The Time I Was Almost Killed By My Co-Angler…
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2022
- Randy describes a close call he had in the tournament with his co-angler..#bassmaster #bassmaster #bassfishing #bass #fishing #fishingtrip #catchandrelease #angler #dangerous
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When I saw the title of this video I was thinking man I gotta hear this Lol
I enter the matrix when a. 1/2oz jig is coming in at 70mph
Randy, if the weight would have hit you in your head the weight would have certainly lost! 😅😅😅
Hound dog lure retriever works wonders
Speaking of getting hooks and jigs hung up, I'm amazed on how many anglers I fish with don't know how to use the "bow string technique" to get a hook unsnagged. You can do it from a distance and get it unsnagged about 80-90% of the time, REGARDLESS of the type of line you use. It works for mono, braid and fluoro and saves time and cost of re-rigging.
Bow string technique? I'm not familiar, but am i right to guess that it's 'plucking' the line like a guitar string to vibrate the lure loose?
I use it all the time, works great.
Lol
I always wear sunglasses when I am out fishing alone or with someone, you just never know when something may come flying back at you and eye protection is always nice to have. Great story and thanks for sharing this advice with us Randy! :)
Loving the hat!!!🤓 cool story 😁 nice video in the outdoor office😀
My fishing partner cousin did the standard yank lure loose from a low bush, and the treble hook stuck in his chin just below the lip....then when he turned his head, the other treble stuck in his shirt, effectively trapping his head completely turned toward his shoulder like a hooked fish. Funniest thing you ever saw, since thankfully wasn't too serious an injury. :)
There was an article in bassmaster magazine years ago with pictures of the x-rays.. A little kid had pulled a 16th ounce worm weight with 20' of mono.... When it came loose it penetrated his arm into the bone.... The doctor quoted in the article said it hit with twice the force of a 22 bullet.. And that was with only 20' of line.... The more line the more stretch means the more velocity.... It can be seriously dangerous with heavier weights heavier line and more distance!!! Always pull with your rod tip in the water.... The lure can't hit you that way...
That's why I have 2 different lure retrievers in the boat. A 20' Telescopic Lure Retriever pole and the E-Z lure Retriever that winds up with chains on the front .
I saw a photo of an X-ray where an angler had a bullet weight just about take his thumb off. Lead was lodged in between his thumb and pointer.
These videos are very interesting, you're a great story-teller Randy! Do you have any stories about fishing in Canada?
I’ve had my share of brushes with death but probably the worst fishing close call was when I was about 15. I was snagging carp on a lake when I reefed back I missed the fish and my treble hook flew past my head and hooked a car driving by at 35 miles an hour. The fishing line zipped across my neck cutting the crap out of me until my line finally broke. Those Volvos have some serious pull to them.
A friend of mine while fishing on Toledo Bend pulled real hard on a hung up plastic bait and the lead sinker penetrated his arm and he ended up at the hospital. The lead weight entered near his elbow and traveled several inches through his forearm muscle before it stopped. So, remember to just cut your line and regroup.
Getting impaled by a treble hook is no fun either! 😢. If you fish a lot, it’s bound to happen to anyone!
It happened to me last month. I had a smallmouth on a jerkbait and it came up out of the water and spit it. It shot back and hit me in the face and the hook buried right below my left eye. I was lucky, I didn't have my glasses on. It could have been really bad. Just a trip to the ER and it was out.
Listen to this young anglers. A friend who has since passed away, lost an eye doing some thing.
Thanks for the tip, I am always getting a stick and wrapping my line around it and pulling my lure free. I never thought about this.
A co angler almost lost his eye at a BFL this year that I fished. His boater did the same thing and the weight shot back and hit the co just below the eye. He had to be sent by helicopter to a hospital a couple hours away.
I love your videos. They are oddly addicting. You're the type of person I would invite to every BBQ. And you seem to share everything.
Thx man
I had a hang up situation, 1/2 oz tungsten, and strictly due to my own stupidity, had a shoot-back direct shot into my right.. ball.. and if it wasn't for baggy shorts, I'd be half the man I used to. I hit the floor of the boat, my body went cold as ice, and I almost immediately was vomiting over the side. I have chills and anxiety just recalling it. Some of us idiots have to learn the hard way. Glad you made it that time!
I remember a time in a tournament where my boater was going head on towards a boat and both of them trying to swerve to avoid but we kept turning towards each other. ended up barely missing them and it scared the living shit out of me.
You just never know what can happen when fishing. I fish by myself 99% of the time. I caught a pretty nice fish a couple of months ago and as I reached with my right hand to take a square bill out, about the same time the fish flopped as I had it by the lip with my left hand and got the treble hook buried in my right thumb. It took me about 15 minutes of feeling green around the gills and trying to figure out what to do before I finally decided to do what I dreaded, which was to get my needle nose and do a scooping motion to force the barbed end out through a new hole in my thumb and then I cut the barb off and brought the remainder of the hook back out the way it went in. A kidney stone is about the only thing I've had that was more painful. Damn that hurt!
