The Atlantic Ocean was flat as Wyatt’s 16 ft. Carolina Skiff gently rocked side to side just south of the Jupiter Inlet. The air was surprisingly still and quiet, broken up by an osprey scouting the shoreline for its next meal. I had just switched sides of the skiff and with fishing rod in hand threw my Heddon Lure
Fast forward about a tenth of a second, Wyatt lets out a subtle warning, “Bart, whatever you do, do not move your fishing rod.”
At first glance I couldn’t quite fathom why my lure was impaled in Wyatt’s leg and not 50 feet from the boat enticing game fish. Quickly I replayed my disastrous cast in my head and explained it away as my leader line snagging on the last eyelet of the rod, creating a combo sling shot boomerang impaling device.
I stated what any good friend would in a situation like this, “Does this mean you’re not buying lunch this afternoon?”
As the boat rocked side to side, I surveyed the situation and strategically cut the hooks with wire cutters leaving the round of the hooks and the barbs deep in his leg. At that point I told him that he had body piercings that any middle aged wife would be proud of.
Wyatt grabs the Leatherman
As luck would have it, Wyatt and I continued to fish. Wyatt mentioned that the “Lure Incident” has made it into his top five most unusual injuries. The new list is as follows:
#5. Bart impaling my leg with lure
#4. Golf ball to the “nuts” courtesy of a 4 iron and a ricochet from a cement bridge.
#3. Horseshoe Crab Tail through my foot.
#2. Blue fish biting through my finger.
#1. Nail gun through my lower lip
Note on Wyatt, due to the recent downturn in the financial markets, Wyatt will not be heading north to Minot for the winter. He will be staying the winter in Okeechobee County as a hunting and fishing guide.
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