Dredging ideas and options

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Grimes on August 9, 2009 at 12:09pm

Good luck. I have lost quite a few rigs over the years and only recovered 2.

Jeff

Permalink Reply by Daniel on August 9, 2009 at 12:22pm

If you got a camera and the water isnt to dirty you might wanna take that and try dragging a football head around the rod after locating it with the camera. Ive never done that myself but it shouldn't be to hard if you can actually see it.

Permalink Reply by Troy Pattillo on August 9, 2009 at 12:24pm

what type of trailer would u recommend? :)
thanks

Daniel said:

If you got a camera and the water isnt to dirty you might wanna take that and try dragging a football head around the rod after locating it with the camera. Ive never done that myself but it shouldn't be to hard if you can actually see it.

Permalink Reply by Troy Pattillo on August 9, 2009 at 12:26pm

I'm not the only one?

Jeff Grimes said:

Good luck. I have lost quite a few rigs over the years and only recovered 2.

Jeff

Permalink Reply by Daniel on August 9, 2009 at 12:40pm

lol.

Tell me where and when your going and you can take me and my aqua view

Permalink Reply by Chris Blandi on August 9, 2009 at 1:31pm

Take an Aqua-view and set it up to look in the downward position, or the normal horizontal. Then rig a few big treble hooks onto the camera and drop it down. That may work, I've never had to do it, but you sure don't want to locate the rod, then pull the camera up and be blind again.
My .02

Permalink Reply by Troy Pattillo on August 9, 2009 at 1:55pm

Rod be damned! You take me out and show me where the fish hide! :)

Daniel said:

lol.

Tell me where and when your going and you can take me and my aqua view

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on August 9, 2009 at 2:17pm

Use a flipping stick with braid and two snelled trebles with a 1 oz. egg sinker in front. Seems to work very well unless there are a ton of things to snagged on in the area or drag a 1 oz. football head with a treble hook trailer and slide one up the line before tying on your football head.

Permalink Reply by Troy Pattillo on August 9, 2009 at 3:29pm

Interesting Ron, I had almost the exact idea minus the leading treble and flipping stick. I figured any rod would do but 7' of stick plus any added weight might stress a rod too light for the task.
thanks

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

Use a flipping stick with braid and two snelled trebles with a 1 oz. egg sinker in front. Seems to work very well unless there are a ton of things to snagged on in the area or drag a 1 oz. football head with a treble hook trailer and slide one up the line before tying on your football head.

Permalink Reply by troy kelly on August 9, 2009 at 4:25pm

only done this once and came back the next day and pulled the camera through it and got it. drop a marker bouy when you find it with the camera to assist in relocating

troy

Permalink Reply by Gary Millard on August 9, 2009 at 5:19pm

Hey Troy,
Lost my G.Loomis trap rod at banks during the Jamboree this year in about 8’ of water. The water was too dirty to see it and there was about 16” of weeds on the bottom. After about two and a half hours and 200 plus casts with a double treble and several drop shot weights. I decided to run to my truck to retrieve my camera. When I returned it still took me about an hour to locate the rod. The wind was blowing that day and my marker buoy was about ten feet off the rod. As soon as you find it, try and leave your camera right on top of it on the bottom. Then make sure you tighten up the camera line so it is straight down. I just dropped the double treble right next to the camera line and had it first time. You will need to dry out the reel and re-lube. Good Luck

Permalink Reply by Troy Pattillo on August 9, 2009 at 5:45pm

Yesterday would have been hell with the wind. It looks like Saturday will be the recovery attempt, so hopefully the weather will co-operate.

Gary Millard said:

Hey Troy,
Lost my G.Loomis trap rod at banks during the Jamboree this year in about 8’ of water. The water was too dirty to see it and there was about 16” of weeds on the bottom. After about two and a half hours and 200 plus casts with a double treble and several drop shot weights. I decided to run to my truck to retrieve my camera. When I returned it still took me about an hour to locate the rod. The wind was blowing that day and my marker buoy was about ten feet off the rod. As soon as you find it, try and leave your camera right on top of it on the bottom. Then make sure you tighten up the camera line so it is straight down. I just dropped the double treble right next to the camera line and had it first time. You will need to dry out the reel and re-lube. Good Luck

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