After a week, the finger is healing well. It will never get back to normal just to much damage but at least it will be usable. On a good note, after over 20 years in the fire/ems service, I did have a good first aid kit in the boat, which I would suggest everyone have. It should contain antiseptic wipes along with some type of antibiotic cream. The stranger side of this story is my wife fishes with me about twice a year. She never mentions going but the night before, she said get me up in the morning and I will go with you. I was very fortunate she was there or I would have been in real trouble. After the fish jerked the line out of my hand, he went straight down and the hook in my finger had all the weight. That's when all the damage happened. She grabbed the line and pulled the fish back up then wrapped the line around a rod holder to keep the weight off the finger. If this happens to you, after you cut the barb end of the hook off, you need to take some antiseptic wipes and clean the remaining hook shank well before you push the hook out This will at least clean the wound channel some. Also make sure you have an up to date tetanus shot. They are good for 10 years. I am sure if the wife wouldn't have been there, he would have tore the hook out and I would have ended up having a bunch of re-constructive surgery. Be careful out there it doesn't matter how much experience you have things can happen. All you can do is be prepared. Hope this will help somebody else down the road.