Thread: First aid on the water

Originally Posted by MidMsAngler

Good on ya, sir. I can't say how many times with these long rods I have unhooked a fish and, not paying attention, let go of a jig or crank bait with the rod still loaded up. It seems a matter of time before one one buries up in the flesh.


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That's the exact reason my words to clients right after they get a fish to the net I say "Good Job!" then the next words are "Free Spool!" I keep a medium size pair of side cutters in one of my rod tubes on the center console and show every group where they are and what they are for. They are big enough to cut the SHANK of any crank hook I've found. I figure MY chances of getting hooked at 10X the chances a client will. So far that is correct.

BIGBADDAD had a steel shad treble in his ankle with a 10 pound blue cat flopping around and no side cutters. The pic of that before he went to the hospital was all I needed.

Great info. Like a Boy Scout, Be Prepared.


BRM