the base of my left hand and still unaware of what he had hooked started to reel in the ( Fish ). I think my screams alerted not only him but every other fisherman on the bank and with him pulling and the boat moving away I can tell you the air as well as the sky was blue. Luckily I had a knife handy and managed to cut the line but it took quite an effort to remove the lures hook from my hand as I had to cut it off and push it through.
I still took the kids fishing although I can say at times the pain made it a more than comfortable experience. I think back and really think that it would have been safer to take Dan with us in the boat a fact that even now after ten years we still remind him of and on many occasions his prowess with a spinning reel is brought into question.
Oh I must tell you all about the day I caught the Monster cod but then that is another story.
Bob
Dan decided that he would work out his sorrows by doing some spinning from the nearby rocky out crop across a sand bank as he had a new spinning rod and had not had a chance to try it out yet. The rod was an ugly stick ( which suited him to a tee ) we all said, and an overhead abu reel and as he had never used this set up before he wanted to see how he would go well clear of the snags.
His casts were quite erratic and we watched him practice as we motored across the shallows, I heard the clunk before I saw the spinning iron hit the boat and rattle down between the seats. I still cannot believe that I picked it up but that is what I did and Dan of course had no idea where his cast had gone as he was intent on clearing the overwind on his reel. I went to throw the lure back into the water but had left the boat slowing idling forward and no sooner had I went to throw in it then Dan cleared his tangle and felt the pull on the line and thinking that he had a strike, struck to set the hook.
Well that is exactly what he did unfortunately he set it in the flesh at the base of my left hand and still unaware of what he had hooked started to reel in the ( Fish ). I think my screams alerted not only him but every other fisherman on the bank and with him pulling and the boat moving away I can tell you the air as well as the sky was blue. Luckily I had a knife handy and managed to cut the line but it took quite an effort to remove the lures hook from my hand as I had to cut it off and push it through.
I still took the kids fishing although I can say at times the pain made it a more than comfortable experience. I think back and really think that it would have been safer to take Dan with us in the boat a fact that even now after ten years we still remind him of and on many occasions his prowess with a spinning reel is brought into question.
Oh I must tell you all about the day I caught the Monster cod but then that is another story.
Bob