06-25-2009, 10:11 PM
I have made a small "lure retrevial system" for lures that get snagged.
Any system that sinks and can catch the snagged hooks should work, this is what I made:
I have some 100 lbs kite string and have taken 2 coat hangers and wove them together into a loose ball figure. I secured a weight inside the coat hangers. I have attached a swivel to the kite string above the weighted coat hangers. Tied hangers to kite string.
When I get a snag, I move directly over the snag with the boat. Attach the swivel to the snagged line, and then let the coat hanger system sink down my line to the snag.
The coat hangers will come in contact with the lure, and the hooks will be caught in the coat hangers. Once the hooks are caught, I pull the coat hanger system back up the line. If the lure is there, great, if not, drop and repeat until lure is at the boat. Sometimes it takes a minute, I worked on one for 10 minutes in the wind with no anchor, but got the lure back.
I can get about 95% of my lures back, though I may need to change a treble hook occasionally.
This system has saved me couple hundred dollars.
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Any system that sinks and can catch the snagged hooks should work, this is what I made:
I have some 100 lbs kite string and have taken 2 coat hangers and wove them together into a loose ball figure. I secured a weight inside the coat hangers. I have attached a swivel to the kite string above the weighted coat hangers. Tied hangers to kite string.
When I get a snag, I move directly over the snag with the boat. Attach the swivel to the snagged line, and then let the coat hanger system sink down my line to the snag.
The coat hangers will come in contact with the lure, and the hooks will be caught in the coat hangers. Once the hooks are caught, I pull the coat hanger system back up the line. If the lure is there, great, if not, drop and repeat until lure is at the boat. Sometimes it takes a minute, I worked on one for 10 minutes in the wind with no anchor, but got the lure back.
I can get about 95% of my lures back, though I may need to change a treble hook occasionally.
This system has saved me couple hundred dollars.
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