Yeah, if you have a cut on you, or like me have eczema, you have a vector for infection when you're in water.

I keep sanitizing hand wipes on my boat for this reason. Kinda sucks that I have to be so diligent about it, most people don't have that issue, but you should make sure every cut, scratch, etc. is cleaned thoroughly any time you get inshore water on you.

Outside of eczema, I was once wade fishing elmers island and fell onto some old pilings or something. I had to be on MRSA strength antibiotics for two weeks from that infection and I went to the doctor within 12 hours.

Inshore water can be pretty nasty in the warm months.

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Posted by sta4ever

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Posted on 5/16/22 at 1:42 pm to dandyjohn

Well I will definitely start paying more attention to that type of stuff. I know going surf fishing barefoot, is not a good idea, for a wide variety of reasons, but I do that a lot, and have cut my foot on a shell or rock that I stepped on one time. That was a couple years ago, but the thought of getting infections never really crossed my mind before while out there.

I will say, as far as I know I have a pretty strong immune system, but that’s still no reason to not take this stuff seriously, so I definitely will from now on.

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Posted by Sid in Lakeshore

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 5/16/22 at 1:54 pm to dandyjohn

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I was once wade fishing elmers island and fell onto some old pilings or something. I had to be on MRSA strength antibiotics for two weeks from that infection and I went to the doctor within 12 hours.

Once a captain jumped in the water to scrub the hull of his sailboat prior to a (Gport to Pensa) race. He cut his feet on a pile barnacle climbing out at the pier. He sailed the race then went to the doctor. Lost his big toe. Boat's name was War Canoe, we called him "Chief 9 Toe".