TSR Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 argh. i have just been fishing all evening... it was the worst time ever. i managed to: catch only 16 fish... (pathetic) and somehow lodge a barbed hook in my hand... 3 times! wtf? anyone else had a bit of a ****e time lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 argh. i have just been fishing all evening... it was the worst time ever. i managed to: catch only 16 fish... (pathetic) and somehow lodge a barbed hook in my hand... 3 times! wtf? anyone else had a bit of a ****e time lately? I hate you. I've gone fishing maybe 5 or 6 times in my life and I've caught maybe 2 fish. Can't say I've ever gotten a hook stuck in my hand though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven_Onasi Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 somehow lodge a barbed hook in my hand... 3 times! wtf? anyone else had a bit of a ****e time lately? whenever I go fishing, I always get hooked, some where! I love to fish, but I hate the hooks. Anyway. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 What were you fishing off of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 You make my week of spending all day filling in ditches to make a road in 95 degree heat while simultaneously getting eaten alive by chiggers and getting into poison ivy seem like a dream vacation compared to the appalling fishing outings that have been forced upon you. I'll pray for you and your quick deliverance from the bitter level of hell that you've so unjustly been placed in. Stay strong and keep the faith, brother. P.S. If they ask you to go, dare I say it, pontooning, just drop to the floor, curl up into the fetal position, and wait for the hellfire emanating from their mouths to sweep safely over you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 You make my week of spending all day filling in ditches to make a road in 95 degree heat while simultaneously getting eaten alive by chiggers and getting into poison ivy seem like a dream vacation compared to the appalling fishing outings that have been forced upon you. I'll pray for you and your quick deliverance from the bitter level of hell that you've so unjustly been placed in. Stay strong and keep the faith, brother. P.S. If they ask you to go, dare I say it, pontooning, just drop to the floor, curl up into the fetal position, and wait for the hellfire emanating from their mouths to sweep safely over you. What's a chigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Nasty little parasites that crawl into your skin and lay eggs, thus causing extreme pain. My dad ran into some back in the 80's during a drug bust he was working on with OSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 What's a chigger? Nasty little parasites that crawl into your skin and lay eggs, thus causing extreme pain. My dad ran into some back in the 80's during a drug bust he was working on with OSI. heh, just be glad you found out the easy way, jmac. I've never hooked myself when fishing, but my friends dad got a fishhook in the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthOxyClean Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I hate you. I've gone fishing maybe 5 or 6 times in my life and I've caught maybe 2 fish. Can't say I've ever gotten a hook stuck in my hand though. Well, then you're going to hate me, because i once caught 30 fish in two days. And i am no redneck. Not by a long shot. I am just good at catching catfish. A redneck would go after a catfish with no rod, just with their hands, diving into the water. I've seen it happen. Hysterical. And yet frightening at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I hate you. I've gone fishing maybe 5 or 6 times in my life and I've caught maybe 2 fish. Can't say I've ever gotten a hook stuck in my hand though. I can agree with you there. Sounds like me when I go fishin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 You make my week of spending all day filling in ditches to make a road in 95 degree heat while simultaneously getting eaten alive by chiggers and getting into poison ivy seem like a dream vacation compared to the appalling fishing outings that have been forced upon you. I'll pray for you and your quick deliverance from the bitter level of hell that you've so unjustly been placed in. Stay strong and keep the faith, brother. P.S. If they ask you to go, dare I say it, pontooning, just drop to the floor, curl up into the fetal position, and wait for the hellfire emanating from their mouths to sweep safely over you. I think I just damaged something laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Man Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I think I just damaged something laughing. Hi! We're IX-I-I. Did somebody diall IX-I-I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I've never had a chigger myself, I have had 6 wood ticks attacked to me at once, and I was also wonderfully alone at the time so getting them off was not great fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I've never had a chigger myself, I have had 6 wood ticks attacked to me at once, and I was also wonderfully alone at the time so getting them off was not great fun *shudders* You sometimes make me uncomfortable, Samnmax.