ever been stabbed by a RAY?????

stoned-trout · Oct 2, 2015

well after around 40 years of catching rays..it finally happened ,,a big dinner plate sized body one got me in my wrist in the fleshy soft part of my wrist...it was in a mess of seaweed and got me as I was untangling/unhooking it......all I can say is I am glad it was a small one that finally got me not one of the huge ones I get....I plan on eating the next one to get even...lol.....6 hours of horrible pain worse than my 2 cracked ribs easily....hot water soaks and booze,, painkillers.... I get steve irwinned....people had told me about it and showed me scars ...their description didn't do the pain justice...them stingers have barbs and some kind of shit like a bee sting on steroids......yeehaw..........

trichrider · Oct 2, 2015

no.

but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night....

Betterhaff · Oct 2, 2015

My cousin stepped on one and got spiked in the foot. He was in agony for a day or so. He also got a wicked infection. Make sure you keep an eye on it and use some antibiotic ointments.

Vash · Oct 2, 2015

Goddamn.....I'll just cut the line at the hook. Fuck it. :noway:

Thanks for the 4-1-1.

Babbabud · Oct 2, 2015

stepped on one between the seal beach jetties way back when the powerplant was right there in town and water was super warm ... got a bad infection and drug my foot around like a watermelon for a cpl weeks. good luck

Crusader Rabbit · Oct 2, 2015

Whoa, never been stung. Happy to learn from your mistakes though. Hope you get better with no complications.

stoned-trout · Oct 2, 2015

ya ...I got longer fishing pliers now and a gaff and new net....I hope I don't get infection either....most pain I have felt in a long time...made me forget all about my cracked ribs...yeehaw....next one gets bopped on the head and cooked...I have never eaten one but have been told by friends they are good..even made to look like scallops with a cookie cutter and sold to idiots who don't know better in some shady restraunts....the fish won that round...next time its my turn

stoned-trout · Oct 2, 2015

trichrider said:
no.

but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night....

did you wake up smelling like fish?????

trichrider · Oct 2, 2015

no.
your ex wasn't working last night....

Weird · Oct 2, 2015

no but been spiked by sizable spiny dogfish, fucker hurt lol

Capt.Ahab · Oct 2, 2015

Soak the wound in water as hot as you can stand it.
Make sure no barbs are in there.
Smoke lots of weed and take a Tylenol or two.
Watch for signs of infection.

stoned-trout · Oct 2, 2015

thanks all..the hot water made it a lot more bearable less painfull......so far my return to ocean fishing aint been so good...cracked 2 ribs falling on jetty,stabbed by baby ray...ooh this is gonna be a fun season...the warm water is making all kinds of fish/sharks more easily available closer to shore....some records set this year here in san diego...yeehaw

Crusader Rabbit · Oct 3, 2015

stoned-trout said:
ya ...I got longer fishing pliers now and a gaff and new net....

Harbor Freight used to sell really long hemostats. Don't know if they still carry them, but they were awesome.

edit; Also, check out their long needlenose. Actually, Home Depot was carrying super long pliers with a double hinge action, that handle especially well.

stoned-trout · Oct 23, 2015

healed fine..itches a bit now and then ..no infection....gonna eat one soon and keep the stabby part as a necklace lol...yeehaw

rod58 · Oct 23, 2015

been stabbed twice in the back of my hand , once was from a cobbler but they all hurt the same ..stinking hot water on it is the best ...hot as you can stand ! went to the hospital first time and they gave me this advice and sent me home ,...gotta just wait it out ..hurts like feck ...lol.

armedoldhippy · Oct 23, 2015

tromped on one body surfing years ago, split the bottom of my foot open when it took off. screw that, i no longer body surf...

stoned-trout · Nov 13, 2015

been catching shitload of rays the last month...getting tired of them stabby bitches...the new long pliers,gaff and net work great...yeehaw

944s2 · Nov 13, 2015

Hey stoned,,,glad to hear your ok mate ,,,
I think it was a ray that killed steve Irwin. The croc man,,,only jellyfish that give you a nasty sting in the uk, S2

stoned-trout · Nov 13, 2015

it was a bat ray I think that got me and it has barbs on its stabby part and some kind of toxin that hurts like hell....the ray that got him was way bigger like I usually catch off the jetty here....we got jelly fish here too...they aint shit compared..even the Portuguese man of war doesn't hurt as bad as that ray did..yeehaw..don't pee on me man...lol

944s2 · Nov 14, 2015

Lol,lol,,yeah I remember some Nicole Kidman film where she pisses on the young dude who had been stung!,,,,s2

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