westwego fishing

[marreromad]

Finally caught a few  fish off the dock.8 cat's some perch (small) lot's of stingray's .One day i'm gonna make some fake scallops with them stingrays .sunday nothing but stingrays.still a good time.

[Choupic]

Congrats on the cats ! Gotta watch those sting rays ! One stuck me in my forearm trying to get it off of a trot line . I think the can actually aim that barb because he got me good , atleast 4 inches went in my arm . Surprisingly it didn't hurt for about an hour , I was trying to finish up running my lines . After about an hour my whole shoulder started aching really bad and made me nervous so I called my wife and told her what happened and I was coming home .

When I got home my wife had a hot hot bath with ebson salt waiting for me . When I got into the tub and dipped my arm under the water the pain stopped immidiately , it was crazy . My wife had looked it up online before I made it home and the hot water kills all the sting rays poison .

I never went to the dr but have a nice lil round reminder (scar) that the sting ray left on me , about a 1 inch round one ! Lol I have a new found respect for them now and I'm a lot more careful hand eking them when I do come into contact with them .

[WestwegoMan]

All I can say is OUCH! Most of the time, I cut the line. Accidents happen real fast.

[Floyd]

I caught one once and the guy I had with me freaked out. I took the boat paddle and held that sucker down on the side of the boat and unhooked it. Never let it in the boat. Then he give me a good lecture about how dangerous they are. Guess I was lucky.

[WestwegoMan]

I have in the past unhooked them. I just don't really care to do it. The paddle is a good idea. As long as that barb under the tail doesn't get you, you are good to go.

But.... and a big but... If that sucka gets ya... I hear a prick from a catfish has nothing on the pain these things can bring upon you. I hope I never find out from experience.

[Choupic]

Actually I was finned by a pound and a half catfish about a month later . The 2 inch barb buried all the way to the hub in my calf ! I came real close to passing out right there in the boat . It was crazy because it hurt way worse than the stingray . Lol

But a stingray IMO can actually strike at you with it's tail like a snake . Atleast that's what that one did me . The barb went through a sweatshirt I had on . Now I'll cut my line or leave it on a trot line till it dies .

[Floyd]

That's what he was telling me, that they can strike like a snake.

[marreromad]

I'm always careful .usually hold them down with something if I can see the hook.if not cut the line.a guy from Lafitte showed me how to hold them by their eyes did it once or twice.don't really like doing that.

[WestwegoMan]

That's what he was telling me, that they can strike like a snake.

Kind of makes me want to have a whole new respect for them now.