A simple solution for preventing accidental hook injury

As most anyone who fishes knows, treble hooks, although very useful on your plugs, are also one of the major sources of accidental injury when fishing. I have tried various methods of securing my topwater (and other) plugs to avoid entanglement when underway, either in my truck, on the kayak, or in a boat without a lot of success. My most successful recent attempt along these lines was to use a coil of One-Wrap Velcro tape. I purchased mine at Lowe’s, as I recall, but you can also get similar Velcro tape at HD, West Marine, BoatUS, etc.



This tape wraps back on itself, and works perfectly to secure plugs to the rod itself, and to prevent the hooks from flailing around when underway. They also prevent the common problem of your trebles getting tangled with your other hooks/lures when 2 or more rods are adjacent to one another in your vehicle, or on a boat. Depending on the size of your plugs and hooks, a 4-6 inch length of the ¾ inch wide tape should be sufficient to secure a ChugBug or similar topwater plug. The only potential problem with this setup is losing the loose Velcro strips, but a 9 or 12 foot roll of tape will last you quite a while.



All that is required is to then fold the tape back on itself for a nice secure wrap.



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Very nice.....thanks for the tip.

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Roger
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I would like to see a solution for preventing accidental (multiple) hook irritations, jabs, & stabs from my sabiki.

Ahh yes--Sabikis! If you get that one figured out, let us all know. I have thought about using small pieces of cork on each one, but haven't gotten around to trying that yet.

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Get a sabiki rod:

For the Sabikis try pipe insulation type foam cut up into small blocks/cubes & pop them off when you get to your fishing spot.

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The futures Bright its Blue & White

I usually dont have a problem with the sabiki until I reel up a couple of mac's on it shaking like crazy. grab one, the other one is trying to make a break for it flipping all those other hooks around. Usually after I get the bait unpinned I spend the next few minutes unhooking myself.

Yea Joe—none of the ideas here can really do much for you when you are trying to bring in a wildly flapping fish. However, there are a number of fishing gloves on the market now that protect your hands against hooks, teeth, and knife cuts (while filleting fish). Now, I have not tried any of these products as yet, but plan to.



Here are a couple of links. If any of you have found a set of these gloves that are light weight, hook resistant, and slime proof (and maybe even warm!), speak up.

http://www.tackledirect.com/afw-sea-grip-gloves.html

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/News/glacie ... 11106.html

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Pinch the Barbs closed on the sabiki, the macs come off much easier, and with less damage.

They can be removed from your arms easier too.

ln regards to your sabiki multable bait hooks: for your truck or your boat. Simply use a piece of PVC pipe a little longer than your rod is from in front of the reel to a little past the tip, on one end a small bungie attached to each side of the opening, now with your sabiki rig tied onto main line you simply wrap the sinker end around the handle of the reel a couple of times insert your rod tip into PVC PIPE then using the small bungie over the reel to hold the rod in place, your set. This works great, prevents those horrible snags, and PAIN and broken hooks. hope this helps. JIM

speaking of hook removal. The link below is from an article in GAFF magazine and has helped me remove embedded hooks on several ocassions. Hopefully, you won't need it, but it's always best to be prepared.

http://www.fcka.net/phpbb3/viewtopic.ph ... ok+removal

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"i said flotation is groovy and easy. Even a jellyfish would agree to that." - jimi

Hey guys, new to the board - I always take the barbs down on any hook. Better for me, always comes out a lot easier...and better for the fish - I always CPR....if I lose him before he gets to the net, all the better. I carried a bunch of kids fishing once and the smartest thing I did was file the barbs before I handed them their gear. Get hooked good just once and you'll become a barbinator.

I get those bait wraps from eye surrender. But your idea looks more affordable and I would keep those on my rods so I don't lose them like the bait wraps.

Holy cow...you'd have to be a sadist to try that on yourself!!!