Fishing with my daughter and grandson night before last - had a nice evening catching a ‘baby shark’ (smoothhound), a few dogs, a spider crab and a tub gurnard (first time he’d seen one) - just putting the rods away when for the first time ever I got myself hooked past the barb - it hurts!
So I got the pliers with the idea of pushing the hook through and snipping off the end. No chance - couldn’t get anywhere near cutting though the hook, so had to bandage the hook against my thumb so I could get on with the business of getting us home.
Daughter not impressed with having to haul anchor! But she managed well and on the way home, we called at the fire station to get the hook cut through (benefits of a close community) - it didn’t half hurt to push it though past the barb before it could be cut.
So today, pressie from Amazon arrives courtesy of my daughter - nice pair of decent snips!
Moral of the story - whatever you have onboard to cut through hooks, check it does the job before needed in anger - and if you haven’t got a first aid kit on board, get one - I was very glad of it - without it, an uncomfortable journey home (as luck would have it we weren’t far away) would have instead been a painful journey home!