I have wore a few in my day........

One particular story comes to mind.......my friend and i were drifting a small river, creek actually (Hell creek in Michigan), and catching smallies and rock bass. Our mode of transportation was tubes which I have always enjoyed fishing out of. My pal was always lagging behind fishing various brush piles. Before I knew it he was right behind me and I deposited a white feathered Mepps spinner perfectly in his lower ear lobe. It was a quite an adornment and looked for all the world like an earring. We could not get it out and we continued the day with his new fashion statement.

Here is a vid on hook removal. All I can say is I would need some "compensation" to do what this guy is doing.
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Perhaps there is a difference between removing the octopus style hooks and straight "J" style hooks. I ended up with a 7/0 J in my palm thanks to some idiot who left them hanging from a light fixture on an offshore boat. The boat rocked, I reached out to steady myself and ended up with it in my palm. When I inquired as to "what idiot" hung the hooks no one would fess up (coward)........long story short one of the guys used the line trick and it worked like a charm. It was definitely NOT a hook we were going to be able to push through.