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Ugly Tuna · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 5:04 pm Post subject:

Ouch!

As far as I know vineger won't work for Asp stings but I read somewhere that applying cellophane tape to the sting site and stripping it from it helps remove the spines and ease the pain, a bit.

I'd rather be hit by a Jelly, minus a man o war, then a Asp.
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Drunkswimmer · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 13 Apr 2010 Posts: 255

Wearing panyhose in the water will prevent you from getting stings... although it really is a hard one to explain.

I learned it from watching a show about box jellyfish in Australia... not fishing the morning after a night of moonlighting!

Gib · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 5:24 pm Post subject: Hot Water

If still hurting when returning home, fill bathtub with as hot of water as you can stand and soak stung area in it.

This also works, perhaps even better, for stingrays

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BaitBoy · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject:

Having been raised in Robstown and San Antonio, I've had my run-ins with asps. I'll take the man-o-war over the asp any day.

SaltyMutt · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:35 pm Post subject:

Don't know what kind of jellyfish I've been stung by. Had em wrapped around my legs and arms. Would just rub it with sand and salt water and go about my business. Hard head spne imbeded in my hand however not so much fun. My dad got stuck with a stingray once. By far the worst thing he's ever been through.
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FishLady · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:58 pm Post subject:

OK, I give up!! What's an ASP? I know of a snake called an asp, but I'm not quite sure that's what you are talking about here since the 'thread' is about jellies.
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BaitBoy · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 8:21 pm Post subject:

A fuzzy little worm that crawls along tree limbs, usually ash trees. All different colors. I would not tell folks to do this at home without experienced supervision, but if you pick them up by the scruff of the neck and turn them over, you can see on their tender under-belly the double-double row of prickly black spines that have the opportunity to make your life absolutely miserable for many hours to come. If memory serves correctly, about an inch to an inch and a half long, round on the front end, tapered to a narrow end on the tail. Have I got this right, mates?

Ugly Tuna · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 8:56 pm Post subject:

While in Panama I saw one that I assumed was a small jungle rodent. I could only imagine what kind of pain or death that beast would inflect!

At first glance it looked like a cuddly hamster so yep, believe you got the description correct Baitboy, just in a much smaller version.
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hickroots07 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject:

dwdart · Finger Mullet Joined: 04 Aug 2009 Posts: 21

This is a asp. I was hit with 5 of these when I was young out of a Loquat tree. They ended up on my neck and back. It was NOT good.

CROAKERSOAKER · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Posts: 491

My wife works in the E.R. And they make a paste out of meat tenderizer and vinegar, then take ibuprophine

Oh and night wade fishing is the most peaceful way to fish, plus I usually catch more from one hour before sunset to a couple hours after