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Okay, I think I might be a putz!!

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Shelly

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The other day, the husband and I were down fishing at the river. He caught this big-ash jackfish, and it took the two of us to get him out of the water. I netted him so I could get the hook out. Well, he managed to spit the hook out himself, so I told the husband to let him go. He said no way, because he wanted to show a few people this fish he caught. He said nobody would believe us about how big it was unless they seen it themselves. So, as we were taking the fish to the truck in the net (yes, it took two of us to carry it), the damn thing thrashed, latched on to my hand, and bit me!!! I bled like a stuck pig for half to three quarters of an hour. I kept washing my hand off in the river till it finally quit. But everyone was telling me wash it off in warm salt water to stop the acid from spreading into my hand. I didn't know fish had acid in their mouths, but I guess they do. And the river isn't exactly clean water, either. So, I washed in the salt water, said some words that I can't repeat here because it burned something awful. Then I had to go get a tetanus shot the next day, and a bottle of antibiotics. The nurse that gave me the needle told me in the 40 years she's been giving tetanus shots, I was her first fish bite. Dogs, cats, rabbits, small animals, yes. Fish bites, no. She just about bust a gut laughing about it. So, I've come to the conclusion, I really am a putz! Also, now I'm one of a kind! :-)
 
Per pound that was one expensive fish! Glad you are okay other than some ruffled feathers.
 
Of course this story is too good to keep quiet, so everybody around where you got the shot has heard it.

You're not a putz you are now a good story and a memory.
 
So what about the fish? Are you havin' a fish fry, or havin' it mounted? Sounds like one Bada$$ Billybass to me! :shock: :wink: :lol:
 
Yikes Shelly!Although I don't like Jackfish,if I were you I'd eat and enjoy every piece of that miserable fish,cooked by hubby ,no less.... :wink:



Ya cleaning your hand in the river prob wasn't the best idea.... :P
 
We ate that monster already. Lopped off it's head (which was the size of a football), lopped 8 inches off it's tail, stuffed it, and threw it on the BBQ. There was nine of us there to eat it, and we didn't even eat half of it! There was enough to feed at least twenty people. I was quite surprised at how good it actually was, and the meat was very white. Almost like chicken. My husband is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, which is 69 inches. The fish was 41 inches long with a girth of 19 inches. Yeah, it probably should've been mounted and hung on a wall, but I just don't want to look at a fish on my wall every day. I told him from now on, every one we catch goes back into the water.
 
Shelly- are you talking about a Northern Pike? I assume you're not talking about the ocean Jackfish- and think I've seen where Northerns are called jackfish sometimes- altho around here thats what they call the male Coho Salmon...

I really like both Northern and Walleye filleted- deep fried in a beer batter....Walleyes are the best tho...
My one son in law can cook them as fast as we catch them in his big deep iron skillet- and they just melt in your mouth....
 
Yes I was talking about a Northern Pike. Around here, they are just called jackfish. I'm still waiting for our first Walleye, that one's coming home and into the frying pan.
 
We have a lake here that they have been trying to eradicate the northern pike,poisioned it a couple times,still there.Those are some tough and vicious little suckers,they say there eating all the trout and other fish in the lake that attracts the fishing tourist.I can kind of see how you got bit,there like pirahna's with those big old teeth.
 
Wow..what a story to tell yur grandkids someday..lol and I'm thinking it'll get even better as time goes on..lol So did ya at least take a photo of the fish before ya ate him??? I don't know fish unless they're gold..lol Seems to be the week of crazy accidents you and Soapweed! Think I'll keep my hands in my pockets..lol
 

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