My better half and I were looking for new lake to do a bit of bass fishing. We went to Lake Cornelia to have a look.
After looking around I decided to try out my new rod and cast a crank a bit.
About the second cast I hooked a nice bass, not a whopper but maybe 3 pounds or so.
Not having a net a young man fishing there asked if I needed help in getting this fish in the rocky shore.
Long story short, the young man got it, held it up for me, and that is when things went to h*** in a hand basket as the saying goes.
The lure in the fish’s mouth was floater-diver Rapala, the fish made some wiggles and I wound up with one hook of the back treble buried in my idex finger.
There I was wearing the lure attached to my finger with the fish still firmly hooked YET.
This young man got his grandpa to help, and then another gentleman pitched in and to a pair or side cutters to cut the hook loose from the lure.
Before all this try as I might, I could not pull out the hook or push it thru, it was really buried in my finger.
Long story short, it was off to the hospital with part of the hook sticking out.
After a couple of shots of deadner the dock pulled the hook out and showed it to me.
The fish was released back in the lake, and I learned not to try to grab a bass by the lower jaw with the lure still stuck in it’s face.
It was a nice fish, fun to catch the fighter, but the fun was short lived when I found myself wearing the Rapala on my nose picking finger.
It was educational, but made me feel kinda dumb after it was all said and done. 
Thanks for reading my tale of woe.
Iowa Roger aka The Iowa Farm Boy
I managed to move the hook around enough to unhook the tendon and pop the lure back out of my hand. 
Very scary potentially losing 1 day fishing in Canada….. 
