C’mon over to the Darkside

[JestersHK]

I use them with my cousin and my buddy for a friendly competition.  We only count trout though...

I think we need two of those bead boards for Jig fest this year and we'll track each fishermans daily total!  LOL 

Maybe we make one for @Johnsfolly for number of snags or lures lost!    Just kidding buddy I am right there with ya leaving tackle in the river LOL

[snagged in outlet 3]

Get one of these.  https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-e-z-lure-retriever Or the ones on a pole.

Mine has retrieved the same mega bass 4 times and all out of rivers.  Plus numerous other baits my buddies hung up.  Spot lock helps a bunch too.

[jdmidwest]

8 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Get one of these.  https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/bass-pro-shops-e-z-lure-retriever Or the ones on a pole.

Mine has retrieved the same mega bass 4 times and all out of rivers.  Plus numerous other baits my buddies hung up.  Spot lock helps a bunch too.

Does that thing really work?  Or you just funnin us.

Looks like $13 bucks lost at the same time as the lure on a flowing river.

That being said, I have a device I purchased many years ago that looks like a little boomerang with a nub and a string.  You put the nub on the tip eyelet and hook the boomerang over the limb that fly is stuck on.  Yank the string and pull the fly off or the limb down to take it off.  Works pretty slick.  Longer the fly rod, the more reach you have into the trees.   I have used it to retrieve others lures left behind in trout parks and streams also.  Paid for itself many times over and helped me find some new local patterns to tye.

[Johnsfolly]

28 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

Does that thing really work?  Or you just funnin us.

Looks like $13 bucks lost at the same time as the lure on a flowing river.

Never tried it in a river but it works welll to retrieve $25+ musky lures😁.

[Gavin]

You will break a few off and lose some while wade fishing. It can be an ordeal to retrieve one when wading, especially if you bust one off  in some wood in deep water 2 miles upstream from your canoe & tent. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

It works on cranks and jerk baits.  It’s heavy and slides down the line so wouldn’t work on dainty stuff. 

Spot lock helps. 

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

It works on cranks and jerk baits.  It’s heavy and slides down the line so wouldn’t work on dainty stuff. 

Spot lock helps. 

Want me to start saving old spark plugs for ya ?

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

10 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Never tried it in a river but it works welll to retrieve $25+ musky lures😁.

I have one, was unsuccessful using it from the bank in a creek.  Seen a few lures retrieved from a boat though.   I think being above the snag helps.  

[Johnsfolly]

23 minutes ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

I have one, was unsuccessful using it from the bank in a creek.  Seen a few lures retrieved from a boat though.   I think being above the snag helps.  

I have only used one from a boat. You are better off with being above the lure. It takes a fair bit of time to get things unsnagged.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

I have one of those retrievers, i bet in the last two years it has saved me over $200. I wont throw a crank or troll without one in my boat