bowwinkles
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Improper knots only mean I will be finding them while diving!
Not using lock tight on the hardware will also increase your underwater bounty.
Improper knots only mean I will be finding them while diving!
So does anyone here ever use this in salt water? Obviously the items won't last as long but I'm thinking about giving it a try. I've seen quite a few expensive items go over in the salt - it just a matter of how long they'll be worth salvaging.
i've always avoided it beause I assume 95% of what you find in the salt (besides some hooks and weights) would be rusted beyond usefulness.
Our Friendly forum seems to not have a big magnet fishing following. I had ask for our own separate sub forum for "Magnet Fishing" and was told that it was under consideration but due to the lack of response I am quite sure that we will never see it happen here any time soon. It is to bad because I thought we had it going there for a while.
Here's a tip--don't get a magnet that is stronger than what you can pull! If it gets stuck on something that won't come up, like a car, for example, you want to be able to pull it off. If it is too strong, you'll end up having to dive for it, and try to pry or slide it off whatever it is stuck to.
Tip #2, make sure your rope is strong enough to pull the full strength of the magnet,
and Tip #3, tie the end of the rope to yourself, so you don't lose it.
That sounds like a Darwinism award. I would never recommend anyone tying them selves off to anything that enters the water.
Just ordered my Brute magnet, and hope to be out in the field by next week. Would love a separate magnet fishing category in this forum.