Long Island, New York
Well, we all joke about it, but really, not much funny about taking 3 ounces in the grill. Especially when it lodges into your brain from your face.
Original story brought to you from Long Island New York.
MAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY LEAD FISHING WEIGHT
MELVILLE, N.Y. — A man fishing off Long Island is dead after a 3-ounce lead fishing weight attached to his pole struck him in the face and dug into his brain.
Relatives and a physician say Roosevelt resident Jaime (Hai-MEH) Chicas (CHEEK-ahs) died Tuesday from severe head trauma and herniation.
A neurologist at Nassau University Medical Center says the lead weight from Chicas’ fishing pole hit with “so much force that it kept going” and lodged in the back of his head.
Relatives say the 21-year-old was fishing with his brother-in-law and cousin at the west end of Jones Beach Friday when the accident happened.
Lead sinkers are commonly used by fishermen to sink lures more rapidly.
Now, that is some bizarre fishing news from the Associated Press, NY.~Can you imagine what one of our 8ouncers would do to a head?
H3llcat
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I did a little more digging on line….and it appears this guy got hung up…..leaned back on his snagged outfit…and the lead shot up, hit him in the eye, when through his eye and stopped at his brain. Dead instantly.
What did we learn from this? Cut your freaking line when you are hung up.
My goodness.
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h3l
AMEN!!!! I can’t imagine what this guy would have looked like with a bank sturgeon outfit (8oz +) shooting back through his dome. Can you say “Faces of Death part 47”? This does make us all ask ourselves the question… “is taking lead to the grill worth the $.58 that i will save”? The answer to that question is always NO.
As Big Burge has always said, “SAFTEY NEVER TAKES A BREAK”. That rings so true here wouldn’t you say?
Fly fishing saves lives!
Nook
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LOL….ha ha ha …..You fly guys are hilarious.
h3l
I thought I’d take a shot… 🙂
all I can think to say is ouch