Was bank fishing years ago with a crawler, split shot combo and got snagged. It was the classic, zing and slow motion split shot coming at my head till sure enough right between the eyes. No major damage. Just pain and a few choice words.
As soon as I saw this I said I have got to hear this.
Wow, yeah I can relate, ever since getting hooked in the cheek by my cousin I've been REAL careful, I'm always skittish when trying to unsnag, Great video and advice Randy!
I just did that 2 weekends ago with a 3/8 oz finesse jig. It was wrapped over a lil tree branch sticking out of the water. By wrapped I mean it had gone one loop completely around a tiny lil branch that should have just snapped off--- so I was snapping my rod back and forth trying to break the branch and that thing comes shooting straight at me at mach 4.8 from only about 15 ft away. It hit the side of my kayak. hit it so hard, and was such a loud crack, I thought for sure I had just cracked the hull of my boat or put a hole through it. I was lucky cuz it did neither, but I learned a valuable lesson. When Im hung up I normally pull off to the side. I guess this time because it wasn't even really snagged and because I thought for sure It would break the tip off this branch, I just didn't realize how dangerous of a situation I was putting myself in.
I’ve hit myself pretty damn hard a few times with big top water plugs. Not a good time. A lead sinker would be pretty nasty at those speeds. Glad you’re still with us Randy.
Great tip Randy,we have all done it even knowing better. I don't know if they still make the Bullet weight brand but they were particularly deadly, shaped just like a bullet and like you said they would Penetrate the skull.
My dad pulled a worm hook out of tree in the back of the boat it hit me in the nose I had to go see a doctor to get it out lol
Randy,, lets start a no live scoop style tournament circuit. There's more fishing done without it than with it. Tournaments should reflect that
That is why they make Graph Glass! Do not kill your electronics screen!! Set the hook but stay safe if another angler is in the boat! Great video as always!! #RippinLipsInc
I got a chipped front tooth from a 3 16th bullet sinker just trying to shake it out of a lay down.
I keep plenty of plug knockers in the boat. Just get over the bait and drop it down on it and it knocks it loose.
I was fishing a night tourment and got a 3/8 oz worm sinker and hook hung in a bush up on the bank.I pulled on it real hard and when it came out it hit my foot and broke my little toe I fished the rest of the nignt in pain. Went to the dr. next morning..The bone was broke into 3 peicies
I don’t have Facebook how do I get the information to come fishing with you I would love to have some lessons
Seen a guy stick a hook in his leg through his jeans. Buried it to the eye of the hook. It shot out of that bush like a 22 bullet. Would never believe it unless I saw it! Cut the line and start over. Screw that lure or hook.
Once my buddy forgot the downrigger ball behind the boat. He mashed the throttle and the ball came flying out of the water and hit the center console next to him. Hard. In the head it would be the end for sure. Don't leave the downrigger and don't use the wrong line to attach it. He used weed eater line and it caused the ball to shoot back at us. Scary.
I was fishing as a co and my boater hit me with an 1.5oz tungsten hit me in the back. Hurt like a MFr.
Several years ago I was fishing with a guy that had a cracked screen on his graph and I asked him what happened? He said a co-angler had a shaky head hung up and pulled it free when it flew into his graph and cracked the screen. Since then I try to remind co-anglers fishing with me to be careful when they pull on a hung lure. I tell them to just let me know and we'll get close so they can pull safely. Thanks for sharing.
Great lesson! Plus always wear glasses when using trebles....
A surgical picture of a sinker in an anglers arm after he pulled it loose from a snag in a tree that will give a lasting impression
Oh, I’ve heard that sound once or twice.
On the subject of the anglers who cheat. You've probably never heard of one of the best scandals as such in 'Trout' fishing. That happened in May of 2020.
You would not imagine that cheating in trout fly fishing is possible. However, if one listens to Kelly Galloup explain in his fly tying contest from May of 2020. His episode entitled 'Kill the Corona Contest: Winner of the Nymph Category'. It is where Kelly had to explain (sort of like a Tournament Director who was fooled at a weigh-in). Kelly had been completely fooled, and he was very angry. That someone had entered a fly. Which they had really purchased from a maker in Scandinavia. Two trout anglers from Canada, had entered into Kelly's fly tying contest. Claiming it as their own work. If you look at the earlier episode on the selection of the best-made 'streamer' fly. Kelly had earlier sung in praises of this fly. And had chosen it as the winner of it's category. After, he then had to reverse that decision. When the cheating was uncovered. The lure had been sold commercially. It had come from the fly making bench of a commercial maker. Who is the best lure maker in the world. Of that kind of trout lure.
Your right, you never know where the free bait will end up.
