Fishing Tackle: How to Remove the Fishing Hook from Your Skin?

When it comes to fishing hooks, people always think that they should be as sharp as possible, then the fish with be easily caught once they have a bite. But sharp hook is a double-edged sword, it can hurt the fish, but can also hurt people themselves. We can often see that people hurt by the fishing hooks. If you are a fishing lover, you should know how to remove the fishing hook from your skin and treating the wound.

1.Remove the fishing hook from your finger

Fingers are the easiest place to be hurt by the hooks when fishing. When you bait your hook or remove the fish from the hook, you must be careful enough, or the hook will be embedded to your fingers easily. Then, what should we do when the accidents happen? There are 2 ways:

Method 1

Tie off a loop with some fishing line. Place the loop over the hook’s shank and lightly pull it against the bend of the hook.
With your other hands, press down and back on the hook’s eye.
Continue pressing down on the hook’s eye. Quickly and firmly jerk the fishing line backward, ensuring that the line is parallel to the shank.

Method 2

Using pliers, advance the point of the hook (including the barb) out of the skin. Follow the natural curve of the hook.
Use the pliers to cut the hook below the barb.
Remove the hook by backing it out through the wound.

2. Remove the fishing hook from your leg

Evaluate the wound site in the leg. Determine if the barb of the hook has penetrated beneath the surface of the skin, and if so, how deeply.
Wash the area around the wound with soap and water or other wound cleanser. Apply a cube of ice to the area around the leg wound. Leave the ice on the skin only long enough for slight numbing to occur. Also wash your hands thoroughly--you might consider wearing sterile medical gloves.
To remove a hook that has not penetrated the skin past the barb, gently pull the point of the hook straight out of the leg until it is removed.
Hold the shank, or long section, of the hook and turn the point gradually toward the surface of the skin and push slightly to guide it out. Clip off the hook behind the barb with wire cutters. Pull the now barb-less hook out following the original route of entry.

3. The follow-up work

After removing the fishing hook from your finger or leg, what you should do next is washing the wound site, apply antibiotic ointment and dress with a Band-Aid or absorbent pad and tape. You should make sure that the wound won’t become infected.