Originally Posted by DigitalDan




I didn't think so. RULE #1: DON'T YOU EVER, EVER, EVER, GIG A COTTONMOUTH AND BRING IT ON BOARD. EVER.

Ask me how I know.


DD,

Ever seen someone with a stingray barb firmly planted in their calf after they gigged what they thought was a flounder? My Dad, my Uncle, my brother and Myself were about 1/2 around the big sandbar/peninsula at San Luis Pass that was our flounder hunting grounds when we came upon a guy moaning and rocking back and forth. He had a bloody handkerchief securing a Stingray barb in place in his calf. The barb made it through his rubber boot and then into his calf. He'd gigged it and it knocked the schit out of him. I was only 8, but that remains a very vivid memory and a learning experience. Obviously, this was before cell phones or marine radios in 10' John boats. That poor bastard was in some serious pain. My Dad left him with several beers and promised to leave word at the marina when we finished our run.