Magnet Fishing

I heard they only catch steelheads

I thought about buying half a dozen 16" bar magnets from Harbor Freight just to frick around. They're like $4/ea and easily hold a claw hammer

Expectations are low but would be interesting way to kill time between runs on the crab nets

My dad lost a camera in an irrigation (aka fishin') pond a few years back. I always said I was going to find it, but a couple years passed. I bought a magnet off Amazon during COVID, and went to work with it. The first time out, I had no success, but decided to go back a second time and on the first toss, I felt it connect. The dang camera came up, and the battery/memory compartment was watertight. I popped the stick into my laptop, and all the photos were there!

I keep the magnet in my truck, and every now and then the kids and I will stop at a bridge, hoping to find a murder weapon or something, but mostly finding fishing lures and junk.

I think if you purposely went to places to hunt for stuff, you'd have good success. Lots of stuff on youtube.

I bought 2 of those,got stuck together and could not pull apart.Had to tie 1 off to a tree and used my tractor to pull them apart.

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the kids and I will stop at a bridge,

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hoping to find a murder weapon

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The magic of family bonding experiences.

I got the same one Itismemc posted in his ink.

I haven’t found much with mine.Mostly just some old rusty fish hooks.I did retrieve some keys friend dropped off his boat dock.

These would be a bad idea under salt water bridges I’m assuming due to all the bridge rubble and stuff under them? I’d think there’d be a good chance to get stuck on some steal in concrete? I suppose the salt water degrades metal also so the lifespan would be short.

My $800 dive watch took a splash getting the boat into the boat lift a few months back. Went that night to Harbor Freight and grabbed a "100lb" magnet, and spent the night dragging it in the area I know it sunk. Jokes on me since automatic watches don't have any magnetic parts since it'd affect the movement. But now I have a magnet for when I lose other expensive stuff

I keep mine in my boat now for reasons like that and primarily more minor ones. It might be a waste of space 99% of the time, but if I drop a chatterbait or jig over board at least it'll reimburse me for the $10 magnet haha

For mine I went and got a standard 3/8in boating rope and a marine winch hook. The magnet I got from Harbor Freight was the 150lb strip one and has a ring on the top to attach the rope/hook to

Just a reminder...any flesh between some of these super strong magnets and metal will be damaged. It can hurt. A lot.