Wading/Vibrio

[BOI]

Want to wadefish W Bay Sat AM but scared of Vibrio. Have fresh skinned knee from bike fall. Guess I could coat knee scrape with Vaseline for protection. Any better ideas? Any reported Vibrio cases this year?

[Reef Drifter]

cover it in superglue, thats nasty stuff fishinfreak got it on my boat last year when a hardhead got him through the hand

[BOI]

Thanks drifter - thats a better idea.

[JFD94]

If you have waders, wear them. I know it's warmer, but the mild discomfort is way better than getting that stuff in ya.

[BOI]

Thanks JD. That was so obvious I didn't even think of it. Have some of the breathable types - will use. Better hot than dead.

[Russ757]

My cousin actually used foot in waders ove memorial day when he forgot his boots. He says he wasnt even hot, id go that route

[BOI]

Yes. Thats what I did. Wasn't that hot and skinned knee was well protected. Caught a few small throwbacks. Thanks to all for your advice.

[FlatoutFishin]

I wade naked!

[corndog]

The Legend got it last year fishing in a boat!! Skinned him from wrist to elbow. 50 years of fishing ya never know

[FISHINFREAK]

Yeah my hand swell up like a balloon and hurtvlike hell for weeks. Be careful out there it ain't no joke and then work them needles around the infected area hurts like a sob too !

[single prong]

I no longer can wade fish since I'm a dual transplant patient (kidney/pancreas 89) and immuno-suppressed. Any infection is bad for me and if I were to get vibrio, there would be no saving me. Had to give up eating raw oysters back at the same time I was transplanted too, miss them, but it's not worth risking my life on a possible oyster that has the bacteria.

[BOI]

Sorry about this Single Prong. All is not lost - enjoy boat/bank fishing and eating fish/shrimp!

[Hogie70]

I have a better idea, stay at home the vibrio is at a all time high in the bay system... LMAO come on dude don't be skeart...

[JFD94]

Sorry to hear that. At least there's plenty of other ways to fish around here!

[Dawg]

When I was in the hospital several years back there was a guy across the hall from my room that had it covering 90% of his body. The nurse explained his treatment to me & explained how painful the treatment was, listening to him scream & cry for hours on end til he passed out. M y wife told the nurse I like to fish & wade, she asked me after a couple of weeks of hearing his pain if I would still wade fish & I told her Yep. They told me he was to far gone & would not make it. I was glad when they moved me to another floor.