Magnet Fishing

[GaryMayo]

Today in Harbor Freight, I found a giant 250 pound pull magnet.

I am thinking about dropping this over the side to see what it might be that I would catch.

I would use a double sheet to the magnet so if it finds the bumper of an old Buick, I can let go of one end and get the sheet back.

Have any of you gone Magnet fishing?

[Russ]

Harbor Freight you say huh?

I may have to buy one.

I lost a camera overboard last year. I GPSed the spot and would love to try to retrieve the thing because the SD card had some good pics. Should survive maybe.

[seahouse]

I hear magnets are great for catching steelhead.

[GaryMayo]

http://www.harborfreight.com/retrieving ... 36905.html

[GaryMayo]

I hear magnets are great for catching steelhead.

lol

[mrbillfll]

a lot of bars and fuel docks in the Fla Keys have those for getting dropped keys. works quite well.

just use a wire, or heavy rope. -with mono it might break if you get an anchor.

[Catigale]

Fla Keys have those for getting dropped keys

Off keys?

Do you drop your keys in the locks?

[mrbillfll]

Fla Keys have those for getting dropped keys

Off keys?

Do you drop your keys in the locks?

music ref joke?

I saw it used on a fuel dock... and a few bars... think there's 5 buck rental... but its been a while.

[Y.B.Normal]

I used a magnet like this to retrieve my keys after dropping them in the lake.
The remote in the key fob worked even after being underwater for 2 weeks!
Fortunately I wasn't in Iron County (I would've gotten the magnet stuck on the bottom).

It also works great for those tools that try to commit suicide by drowning.

Dale

[Catigale]

It also works great for those tools that try to commit suicide by drowning.

Isn't that a statement about the user??

[dlandersson]

Westmarine has something like this. Kids love to throw it over the side and pull it back up.

http://www.harborfreight.com/retrieving ... 36905.html

[Russ]

We have a cove on our lake called "Anchor Bay" because of all the lost anchors. It would be fun to try to hook one with this thing. Hmmmmmmmm.

[Crikey]

Too bad gold isn't magnetic....

Watch out you don't latch onto a Seawolf! Carry a good knife, just in case.

[baldbaby2000]

I retrieved my cell phone from 20 feet of water in a lake. I dropped it in off the dock and came back a week later with a fish camera with a 3-prong hook dangling off the nose. (Not enough magnetic material in the phone for a magnet to work.) I hooked it while my wife guided me from the camera display. I opened it up, soaked it in alcohol, dried it out and the only thing that doesn't work is the speaker phone.

[arknoah]

Haven't done much real magnet fishing as it has been described, but I have used the tool below to pick up screws and such that I've dropped in inaccessible places.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... CH0Q8gIwBA

Works like a charm.