Just How Smart Are You?

[macmichael]

Are you as smart as  me? Who else  would risk a $5000 bass boat to retrieve a $5 lure?  According to my wife, oh yea I'm a real genious!!!!!!

[deaknh03]

Are you as smart as me? Who else would risk a $5000 bass boat to retrieve a $5 lure? According to my wife, oh yea I'm a real genious!!!!!!

was it the last one in your favorite color? then its worth it..

[macmichael]

was it the last one in your favorite color? then its worth it..

Sure was, At least that's what I tell her.

[shootermcbob]

An answer to your original question....not very.

[bigbill]

I make sure my son is with us he's the lure retriever. He'll get wet for a two dollar lure.

Smart maybe not, sometimes because I believe when mhis two college degrees were installed and they took out the common sense. Kidding but he's a great kid.

[gulfcaptain]

Sentimental value....can't put a price tag on that lure that you had to go get with the $5000 boat.  Crazy is if you went and bought the boat to retrieve the $5 lure you lost, but if you already had the boat you're good.  

[Comfortably Numb]

Hey wait a minute, is this a trick question?

[motodmast]

Well I've almost destroyed my bow mount several times lol trying to unsnag a d**n Texas rig Senko lol I think we tend to forget the price of items we use to catch fish, the boat, trolling motor, rods(flipping fish in, banging around) etc... In order to get back our baits

[Hogsticker]

I think we've all done it among other stupid crap. If you say you haven't you're probably lying. My bow mount has taking a beating for sure

[Fishes in trees]

What do you mean, risk?  I've never "risked" my boat.  I do smack into stuff with my trolling motor from time to time.  I do smack into stumps when I am idling with my big motor from time to time.  I've never fallen out of the boat trying to get a lure back - came close but never actually fallen in.

 

Changing the subject just a little bit, make sure you've got all the gear that you need to get a lure back as easily as possible.  You need both a sturdy extendable pole and a heavy "hound dog type" lure retriever that you slide down the line.  Sometimes one works better than another  YOu get better at using these tools with practice.  Pay attention to the wind, sometimes you can use it to your advantage, letting it blow you close to your lure while you are using one of your retrieval tools.

 

Me, I've got a 5 minute rule, i.e. if I can't get the lure back within 5 minutes of starting to mess with getting the lure back, it is stuck.  Most of the time, after 5 minutes ( less if we're talking a  jig or tx rig or a senko) I'm ready to cut my losses.  When you are using braid, that is often easier said than done.

What I do in this case is to wrap the line 5 times or so around the boat cleat and back off with my trolling motor  This always solves the issue.  Either the lure will pull out, the hook will straighten or the line will break.  When I'm at the point to where I am wrapping the line around the boat cleat I am ok with any of those outcomes.  There is a slight probability that the lure will break through whatever is holding it an d com flying back towards you quickly.  Be prepared to block or duck.

 

Basically, I'm not following the term "risk" in this situation.  Getting stuck lures unstuck is a fishing skill, a skill that can be improved through practice.  Hope this helps.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I will go after most hang ups no matter what the lure is.  But with that said, I do not Risk the props, boat, motor.  Just to fix dints and dings in a prop is 150 approx.  That is a lot of lost shaky heads, cranks, etc.

 

Years ago.  Probably 20.  Ouch!!  I was watching a Bill Dance video and he showed how to pop most lures off a hang up by using the line and rod to pop most hang ups free.  It works about 75-80% of the time.

[ww2farmer]

Depends on who you ask. I pretty much think I am Einstein, Edison, and Henry Ford rolled into one..................my wife on the other hand wants me to get help for all my mental disabilities.

[basscatcher8]

I usually do the whole pull the line semi tight snap it and see if it comes off the snag.

[primetime]

The last time I went into the bushes to get a lure (First cast with a new Sebile Flatt Shad that cost $15) a water Moccassin fell out of the tree I was shaking and landed about 2 feet from my friend who was driving the boat.....I have never seen someone freak out like that but man was it a big snake and a ticked off one at that.

 

The good news: I was able to get my lure back, but in the process, my friend knocked his brand new Rod and reel in the water when he panicked and jumped into the front of the boat to avoid being bitten. I was able to flip the snake out of the boat and get out of trouble, but had to stop at Gander mountain on the way home and replace his Exo baitcaster and *** rod....

 

I still don't remember him ever having an exo or ***, but based on the terror I saw on his face, and since he was not bitten, it was all worth it looking back as we laugh to this day, and will never shake branches for lures again.....

[hatrix]

Well it's good you got that flat shad back. It's one of the best lipless money can buy.

[Bluebasser86]

I'm a big time lure hunter, always on the lookout for baits people have lost floating by the bank or hanging in trees. Not only will I almost put my boat on the bank for my bait, but I'll do it for someone else's too!

[I.rar]

I remember I had a super spook break free on a hard cast. I tied on a weighted hook and must of cast at that thing a couple dozen times before I got it caught on a treble and could bring it in. Probably spooked every fish in the lake.

Also waded in some not so friendly water to get a shad rap off a branch. This was before I knew there was alligators in there. Never again!