How to Remove a Fish Hook

Three different ways of removing fish hooks that are buried deeply in a persons arm are shown....for real.

Comments

[Biggie]

The third method actually works extremely well when done correctly. I use heavy mono rather than braided line. The braid might be too slick to hold in the correct position to pull the hook out. I also double the line around the bend of the hook so that the line stays in line with barb. In the video the line was sliding up the bend of the hook and pulling on the shank rather than the barb. This was driving the barb up and into the skin, rather than back through the hole it came in through. I also keep tension on the line rather than backing it off before you pull on the line. The key to this method is not being timid and pulling very quick.

[Two Cold Soakers]

I've had to do this on myself. In the lower thigh using method #1, the push through and cut off.
Couldn't stomach enough force to use #2, the pull-out.
There was suprisingly little blood.

It was necessary, yet so unpleasant, that I found it hard to watch the video.

disclaimer - the hook embedded itself in me during the performance of normal fishing practices - i.e., pulling the streamer out of a willow over a fishy slot.

[AKPM]

a better way:

Use barbless hooks and don't mess up fish, or yourself.

[critterkiller]

Damn! Hope your secret helper provided you with a nerve block. Looks painful.

[Zach S]

Method three works the best if you do it right, I've removed streamers and large dries that were both barbed with no issue. Theres a little more to the method than to thread a piece of line through then yank, Biggie has the right way ^