Thread: How to remove a fish hook

Have had it happen a couple of times (by other people letting their lines swing about in the boat!). On those occasions I just forced it through, cut the barb and pull it back out. Or if its shallow, use some ice to numb it then use a scalpel to cut it out. Last time I actually hooked myself and it was in real deep in my head, had to get the old man to cut it out. Sh*t it was sore