Fish Stories

The fish around the docks are a big hit with people.  Especially the little kids who like to fish.  Too bad for them it is illegal to fish on the docks.  I am constantly telling people they can use their hands, toes, nets whatever they can think of, but they can't use fishing poles and hooks.  Unfortunatley for this little boy he didn't listen to us and he got a fish hook stuck in his hand.

(sorry about the quality of pictures, they were taken on my phone and the light was terrible but I didn't want to ask the poor little boy to move so we could get better pictures)

That's Coley working on the fish hook. And those are my cute pink pliers!

He was fishing with a Rapala fish hook and they have hooks on both ends.  He was so excited to catch a fish that he reached down to pull it out and he got one side of the hook stuck in his hand.  Usually when you hook yourself you push the barbed end of the hook through the skin and cut of the barb and pull out the rest of the hook.  Well this little kid got the hook stuck in the meaty part of his palm and it was pretty deep.  We decided we didn't wan to damage anything so we suggested his dad take him to instant care just down the street. Before we could throw the fish back in the water, he asked if he could get a picture with it. 

Notice the happy smile even though the fish hook is still embedded in his flesh.

The best part of this whole ordeal was when they were getting ready to leave the docks. The dad looked at his son very seriously and then asked:
Dad: Son I have a very big favor to ask you!
Son: What dad?
Dad: So when mom see's this she is going to FREAK out! So I need you to calm her down and tell her it's not as bad as it looks and it doesn't hurt.   Can you do that for me?!
The little boy sighed and put on a brave face and said: " Sure Dad, I can do that for you!"