Ever Used A Lure Retriever?

[livemusic]

Sometimes I hang up a bait and usually the water is shallow enough I can get it off but sometimes, not. I wonder about using a bait knocker type deal. Here is one I have  never seen -- http://www.***.com/Jewel_Bait_Hound_Dog_Lure_Retriever/descpage-JBHDLR.html.

 

Have you found one that works?

[Smokinal]

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-E-Z-Lure-Retriever/product/44428/?cmCat=CROSSSELL_THUMBNAIL

 

I have t^h^i^s one and it's paid for itself umpteen times. I'll never be without one in my boat.

[yugrac]

The one I have is the long extending pole with the pigs-tail end.  It extends out like 20 feet. The knocker ones work I am sure, but when your wife is hung up 10 feet UP in a tree, gravity is not your friend.

Remember, when you use these things your in trouble already so dont expect positive results every time.

[scaleface]

I use the hound dog. It is never fast or easy but eventually they become unsnagged .. I may have to add some chains to it.

[fish devil]

All the time.  I fish with crank baits in some really snaggy areas.  I don't leave home without it!!!

 

[Sam]

Yes.

 

In shallow water you can use your net.

 

In deeper water you need a lure retriever if you can't dislodge the bait.

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Lure retrievers do work, although it's almost pointless if you're fishing from the bank. 

 

Yes.

 

In shallow water you can use your net.

 

In deeper water you need a lure retriever if you can't dislodge the bait.

Can't tell you how many times I've used my landing net to free a stuck crankbait. I've also used an old 12' surf rod to retrieve lures from trees. 

[A-Jay]

 A Plug Knocker is a good tool.

 

A-Jay

 

https://youtu.be/ayRlgSzrv5s

 

[Bluebasser86]

I use a telescoping lure retriever. Not only will I get almost all my snagged baits back, but when someone else loses theirs in a tree, I'll be there to get that one too

[scaleface]

Lure retrievers do work, although it's almost pointless if you're fishing from the bank. 

 

Can't tell you how many times I've used my landing net to free a stuck crankbait. I've also used an old 12' surf rod to retrieve lures from trees. 

If your bank fishing they wont work .

[Choporoz]

Google Big Ugly knockers on ebay.  I never get in the boat with out a couple.  Cheap - and they work as well or better than anything else I've tried. 

[Montanaro]

Buy 2 or 3 oz weight with eye. Buy a cheap heavy duty snap with no sharp edges.

Attach snap and weight then attach to line. Will knock your lure loose and only costs a dollar per knocker.

[junyer357]

I put the plug knocker in before i put my rods in on the boat. Only time it comes off boat to begin with is to clean it. There isnt a single thing else in the boat that has paid for itself time and time again.

I prefer the telescoping ones with a wire coil on the end. Broke my last one and didnt bat an eye on spending $30 on a new and longer one. Never had great results using ones that gravity slide.

[J Francho]

Yes, and it's paid for itself a hundred times over or more.

[Fishes in trees]

I think that you need both - a plug knocker type and an extendable pole.  They don't take up that much room in the boat.

[PAGreg]

Yes, both. I find the extending pole easier and faster. If its too deep, I have a hound dog on 100# braid.

[Siebert Outdoors]

http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-E-Z-Lure-Retriever/product/44428/?cmCat=CROSSSELL_THUMBNAIL

 

I have t^h^i^s one and it's paid for itself umpteen times. I'll never be without one in my boat.

 

I use one a lot like the one Smokinal posted.  It paid for itself the first time I used it.

[Choporoz]

thing about a lure retriever is that not only does it make money....but, as importantly, it makes you a better fisherman.  At least, it did for me.  Once I gained the confidence to toss a squarebill into nasty laydowns, or dig a diver into the bottom, I was much better about putting the lures on the fish; not worrying about steering clear of trouble.

[J Francho]

Really good point, Chop.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I use the .44 Mag lure retriever and the one from bass pro posted earlier. I've still lost some multi-hook swimbaits that were impossibly tangled in deep trees but more often than not, the bait makes it back to the boat.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Anyone got a link to a good extendable pole retriever?

[PAGreg]

The one I have is the frabill that you can find at TW.

[Mswen]

There's a guy on eBay that makes and sells them for $20 plus shipping (link below).  His standard size is for big swimbaits and muskie lures, but he will make a smaller bass sized retriever if you send him a request.  I have the big one, because I also fish for muskie (those lures aren't cheap!), and it weighs about 1.5 lb, plenty of weight for knocking a crankbait loose, and it comes with some 4 long chains for snagging the hooks if you can't knock it loose.  You have to provide your own rope, which might be a good thing.  I've heard some stories about other retrievers, mainly the Bass Pro version coming with poor quality ropes that rot or break.

 

The telescoping poles are nice too.  As others have pointed out, you can't use the knockers when you're stuck in a tree, and they're a lot more convenient when you're caught on a stump two feet below the surface.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lure-Retriever-Musky-Muskie-Pike-Bass-Swimbait-Retriever-/231539264958?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e8d0cdbe

[bassinyea]

Up until about 5 years ago I never had one with me.  Now after using one for the past five years, I feel like  an idiot that it took me that long to get one.  I fish a lot of crankbaits and literally would never be caught on the lake without one.  I have mine attached to a 30 ft. retractable dog leash and it works great.  The one I use is the one they sell at Bass Pro Shops its green and has 4 chains attached to it.  I also added a 3 oz egg sinker above the retriever to give it some more weight and will sink down in the water against the resistance of the dog leash.  That way I don't have to keep feeding it line from the leash so it will sink.  Sinks a lot faster and hits the bait harder, too.  Paid for itself first trip.  

 

I lost my lure retriever one day trying to get a bait back, the chains got caught on the hooks and something on the bottom and I pulled so hard trying to get it free that the leash broke.  I didn't throw a crankbait the rest of the day just for fear that I couldn't get it back.  I would say I have about a 98% retrieval rate.