Or rather, it found me. Never felt pain like that before and I've had some pains in my life. Hit the bone and thrashed until it broke loose. Went through my boot too.
Definitely get it checked, ugly staph infections been known to come from getting spiked.
Just shows how lucky some of use were in our younger days. As a kid, I used to fish and play around dock and pier pilings. Never got spiked by a whiptail. Lots of jellyfish stings, but managed to avoid the whiptails.
Thanks for sharing this. I know another piece of equipment I now will have to buy. Some of these rays are almost invisible because of their natural camouflage.