Is FISHING a full contact sport? Topwater at Bull Shoals Lake gets a visit to the E.R.

Sometimes it’s ok to get help. In this case it was the right choice.

[@davidwilliams1805]

Your a tough guy Mark! Glad you got medical help with this one. Thanks for reminding folks the importance of having a first aid kit on your boat! I felt for ya my man! Keep gettin after em out there! Looking forward to more great content. Hope it heals up quickly!

[@spiritsealed]

7:08 "that happened" 🤣🤣🤣 Glory!

[@eddiecastillo8940]

Damn! that's a simple reminder to respect treble hooks. I try to always land those on the deck till they stop squirming. Or use the net.

[@efrainmarquez2604]

Was looking forward to this video Mark! It happens- it happened to me this spring at Parker with a jerkbait. That shit HURTS!!! The barb was all the way in but not as bad as yours. My wife was my HERO that day...I just couldn't manage to yank the hook with the line....Ha!!!

[@stephansmithoutdoors]

Best wishes for a continued recovery! Congrats on not needing the underwear.. I might have! lol

[@DAVEGRAYFISHING]

Dang that hurt just watching it. Glad your ok and went and got medical attention

[@SonnyPruitt-q1s]

👍

[@jamesshaffer1523]

Alot tougher than me. I woulda been 😢 like a baby.

[@jamesbarron1202]

Ever thought about mashing your barbs down on your practice day baits and only using barbed during tournaments? There’s a KZbin vid of Doug Hannon (The Bass Professor) where he claims you’ll land more bass on a barbless hook which I don’t believe. I’ve only buried the barb once in over 50 years of fishing and I guided. That was on a Heddon Torpedo when I was about 12 years old and that bass put one hook in my thumb and the other in my index finger. Catfish on the other hand have stuck me many times and they have a protein in their fins that cause a lot of bleeding and pain. Bad deal getting hooked with a bass still hooked and flouncing and your by yourself trying to get it off the hook one handed.

[@MarkBlackstock]

Not a horrible idea to crimp the barbs down.

[@keepersleeker]

Well, you have a new personal record out of it at least....

[@58dbeck33]

was wondering but you gotta stop that shit lol

[@bobmustappa6324]

That’s brutal trying with pliers next time use the braid line method it’s works trust me 😬

[@MarkBlackstock]

It does just not this time.

[@BobbyCockerham-j2f]

Your buddy sure not helping you very much!