Protective Eyewear is a Must When Fishin'

[woody]

Hey Gang,

I had a very close call yesterday while trying to land a fish. I normally wear sunglasses to protect my eyes from the sun, but I never thought to use them to protect my eyes from flying objects. Such as your lures sling shotting back at your face at warp speed!

My bandit 100 narrowly missed my left eye, when it came unbuttoned at point blank range. It POPPED me just above my left eye, somehow my eyebrow kept the hooks from penetrating. Thank God!

Please be careful Gang, and wear your Eye Protection.


~Mark

[nofearengineer]

Wow, glad to hear you're still looking at the world in stereo, Woody. Be careful out there! In fact, I would recommend you stop trying to catch fish altogether if it's going to put your eyes at risk!

My eyes have been completely safe this month LOL.

[woody]

I'll be wearing them from now on, that's for sure!


~Mark

[WaffleJaw]

yea those are scary....especially when missing a hook up in shallow water.
thats why i wear my hat low,even if im wearing my shades.....which i usually am.


we dont need any pirates on the lakes.

[JB]

we had a guy in a rocky fork lake tourney that busted a fish off at the boat on a texas rig worm and the bullet sinker went up his nose, he went to the ER and they pulled it out, he came back to finish.

[Raul]

You can end up like this if you don´t wear glasses:

[Bender]

What kind of lure is that, a whizbang?

[nofearengineer]

Geezus...Raul...I'm scarred for life after seeing that picture. Not my eyes, but my brain...

[WaffleJaw]

jesus!!!......he needs to change those trebles!!!....those are way to rusted!!

[nofearengineer]

I just thought of something. I would bet a large proportion of people in that guy's situation are the victim of someone else's fish hooks. If someone did that to me...I might have to kill them. I did smack Woody in the leg with one of my cranks though (not full force...just a casual flip), so even the careful fisherman can goof up.

[fishen green]

jeepers that gives you the creepers I guess it's better to be hooked on bass fishin than by a bass hook

[Raul]

Originally Posted by nofearengineer

I just thought of something. I would bet a large proportion of people in that guy's situation are the victim of someone else's fish hooks. If someone did that to me...I might have to kill them. I did smack Woody in the leg with one of my cranks though (not full force...just a casual flip), so even the careful fisherman can goof up.

Just ask me, many years ago I went fishing with a friend and his then 8 years old son, the kid was fishing with a spincast reel, made a sidearm cast, the line suddenly stopped flowing from the reel and the bait ( a crank ) came flying in a half circle just to slam me on the face, struck my glasses and ended up hooked on my right ear and corner of the my mouth. If it weren´t for the glasses I could have ended with the bait hooked in my eye.

[keithdog]

Your gonna put you eye out kid!!! Thats why I always wear a full face welders mask with shield when fishin. Just kiddin, but you got me thinkin about it, lol. Lucky for me I've worn glasses my whole life.

[nofearengineer]

I'm gonna go look on ebay for a full suit of medieval armor right now....



God help you if you fall out of the boat....

[MallenManson]

Peerless H Price, that pic was nasty!!!!!
I pretty much always have my polarized shades on when I'm fishing, but there is the occasion every now and then when I forget them. Lately though, I've been stowing them in a pouch on my tackle bag.
Hook in the eye is a serious problem, especially when you consider just how fast an eye heals. By the time that guy got to the hospital, I'm willing to bet his eye was already healing around the hook. So he got double-diddled

[Backwater Charlie]

OMG! That f'n picture was gross! Hey, I see some of these Renegade polarized sunglasses at Wal-Mart all the time. Would it be better to have a pair of cheap polarized glasses, than no glasses at all?

[Captmikestarrett]

I get beat / hooked / pegged and abused in 19 years of guiding. I have glasses on all the time. I have clear ones for night fishing. I also suggest those nice ball caps be replaced with a wire brim hat.

Hooks and cateracts in your future for not wearing sun glasses.

Capt Mike

PS The lure is a Super Duper Spoon

[RandyHolt]

I always use sunglasses even at dusk and on the cloudiest of days. I need to get some clears for night fishing. I venture to say night fishing with all your buddies packed on a boat is the most dangerous. My buddy hooked his own chin the other day. I told him to push it through and he did. Those damn barbs dont leave you many options.

[wargoth]

Originally Posted by Backwater Charlie

OMG! That f'n picture was gross! Hey, I see some of these Renegade polarized sunglasses at Wal-Mart all the time. Would it be better to have a pair of cheap polarized glasses, than no glasses at all?

I actually have some of them cheap Renegades Charlie, and gotta say, they aren't bad at all. About all your are really gonna get out of more expensive ones are more scratch resistant lenses, and perhaps more comfortable frames. The polarization on them is pretty dang good actually.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by wargoth

I actually have some of them cheap Renegades Charlie, and gotta say, they aren't bad at all. About all your are really gonna get out of more expensive ones are more scratch resistant lenses, and perhaps more comfortable frames. The polarization on them is pretty dang good actually.

I had a pair of Berkley's from WalMart, that were 12 or 13 bucks. Really liked em but lost em. Have a $5 pair now cuz I convinced myself I'd run across the others sooner or later. Nope