The Poacher Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hey raiders, Thought I would post this in the interests of public safety - even though I feel a bit foolish over what happened. Basically, the short story is a mate caught a large Sargeant Baker on a Metal Slice - this was no mean feat in itself, and I am not sure how he managed it. But anyway, he called me to the side of the boat to view his strange capture - with the fish being "led" alongside the boat I stuck my head over just in time for the lure to come out of the fishes mouth, come flying up and lodge in my head. I put this up as a reminder for Raiders to be careful, and in future, I will be wearing glasses all the time. I have them on in this photo, but the photo was taken 10 minutes after the hook went in. I was just lucky that the hook didn't go in my eye, as I wasn't wearing glasses at the time. By the way, we caught 5 big bonnies, dropped 2 good kings, and a Dr friend removed the hooks for me 2 hours later. Stay safe, The Poacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgs84 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Mate that was a close one, a few inches lower and you'd be singing a different tune but thanks for the post, its a good reminder because everyone has had a near miss but it proves it can happen to all of us Did you still fish with the treble or did that wrap up the days fishing ? I just got back from coffs this weekend and saw a young bloke come in the boat ramp with a large treble lodged deep in his hand, poor bloke had been out chasing marlin and had to come in 25 odd miles with it stuck in his hand hope she heals up mate Morgs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poacher Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hi Morgs, I was about 10km from the ramp, and so I rang my mate who is a Dr, and I knew I had to fill in 2 hours, so we kept fishing. It was very pain free, but felt weird to have in your forehead. I am sssoooo lucky. Poor fella at Coffs. We used to use a 2 hook rig on Kings with yakkas, but now use a single as 2 hooks is too dangerous. The Poacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Ouch, thats gotta hurt just goes to show how easy it is, lucky it missed your eyes.Looks like it will heal up pretty good, u might need to buy a lotto ticket this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Ouch ! and i thought the hook in my chin was bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashful Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Mate!!! The pic says it all, but yeah wouldn't have liked to see it hanging lodged in your eye. I like the fact that you manned up and filled in the 2hrs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Unfortunately, I have to admit that I was the one responsible for hooking the sergeant baker and subsequently The Poacher's forehead. I am still feeling incredibly bad about the whole thing and will be forever sorry. To his credit, TP was amazingly calm and gracious (thanks mate) and very lucky it wasn't an inch or so lower. He showed incredible resilience and managed to keep going, boating another couple of fish. sorry, mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony1 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Unfortunately, I have to admit that I was the one responsible for hooking the sergeant baker and subsequently The Poacher's forehead. I am still feeling incredibly bad about the whole thing and will be forever sorry. To his credit, TP was amazingly calm and gracious (thanks mate) and very lucky it wasn't an inch or so lower. He showed incredible resilience and managed to keep going, boating another couple of fish. sorry, mal Hey Mal Should have thrown that one back. Anth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poacher Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thanks Anthony - have certainly heard them all in the last week - "I've heard about live bait, but thats rediculous" - "catch of the day" - "hooked on fishing" etc etc etc PS - dont worry about me Mal, I am fine, and it could have happened to anyone. Plus my story is better than yours which is "hey, I caught a Seargeant Baker on a 60 gram metal slice". Cheers, The Poacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thanks Anthony - have certainly heard them all in the last week - "I've heard about live bait, but thats rediculous" - "catch of the day" - "hooked on fishing" etc etc etc PS - dont worry about me Mal, I am fine, and it could have happened to anyone. Plus my story is better than yours which is "hey, I caught a Seargeant Baker on a 60 gram metal slice". Cheers, The Poacher A few years back, more than 3, maybe 4, there was a post on this site of a guy who actually copped his mates treble in the eyelid or eyebrow, cant remember now. He had to go to the hospital with the metal lure dangling like some kind of weird fishermans body piercing. Ouchy wah wah. You were very lucky to avoid serious injury there friend. Did your mate bulk bill or charge for a house call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 PS - dont worry about me Mal, I am fine, and it could have happened to anyone. Plus my story is better than yours which is "hey, I caught a Seargeant Baker on a 60 gram metal slice". For the record it was only 20 grams. ...mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Very lucky indeed might be able to claim a raider lure caught record or enter for cotm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poacher Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 How good is my Dr mate. He picked me up from home, drove me to the surgery on a public holiday! Opened up the surgery, operated on me, then drove me home having bulk billed. He should get some sort of award for that. And people say service is dead. I did give him 2 kilos of fish fillets as a thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ouch I have in a rule in my boat no sunnies or cap no fishing a cap saved me once from a similar incident. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 How good is my Dr mate. He picked me up from home, drove me to the surgery on a public holiday! Opened up the surgery, operated on me, then drove me home having bulk billed. He should get some sort of award for that. And people say service is dead. I did give him 2 kilos of fish fillets as a thank you. Don't let the AMA find out his identity. They'll de-register him and lock him up like Conrad Murray. I wonder if I should take some flathead fillets to my GP next time I go and perhaps swap some Blue Swimmer Crab for my hypertension meds at the chemist. You might be onto something here poacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Man you'd fit straight into places like Newtown wearing jewellery like that, they pay good money for that stuff! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Now that's a piercing that would get some strange looks at work!! Glad it wasn't more serious and a very timely reminder. I hope the fishing compensated for the pain. Just another reason that Sergeant Baker are unwelcome on a fishing boat. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratesgold Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Oh cool, you got 'battle scars' to brag about (lucky though). One of my mates got a stump jumper treble through the top of his ear once, put it there himself with a real dodgy cast, swissssh argh, argh, argh, no one to blame....sad for him, at the time we were all sooo sympathetic looked like a tagged sheep Edited January 11, 2012 by piratesgold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poacher Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Noodles - the fish economy may operate like the beer economy. GregL - Whilst I was embaressed at the boat ramp having to reverse a trailer with a treble in my head - several people (yourself included) have pointed out that i was "hard core" "wicked" and "not to be messed with" - all I was missing was some serious ink work on my biceps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now