always be carefull when casting heavy poppers...

[Johan de Vlieger]

Owner ST66 WITH barb and no heavy pliers around...

[Chuen Fan]

Ouch..!! There's a good reason why you should fish barbless hooks, and even more reason to have a few choice words to anyone that casts recklessly, one incident like this spoils the whole trip!

[Nathan Cefai]

Painfull mate 

[Peter Agapiou]

Thats what eyes are for !

[Milton Mao]

Thank god it is not st76.  hope you get better.

[Mark Harris]

Yet more evidence for debarbed hooks. Carry a diamond file or heavy pliers at all times.

That looks very painful and I hope you or your mate is OK.

[Bernie Keys]

Ever tried to cut out a treble to get past the barbs? I did and taught me 2 things:

1/. Fishing knives can be sharp but because of what we use them for they are also very dirty. (would you eat with one...) 
2/. Human skin/flesh is surprisingly tough so I added a clean scalpel to the fishing kit 

[Alex Jordan]

will second Bernies comment - scalpel and butterfly stitches in a first aid kit ...

Fished a small boat in April and Dave Foyle came up with the idea of rotation casting and keeping the popper OUTSIDE the boat at all times - bit awkward but safety comes first ...

[Cam Foley]

Leave it there and Cary on fishing, no big deal people get piercings all the time.