Friendly Request - Don't Throw Fishing Line Overboard!

[J-Doc]

If you or someone you kbow throws old line or backlash line overboard. .......PLEASE STOP!!!!!

A) it will destroy a prop seal bearing causing a trip to mechanic for most

not good for the lake, won't rot, stays there for man any years to come

C) will get caught in your trolling motor and ruin your bearings

My trolling motor has been noisy for some time now. I removed the prop today to find old line wrapped around the prop shaft (motor armature). After digging out all I could, it was still noisy.

Here's a vid of what can happen

So I added 3-n-1 oil and that made it quieter. Then I removed the entire armature and oiled the rear bearing hoping to inspect and find a bad bearing. I didn't. Just a slightly bent armature and bad bearing seal due to the fishing line at the front.

Here's a vid with the 3-n-1 oil. Much quieter.

Here's a vid with the prop.

Are all MinnKota T motors this loud and vibrating? Or is this definatley a time to replace bearings?

[J-Doc]

The knocking was caused by the line between the bearing and the armature. I forgot to mention that. After adding the oil, the line burned up and came out. Not in videos.

The vibration in the last two vids has always dobe this since I got the trolling motor (used).

[Jerry Rapp]

why can't anyone make a trolling motor that won't allow line to get into the shaft? This is a 30 year old problem.

[J-Doc]

Because people keep throwing line in the water and they get to sell replacement parts.

[fishinwrench]

Oh hush! I have a kid in college and we NEED failing propshaft seals. Gimme a break

[J-Doc]

Oh hush! I have a kid in college and we NEED failing propshaft seals. Gimme a break

I'd like to think I donated a good bit to her education thank you very much. Lol!

[marknsaw]

So,..... your saying not to unravel a spool of the oldest, heaviest fishing line you have in a criss-cross fashion across the lake to mine the water for wakeboards, jet skies, or powerboats? Okay

Just kidding, anything more then a snipped tag end goes into the "garbage" bag on my boat ( Wal-Mart provides these for free ). The state websites have a page for the recycling of used line, but unfortunately not much in the way of implementation. I saw a box for old line at lake Conrad, and lake Overcup last summer, and if I recall correctly Bobb Kidd had one. Like many plastics though, it's not a very marketable product and nobody wants to deal with it. But, and that's a big but http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/sex/a/in_the_butt_bob.htm everyone should be responsible for their mess. The lake is not a dump or a landfill, and if you want to keep it that way.... it begins with YOU!

[Quillback]

I'll also add that if you get snagged up on some line, pull it in if you can and get it out of the lake. I pulled in a 20 yard stretch of mono yesterday on TR.

[blue79]

On the bridge at Caplinger Mill north of stockton lake they have 6in pvc pipes mounted along the bridge to cram your old line into.It seems to work cause they are always full.

[Bottombouncer]

As a scuba divemaster I have made 100's of dives in fresh and saltwater. It is more common than not to find a spiderweb of mono line. I always carry a sharp knife in case of getting caught up in it. Because of a first hand view of this maze of line, I always retrieve any line I snag onto while fishing, from the shore or boat. What's amazing is that over the years I have recovered numerous lures and a couple rods and reels that were attached to the line I've snagged. I'm all for everyone to remove all the stray line they find, as it only accumulates more and more, and up to the fishermen to help control it.