They look at you funny and ask alot of questions, in the emergency room, when you have to get a fishing hook removed from your thumb in the middle of  January! Happy and safe Ice Fishing!

JFord, allow myself to repeat a few words of wisdom spoken yrs ago by a grizzled old timer..."TRY to avoid that next time!" And am confident there is a VERY interesting story how that came to be...feel free to entertain us at your convienance, and "Merry Christmas!"

lmao, i bet there is a funny story behind it lowel. whats sad is i understand the strange ? thing thou, because i been there and done that.

I had my oldest 2 out on our pond out back, one of them let a gill swallow a jig. We went in to get pliers and tie on a new jig, I was cinching the knot down to the jig, had some extra line out and my youngest came running through the room and got his foot caught in the line burying the jig in my thumb. After getting him untangled and calming down, I tried pushing it the rest of the way through, but it wouldn't go. On to the emergency room trying to explain to a bunch of people who don't fish why a fishing hook in the middle of winter. Wont forget that one! Safe fishing everyone.

Don`t feel alone, afew (relatively) honest types will admit to self imposed body piercings over the yrs. 1 of the best was a gentleman whom was tossing a hot n` tot in the Marina at CJ, 15 or so yrs ago, he gets a GOOD strike, plays it and horses it over the cement wall, saying "It`s a NICE bass!" My cousin who was 30` away saw the glowing eyes and white spot on the lower tail lobe and said "That`s a walleye" Our fearless hero proceeds to reply "I KNOW it`s a largemouth!" and promptly puts the "ole lip lock" on the  "tooth fairy". At the same time, the walleye violently shook it`s head and ending up returning the favor and hooked HIM. To make a long story longer, he yelled bloody murder and promptly dove on the fish with both knees and screamed "HELP!! HELP!!!" We unhooked the fish, cut the line and managed to cut the ringlet free; the treble hook was buried in his fore finger knuckle and needed more help than we were willing to give. The "tooth fairy" also apparently sliced this thumb nail CLEANLY in half to the bone...OUCH! Do try to AVOID putting the "ole lip lock" on the "tooth fairy"!!!