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 What?! you don't like stories about burning ticks off my back with a zippo, this was the one time in my life I wish I were a smoker, cigarette works so much better then an open flame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 What?! you don't like stories about burning ticks off my back with a zippo, this was the one time in my life I wish I were a smoker, cigarette works so much better then an open flame Sounds like you've had plenty of experience getting rid of ticks. What were you doing in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Had been picking up taconite pellets off rail the road tracks coming down from the iron range, the train was coming and your not supposed to be near the tracks except at crossings, so I ducked into the woods to wait for it to go by. Later I was walking back and felt something on my back, I reached back there and find six small lumps that hadn't been there before. You can just yank them off of yourself but theres a chance you could get blood poisoning if the head stays in, so it's better to touch them with something hot and get them to back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Huh. I guess I'll make sure to melt my skin off if I ever get a tick. By the way, why were you picking up taconite pellets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 What?! you don't like stories about burning ticks off my back with a zippo, this was the one time in my life I wish I were a smoker, cigarette works so much better then an open flame Gah! Don't use flames and cigarettes! That's an old wives' tale! The risk of infection waiting til you get home to get the tweezers is far smaller than the risk of burns from using a cigarette lighter right then. Recommended first aid techniques according to links below: Get a pair of blunt tweezers, grasp the critter as close to your skin as possible, and pull straight out. Don't twist it out. Save the tick if you're worried about lyme (and maybe Rocky Mountain spotted fever--I don't live in an area affected by RMSF so I don't know off the top of my head) or any other tick-borne diseases in your area. Clean the bitten area and wash your hands. Contact your primary care provider to find out symptoms of tick-borne disease in your area, symptoms to watch for, and any recommended treatments. The tweezer method is a lot faster (it's the one I always use when doing first aid, and takes about a second) and has no risk for burns and less risk for having the tick regurgitate something nasty into your skin. http://www.lyme.org/ticks/removal.html This one, from the American Family Physician journal, also has a list of things not to do: http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020815/643.html Your friendly resident forumite who's also been in the medical field for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Huh. I guess I'll make sure to melt my skin off if I ever get a tick. By the way, why were you picking up taconite pellets? They make very nasty sling shot ammo Gah! Don't use flames and cigarettes! That's an old wives' tale! It was good enough for the Viet-Cong to use on leeches and other parasites, it's a alright method and I didn't want them sucking my blood for a few hours. Don't really have to worry about Lyme because we don't have Deer Ticks this far north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 They make very nasty sling shot ammo It was good enough for the Viet-Cong to use on leeches and other parasites, it's a alright method and I didn't want them sucking my blood for a few hours. Don't really have to worry about Lyme because we don't have Deer Ticks this far north. We're not the VC running around in the middle of jungles and tunnels on the Ho Chi Minh trail in the middle of a war zone and dealing with tropical diseases (unless someone happens to live in a tropical setting), all without the benefit of regular access to health care or antibiotics. Interestingly, one of the ways the VC found their enemy (French and then Americans) in the dark was by seeing them light up. You might not see the enemy in the dark, but it's a pretty good bet that the glowing cigarette that's about 5-6 feet off the ground is sitting in the guy's mouth. I'm betting the VC didn't use cigarettes/flames at night if much at all. We've learned at least a little bit more about medicine in the last 30-40 years--treatment regimens have changed rather dramatically since the '60's and '70's as we've learned more about how insect-borne diseases are transmitted. When you apply heat to the tick, you increase your risk of infection because the tick will likely regurgitate infected material back into your skin. Carry a pair of tweezers with you when you go out in nature, then. @venom--16 fish is pretty darn good! I'd be happy with 1. Of course, I wouldn't know what to do with it after I caught it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I once spent an ENTIRE summer fishing at least once a week with my uncle. We combined for ONE fish between the two of us in over 10 outings. So lets not complain eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSR Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 my friends dad got a fishhook in the eye. okay, that sounds painful... was it a barbed or barbless hook? i hope it was the latter, as barbless tend to not want to come out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 We've learned at least a little bit more about medicine in the last 30-40 years--treatment regimens have changed rather dramatically since the '60's and '70's as we've learned more about how insect-borne diseases are transmitted. When you apply heat to the tick, you increase your risk of infection because the tick will likely regurgitate infected material back into your skin. Carry a pair of tweezers with you when you go out in nature, then. Well I've got something to remember then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 okay, that sounds painful... was it a barbed or barbless hook? i hope it was the latter, as barbless tend to not want to come out... I'm not sure. I wasn't there, he just told me about it. I don't think it was too bad though. I mean, he still has his eyesight, so it wasn't anything permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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