A number of years ago I was wet wading the Kish. Fishing a Big O crankbait, I had a 12 inch smallie swim between my legs and stick one of the trebles in my thigh. I reached down to grab the fish and stuck another hook in my finger, ouch! Finally managed to get my finger loose and the fish released. Still had the hook buried in my thigh though. It's amazing how elastic skin is! I used my pliers to push the hook and thumb and finger to push my skin over point of the hook before it broke thru the skin so I could cut the hook below the barb. Quite the ordeal!!