No fish involved. Well not directly.

We had three fish on the floor, two lines going back, and I had just cleared another fish from the net.
I was getting the Bandit out of the net webbing when a guest (excited) grabbed the net and swung it up trying to help. He felt terrible. I felt worse, lol.

It was my finger. Over the years working fishing boats, I have seen and dealt with many hooks when fishing off shore where we had to deal with them ourself. The problem with this one was it was in almost to the shank, so there was no room to push it through and too deep to pull back (at least in me, lol). I thought they would have to cut it out.

The Dr. at Magruder was great, and experienced. He said I was the 3rd hook that day. He did a nerve block on finger so no pain thankfully. He clamped the small part of hook still exposed after cutting near the shank. Then did a nifty twist and push that just exposed the tip of the hook. Then had small tool that he could grab the tip and worked it out far enough to grab and pull.

Had swelling and stiffness yesterday. But we had another booking so we fished. No infection. Ice cream therapy is helping. But I don't think I will be able to mow the yard until October.

The best part if there is such a thing: a nurse said "my that's deep, did it hit the bone"? I said, "I don't know, how could I tell"?
This is the best part, she answers, "well did it hurt" - I guess I gave her THAT LOOK, because she said never mind that was a stupid question, lol. Maybe you had to be there. but I found it hilarious.