You ever just undress and dive for your lost lure?

[5/0]

For those that do, watch out for the Candiru.

[MN Fisher]

6 minutes ago, 5/0 said:

For those that do, watch out for the Candiru.

(Snort)

 

[Michigander]

Nope. The lake can keep what it takes. I don't care enough about any of my equipment to go in after it.

[Dwight Hottle]

2 hours ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

‘Water sure is cold”

And we all know that Jason Alexander swears cold water causes shrinkage. 

[ajschn06]

3 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

   If we're talking about the Mississippi, there's no way. We don't call it "The Sewer of The Midwest" for nothing!  

   Lakes? Hmmmmmm ............  I don't know. Maybe, maybe not.                 jj

What’s wrong with the Mississippi!?  I’ve been swimming in it for 30 years and now my kids do the same....

[WRB]

Lure retrievers were invented for a reason.

Tom

 

[Bluebasser86]

20 minutes ago, WRB said:

Lure retrievers were invented for a reason.

Tom

 

They don't work in every situation though.

 

I've swam after a few baits, last one I can remember was actually my friends Triple Trout he was casting in a pond and snagged a stump. He's scared to swim anywhere other than a swimming pool and I'm a good friend so I got it for him, in 50 degree water ?

 

I've swam down into a tree to unsnag a bass that got me hung up. I thought she was way bigger than she turned out to be. Probably 22" long and paper thin, barely 4lbs.

Also swam out to unsnag a 40+lb flathead that wrapped my line up while I actually targeting them one night. Swimming out into the lake and diving down to try and find a big flathead with your hands in the dark is a bit, unsettling, but I got it done.

[Aaron_H]

I've waded out waist deep to get a "lucky" crankbait back a few times, but I don't think I'd go swimming for one.

[WRB]

Water under 65 degrees is too cold for me to swim in.

I guess your life was worth a Triple Trout.

Tom

[Glenn]

Not me, but my fishing buddy.  I gave him one of my jigs because the fish were just chompin' on them, and he snagged it in about 9' of water.  He stuck a log.

 

He insisted on getting it back. It was summer and sunny. He was wearing shorts. So he emptied his pockets, took off his shirt, and went dumpster diving for it.  Took him a few tries, but he finally got it.

 

Fortunately I carry towels on board just in case somebody goes overboard.  I had a camera too, though he'd probably kill me if I posted the picture of him all wet and toweling off.  LOL!

[ironbjorn]

If I'm fishing a river from a bank and lose the last of something or something I really don't want to lose, I'll wade out for it if possible. I'll never go under water though, like in a lake.

 

[GreenPig]

I stick my self sometimes handling my lures with Owner hooks. Zero chance of me going under water to unstick one. 

[Bankbeater]

One time I was casting with a 2 piece rod and the top half went in the lake.  I swam after that because the end was bobbing around on the surface.

Wouldn't do that for a lure.

[MGF]

8 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

“Naegleria fowleri infects people when water containing the ameba enters the body through the nose. This typically occurs when people go swimming or diving in warm freshwater places, like lakes and rivers. The Naegleria fowleri ameba then travels up the nose to the brain where it destroys the brain tissue”.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/general.html

 

So...NO!!!!!

The ameba is present at the beach also. LOL The solution is to not snort water up your nose. Most of us don't do that anyway so it isn't much of an issue.

I've gone in for lures and other tackle quite a few times. I don't undress though.

 

Just last year I got a new hair jig hung up about 4 ft down. I could see it but I couldn't hold the boat position in the current well enough to get the lure. I cut the line, parked the boat and went for a swim...not a big deal.

[Bluebasser86]

5 hours ago, WRB said:

Water under 65 degrees is too cold for me to swim in.

I guess your life was worth a Triple Trout.

Tom

Wasn't real worried about drowning in water not even up to my shoulders, and I had someone there more than capable of helping in a life threatening situation.

[ajschn06]

7 hours ago, WRB said:

 

I guess your life was worth a Triple Trout.

Tom

Lol that’s a bit of overkill there 

[bigspirit]

I haven’t, but when I was in highschool my buddy and I were out in my jon boat and he proceeded to throw the anchor out in about 10ft. We both just watched as the loop on the end of the anchor rope went over the side - he forgot to tie it off. I didn’t make him do it but he jumped in and got it back

[Rpratt]

Had to strip down and swim after my boat that floated away in 40 degree water after my back seater had fallen off the dock while I parked the truck once. Wonderful day.......

[J Francho]

15 minutes ago, Rpratt said:

Had to strip down and swim after my boat that floated away in 40 degree water after my back seater had fallen off the dock while I parked the truck once. Wonderful day.......

Should have made him swim for it, since he was already in the drink!

[Dens228]

I wouldn't jump in for a lure but if I drop my OrochiXX/Tatula Zillion combo I'm going in......lol

[Sphynx]

Yup, hung up a whopper plopper on a dock on the Columbia and went and got it, the two guys who were putting in their boat at the nearby launch didn't believe me when I told them I was going to strip and go get my lure and that they ought to look away if they didn't want to see...trouble for them is after 6 years in the Infantry there is no shame left in me, and I couldn't care less what the old duffers saw, or thought about it, but I got my plopper back, and the guys said they would never mistake me for the sort of guy who doesn't do what he says ever again.

[roadwarrior]

A smallmouth mighr hit anything, but hard swimbaits are NOT high percentage lures.

[the reel ess]

After Hurricane Hugo, the water level rose about 8' over the dam of Lake Wateree, SC. My dad was fishing from the bank (the dock was several feet under water.) He hooked one that went under the dock and got stuck. I was with him and told him to hang on. I went up the the house and got into my bathing suit and I got that bass for him. I have also gone swimming in winter to retrieve the sideplate of a reel I dropped in. I couldn't find it. I emailed BPS rod/reel repair and they sent me the part for $19.95.

[GReb]

As a kid I jumped in more farm ponds and small lakes than I can count. Nowadays I fish in waters loaded with big gators. No chance Im jumping in. 
 

Instead I have a lure retriever pole in the rod box. It extends to 15 feet I believe. 

[TnRiver46]

I’ve tried diving down off my dock to save all the lures I’ve lost over the years. It’s too dark underwater to see anything and a hellacious pressure builds up inside my head over 6-8 feet down. So I’ve tried but to no avail. I found a ratchet strap and some sunglasses though