I got hit in the back of the head with a half oz Spinnerbait my friend wound up and smack right in the back of head almost went in ..say stars headache knocked me too my knees needless to say he got a hell of a bird's nest lol had to replace his line
Wow. I like to slingshot the bait with slack if I feel the bait about to get hung up before the barbs bury. Comes out much of the time. Pulling straight on the spool can damage your gears too I've had that happen. Big no no
I learned it the hard way, pulled on a half oz jig, broke loose hit me on the bridge of the nose. Broke my glasses in two didn’t knock me out or break my nose, but did have two black eyes and a hell of a headache!!!!!!!
I was fishing as a co-angler in a bfl tournament in 2017 and my boater got his jerkbait hung on a low hanging tree limb...so, instead of taking his time to troll over and get his bait he decided to yank and pull...that jerkbait shot out of the tree with so much force and it hit me right in the stomach. I got extremely lucky I didn't get hit in the face or neck and it was only one hook that stuck me...yeah, I can definitely relate to this story
Mine was like I need to go home cause my wife needs me 2 hour drive to the lake..... let's just say after that we weren't friends
So true
I was in the front of the boat and luckily wearing sunglasses and my buddy cast a big spinnerbait real hard and got a backlash and it came around and hit me right in the middle of the lens on my right eye and cracked it, that's why I will always wear shades fishin.
I thought it would be because you threw his livescope over the side! Haha
I have a friend that lost an eye from exactly what you are talking about.
Also be careful with jerkbaits n treble hooked baits too. Had a friend jerk back hard n bait flew back n put 2 hooks in his hand
To be honest, I was very pro technology until I found your channel. The problem is not so much where it is now, even thought I'll admit, it's taken a lot of the "art" out of the sport. You're exactly right, taken 10 minutes to ponder the "slippery slope" we currently trod, God only knows where it's gonna be in 5 years, let alone 2 decades!
Imagine advanced AI, that uses complex algorithms, that take in data in real time and calculate probability a million times over every second. Now pair this with your reel, that also give you the most likely lure for any given scenario and boat position that control the hook set, retrieval speed, and action for you. Honestly, where's the fun in that?
Yup.,ive had the exact thing happen several times....been hit in the back many times. Had a buddy do the same thing with a crank bait hung in a bush...I saw it coming in 3d and still couldn't get out of the way....the thing stuck right below my kneecap buried to the shank😂🐟🐟🐟 I don't think we ever fished together again 😂
Yeah Randy I have had some close calls just like yours
My buddy got hit by a bullet weight and went 6” into his thigh. He had to have surgery to cut it out. No it wasn’t my weight. The same guy when he was a kid he was swimming at a beach and a run away boat ran thru and the prop went across his back. He almost died on that one. Maybe we should have nicknamed him lucky
Yup!!! I believe it. Amazing it can do that but it damn sure can.
I love story time.
Wonder why he didn’t just tell you he was hung up?
I hit my wife in the side of the head with a tube jig with a 1/8 ounce head on a back cast. It hit her and hooked her just above her temple. She was surprisingly calm as I had to do the braided line trick twice to get it out. Needless to say, it was the end of that trip and she did not fish with me again for a few years. She still reminds me if I ever ask her to go. Just a small bruise, but very scary.
Had a bass throw a jerkbait at the side of the boat right into my face I really dislike treble hooks but what you gonna do
It works the other way around also ; I have been hit by bullet weights by the so called pros ; I have also been almost thrown out of their boats because they were late , trying to make the locks at Toho , or any numerous excuses they had for driving like idiots !
I've taken a couple of football jigs to the back of the skull lol same buddy both times lmao definitely put me on my ass 🤣
I could tell you stories about some s***** Anglers too I used two fish Co Angler back in the early days of Walmart bfl
I bought a nevy anchor one time and the first time I used it it got hung up and I didn't want to lose it so I fired up my boat to see if I could pull it lose well it came lose went air borne and landed 2 foot from me .if it would have hit me in the head no doubt I'd be dead.
Navy anchor
Why do we never hear of people dying from this?
My buddy hit me In the head casting with his Johnny Rat, luckily I have a hard head.
Later that day I set a hook on a bedding fish, and it popped out of its mouth and the jig hit my buddy square in the chest. I think it was Just the day.
Ive hit myself in the junk like that not a good feeling
Aww as hard headed as you are you would of broken the weight. 🤣
All most killed man you can really lay it on thick!! At most you would of lost a eye. lol I dont believe this story. I am done following you but that is no loss. keep on telling those stories tho people eating these stories up like a free lunch.
All come on Randy he was just trying to make it easier for you to swallow that lead weight. That was to give you all an advantage at weigh in ( you would have weighed a little more ) O Waite you weigh the fish not the angler. Lol. In light of what's going on in the fishing community I though this would give you a laugh. I've followed you for years and enjoy all your videos.
Braid won’t do that
Need stretch
I like your videos
Just one thing , your recording volume is always lo .. on my TV I can compensate but on my phone 📱 it is too lo
Just sayin
Your boats that nice and you won’t get live scope ? Lol