Originally Posted by JeffB

I know the feeling. Last Sunday I was trying to help out this guy with a shark he had caught, about a 5' soupfin. Oh, that guy was you! Well at the time being I had a hold of the shark's tail and trying to get kelp off of the line. At some point in time I felt a pressure below my right hand, about the same time I felt a pressure, you said "I think I hooked him in the tail"! My reply, "yeah I think the hook is in my hand". Your reply, "I have on an iron"!!! "Damn" was one of few select words processing through my mind, oh and the fact I need to either get the hook out of the shark or me in a hurry. After about a minute the hook finally ripped out. At first it was just a big hole with worm looking things at the base of it , then came the blood ...

Once I landed at the shores, went straight to the VA hospital and spent 7 1/2hrs in the emergency room waiting to get stitched up. Stuck got broken into Wed, so yes you and my buddy are correct. "No good deed goes unpunished"!