Stingray Vs Foot
Got lucky on Friday. Playing on the back of Garden island on Friday and taking advantage of a high tide to get into some places i havent been before.
Anchor in, turned motor off and some alarms sounded (very strange) but jumped off the back to put in a stern anchor. Tried to lift motor - nothing. Tried to start - nothing.. Shit.
We were in a spot that was good for 10 minutes but in a very difficult spot if we had to be towed out so on go the flippers and mask and i swam the boat into a safer spot. Not after the anchor got stuck under a rock, and then the rope around the same rock.... Pulled the battery out and thankfully it was just a loose connection so she fired up straight away. Anchor up and back onto the beach. Carried the kids in then on the way to take my booties off and carry the wife in, i copped an electrified nail to the top of my foot.
Jumping around like a moron, the wife says "oh, look at the stingray". "Yep, it got me". She didnt believe me but yeah it got me twice. Thankfully it was dinner plate sized and i was wearing my dive boots still and they took a most of the punch off it.
Back on the boat and we putted out to get reception where i called health direct to find out what to do.
The biggest risks are the location of the sting, and allergic reaction.
Thankfully, it was a small ray, i was wearing booties and due to a combination of the two, all i got was two puncture marks and no venom still, there was some heavy duty anxiety.
So, long story short, if you ever have an interaction - hot water soothes the venom if you are unlucky enough to cop a hit and allertic reaction is a real possability so moniter your breathing (itchy mouth/throat) etc.
Brock O
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Lucky there swompa, bigger
Lucky there swompa, bigger model wouldn't have tickled.
The rope around rock and motor issue sounds like a normal trip out for me.
still trying
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Thanks for the info I keep
Thanks for the info I keep trying to tell my misses to leave the big stingrays alone at herring Bay there but she doesn't listen always wants to pat them.
rather be fishing
NORUN NOFUN
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Date Joined: 15/08/11
Good info, heard some
Good info, heard some terrible stories with stone fish and people putting their feet in near boiling water to get relief.
davewillo
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Date Joined: 08/09/16
Unlucky but lucky Swompa!
Unlucky but lucky Swompa! Glad you didn't get a bad one as a mate of mine did and he said it was excruciating.
PGFC member and lure tragic
Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
Counting your lucky stars
Counting your lucky stars there in the end . Could have been a whole lot worse . A mate years ago had one go through the tendon at the back of the ankle and broke off .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Markie
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Date Joined: 06/08/10
I spent most of new yrs day
I spent most of new yrs day a few yrs back adding boiling water to a tub to soothe the pain. Intense pain
Jim
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Date Joined: 05/05/06
got off lucky! my mate got
got off lucky! my mate got stung right into his knee joint while surfing. Poor buggar, we were just laughing at him cause we didnt really know the pain of it. You have to sort your batteries, if i remember youve had few battery issues pop up!
Bend over
Swompa
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Date Joined: 14/10/12
Good memory. I put a 12v
Good memory. I put a 12v compressor onto the terminals last weekend and must have knocked the wing nut. Battery is good, just the muppet on the helm isn't.
Jackfrost80
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Date Joined: 07/05/12
Yeah. Nah. Feck that. I've
Yeah. Nah. Feck that. I've been done by a cobbler when was around 13 and that was a day of hell, can't imagine being done by a ray
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
clayd
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Date Joined: 07/12/15
I got one to the top of my
I got one to the top of my foot last year. Puncture wound bled non-stop for a good hour. Foot swelled up, pain was bad but not chop-off my foot bad. The hot water thing really does work. Need to get a tetanus shot and clean the puncture wound. Biggest risk is infection.