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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: goodman_fishing]
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06/18/11 10:55 PM
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Choogie Chunker
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That's a bunch of pigs in suits sitting behind a long table....LOL...sorry I couldn't resist. Really it's a 5' x5' square of heavy mesh wire used to build fences.
'91 Skeeter 200SX Yamaha 200 ................................ It's hard to stumble when you're on your knees. ................................................ I'm not old. My bobbers just float a little lower than they used to.
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Choogie Chunker]
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06/18/11 11:02 PM
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Jkf96a
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x2,3,4,5 on the chain stringer.
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Choogie Chunker]
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06/18/11 11:11 PM
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goodman_fishing
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That's a bunch of pigs in suits sitting behind a long table....LOL...sorry I couldn't resist. Really it's a 5' x5' square of heavy mesh wire used to build fences. Ah. Moved out here from las Vegas a year ago, only hogs we had were on two wheels lol
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: goodman_fishing]
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06/21/11 12:17 AM
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sunburnt34
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Not sure if you had any string out, as if you were casting, or a fish pulled in. Ive hurriedly tied on a few treble hooks at 12 inch spaces and a heavy weight on the end an toss across where I thought the line was and hooked the line and got it that way. You have to be patient and really reel in slowly so the trebles can really go across the bottom. (I didnt have the chain stringer so had to improvise.)
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: sunburnt34]
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06/21/11 12:21 AM
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Kens3313
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Haha http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.herdsmanbrand.com/images/hog_panels1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.herdsmanbrand.com/products/fence/fencepanels/hogs.html&usg=__otwpo9o89YguS-SjmVRPd0Xcspo=&h=280&w=585&sz=55&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=0sqWfZwE8N8pbM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=211&ei=0OP_Ter5DInDgQfmvdjmDQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfence%2Bhog%2Bpanel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1263%26bih%3D553%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=89&page=1&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=91&ty=49
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Kens3313]
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06/21/11 12:08 PM
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Ken A.
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Throw your favorite rod & reel into a swimming pool and watch it. They tend to sit on the bottom with the reel down and the tip floating up. This is why those suckers are so hard to snag when they go over...
BTW, +1 on the old chain link stringer. Use your marker buoy line.
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Ken A.]
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06/21/11 12:27 PM
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B Lee
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I have had luck with a jigging spoon
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: B Lee]
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06/21/11 12:28 PM
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goodman_fishing
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I'll try to get out there this afternoon. The winds have make it impossible!
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: goodman_fishing]
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06/21/11 03:00 PM
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90 5.0
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I'll try to get out there this afternoon. The winds have make it impossible! if the winds been bad you'll prolly never find it imo. if you don't get it right then and there and there is any water depth and current(which there will be from the wind) you have no idea where it has ended up. I've lost some damn good rods in the past. if you can't get it right then, i never seem to on trips back.
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Steve187 (A.K.A. GETFISHED )]
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06/21/11 03:05 PM
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Rudy Lackey
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Take one of those metal chain stringers and drag it around with all the hooks opened on it.
Put Several weights on one end. It works.
Rudy
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: goodman_fishing]
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06/21/11 04:45 PM
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Ranger Rick
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So...tell me just how this happns in the first palce. Ive heard of rods bouncing out of boats and such but do you just lose your grip and off it goes into the deep?  Seems a rod guy could make a little laynard for that.
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Ranger Rick]
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06/21/11 04:53 PM
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Kens3313
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Was fishing at lake raven once. I set my pole down to get a drink and heard a splash saw my pole sinking, it was my best pole I had so I jumped in after it, knowing there is alligators around, dont know what I was thinking. Well... got the pole and handed it to my dad and had a 4 pound bass on it 
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Ken A.]
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06/21/11 05:02 PM
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JD/76708
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Throw your favorite rod & reel into a swimming pool and watch it. They tend to sit on the bottom with the reel down and the tip floating up. This is why those suckers are so hard to snag when they go over...
.....thinking that I won't be trying this at home.. ...but what I will do is take ur word for it... 
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Rudy Lackey]
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07/07/11 01:24 AM
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basstrackin
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You got to be faster next time.
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Re: Suggestions for trying to snag a sunken rod?!
[Re: Rudy Lackey]
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07/07/11 01:45 AM
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bstew
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Got mine with this. Big treble hook and weight and just pulled it around with trolling motor.  400.00 save
Last edited by bstew; 07/07/11 01:48 AM.
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