RHINELANDER, Wis. (WRN) — Northwoods hospitals are once again ready to save people from their own fishing tackle.
WXPR in Rhinelander reports Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff and Aspirus Eagle River Hospital make a display of every fish hook, spoon and musky lure they remove from patients. They call it their People Catchers’ Club.
Hospital staff say the displays help ease people’s fears and shame at seeing they aren’t alone in having a bad day on the water. The collections first started in 1993.