getting stabbed by dorsal fin spike

[SBASS1]

bleach it you'll be fine

[FishermanTim]

I've been lucky that I don't get spined......of course I don't catch fish either, but that's not important.

Seriously, if you remove the spine, flush the puncture with water or even just squeeze it so that it bleeds a little, you can clean out most infectious material.
Most cases of infection and blood poisoning occur when the wound is not treated properly from the start.

I haven't had the fortune of having a large hook find its mark on me, but I did have a size 8 treble hook find my pinky this spring.
Damn, that hook was sharp. Buried up to the bend!
I did a little field surgery (pliers and quick yank) and I was free!
I did remember to press the hook down to allow the barb to come out more easily, and I pack a first aid kit and after a couple of bandaids and some neosporin I was good to go.

Isn't it funny how we remember how to do things, like remove a hook, even if it hasn't been needed in decades?

[bloocrab]

Got stabbed in the leg as well.

Got a tetanus shot just in case.

Healed fine though.

[Backbeach Jake]

Mine are the through the boot , too. Most times I don't feel a thing . I know when I see a spot of blood on my sock.

[Finaddict]

I have been spiked a few times, but no real issues, albeit once my hand swelled the the size of a softball in the soft tissue around the thumb.

A fishing buddy of mine down in Florida, when I lived down there - he got a catfish spine broke off into his finger while we were in the Everglades ... he is a dentist ... his finger swelled up so much that he couldn't bend it and it started to interfere with his work, so his father who is a dentist as well, and a fisherman, runs the practice that my friend is in ... his dad sat him down and cut open his finger to remove it, stitched it up and sent him back to work. No anesthesia or anything.