Be VERY careful !

[Robert Haynes]

I come down once a year and before the week is over I cannot hardly close my hands without extreme pain. I don't know if you guys are tougher or you just get used to it but I can't imagine having cut up hands like that all year long. I have learned to literally soak my hands in peroxide at night when it gets bad, put antibiotic ointment over entire hands and pull plastic gloves over. Makes me feel like a sissy but hands feel much better the next day.

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by Robert Haynes

I come down once a year and before the week is over I cannot hardly close my hands without extreme pain. I don't know if you guys are tougher or you just get used to it but I can't imagine having cut up hands like that all year long. I have learned to literally soak my hands in peroxide at night when it gets bad, put antibiotic ointment over entire hands and pull plastic gloves over. Makes me feel like a sissy but hands feel much better the next day.

That used to happen to me. But as the years have gone on, I've improved my handling of bait and fish so I almost never get those cuts any more.

At some point you should learn where all the pokey parts are and learn to avoid touching them.

[Robert Haynes]

Originally Posted by MathGeek

That used to happen to me. But as the years have gone on, I've improved my handling of bait and fish so I almost never get those cuts any more.

At some point you should learn where all the pokey parts are and learn to avoid touching them.

Actually, I'm getting better and more careful. Now if I can only learn not to pull that braid so tight when re-tying in the heat of the moment. Nothing hurts like braid going thru your flesh!

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by Robert Haynes

Actually, I'm getting better and more careful. Now if I can only learn not to pull that braid so tight when re-tying in the heat of the moment. Nothing hurts like braid going thru your flesh!

Thanks for bringing up the braid issue. I often have to remind passengers in my boat to keep their fingers out of the braid when the bull reds are making a run.

When surf fishing, I also wrap my trigger finger in duct tape when casting with spinning reels. Without the tape, the braid can really chew up one's index finger as the day goes on.