This is what can happen when someone leaves their fishing line hanging in a tree

[fin]

Anybody know how to get rid of this mess? You can't pick it up, it's all tangled up with stuff around it. Fire is about all I can think of, but I don't think the park management would appreciate that. With my luck, the fire would get out of hand, even with a lake full of water a foot away.

 

[NHBull]

600 years for mono!

 

 

[Bass Junke]

Went fishing Saturday morning. Got on the water around 6am. Boat ramp does not open till 7am on this pond next to my house, so I launched down the street in this little cove. As I was launching one of the steps I took left my right leg sunk up to the knee in mud. Thankfully I took off my flip flops. 

 

Fast forward a few hours after a nice morning of fishing. Obviously after being in knee deep mud I got onto shore bare foot and started pulling in my kayak. I get my feet tangled in some mono on the ground. I can't leave it so I start gathering it up. It must have been about 30 feet of mono and wouldn't you know it, at one end a cheezey swivel and a 4/0 EWG. I was horrified, some people are so irresponsible. 

[fin]

2 hours ago, Bass Junke said:

I get my feet tangled in some mono on the ground.

That happens to me all the time fishing from the bank. I got snagged on some the other day that must have been 100# test and it almost brought me down onto the rip-rap.

[TnRiver46]

6 hours ago, fin said:

Anybody know how to get rid of this mess? You can't pick it up, it's all tangled up with stuff around it. Fire is about all I can think of, but I don't think the park management would appreciate that. With my luck, the fire would get out of hand, even with a lake full of water a foot away.

 

Pocket knife 

[Benjamin Bunting]

Great act of kindness and conservation. I'm glad to have seen this post and proud of your actions.

[CM-fisher]

On 7/14/2021 at 9:42 PM, CrankFate said:

d**n not an owl. I’ve seen ducks and seagulls tied up. And it’s impossible to cut it off because you need a net to catch them. Those are the idiots that cut the line at the tip of the rod. 

Hey, I am a beginner fisherman so I was wondering while shore fishing, where do you cut the line when you get snagged?

[TnRiver46]

4 minutes ago, MN_Bassmaster78 said:

Hey, I am a beginner fisherman so I was wondering while shore fishing, where do you cut the line when you get snagged?

Don’t cut it, that’s what leaves a bunch of line in the tree. Pull back with the rod straight (not bent) and the line will break at the hook/lure

[CM-fisher]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Don’t cut it, that’s what leaves a bunch of line in the tree. Pull back with the rod straight (not bent) and the line will break at the hook/lure

I do try that but I usually fish with braid which makes that very hard

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, MN_Bassmaster78 said:

I do try that but I usually fish with braid which makes that very hard

Well then it should straighten your hook and bring the lure back to you at an incredible rate of speed! If you can’t break it, wrap the braid around a stout branch and then pull. I’ve never actually had to do that, you can almost always break it if you pull hard enough. If you’re on shore just walk away from the snag 

[fin]

2 hours ago, MN_Bassmaster78 said:

I do try that but I usually fish with braid which makes that very hard

Like @TnRiver46 said, find a good sturdy piece of wood laying around, something like a half inch thick and a foot long. Wrap the bit of line you can reach around the wood, and then keep on twisting the piece of wood so that line keeps wrapping around it. As you keep turning the piece of wood, the line will get tighter and tighter. You want to turn your face away from your lure or whatever as the line gets really tight, so it doesn't come back and hit you in the eye.

 

Update to the story: There's now a new piece of fishing line hanging in the same dang place, but now the water is up so I can't reach it to get it down ?

[volzfan59]

A friend and I unwound line from a blue heron one time. He pulled the hook out of the birds breast. That bird was not happy about us being that close, but after a bit it either tired out or realized that we were helping it. Just sort of chilled out, we did our thing and left.

[Jaderose]

I had no choice the other day but to leave about 2 ft of line hanging from a branch.  My frog was too high to reach and the branch had too much flex to break off so I had to pull it down as far as I could and then reach as high as I could and cut it.  I HAAAAAAATE that I left it there and will most likely think on it until I can figure out how to get it back. 

One of those darn casts that just get away from you.  I'm usually pretty deadly with my frog aim.  

 

 

[David 7]

I’m very careful not to get snagged in trees because it’s a pain and there is no guarantee I can completely get out of it without leaving line behind. I probably can, but can’t guarantee it. I pretty much avoid any real risky cast unless the spot looks irresistible.

[fin]

20 hours ago, Jaderose said:

I had no choice the other day but to leave about 2 ft of line hanging from a branch.

I don't think I'd stress too much over a couple of feet of line, unless the bare hook was dangling at the end of the line. I mean, it might not look good, but I don't think it's much of a danger to anything.

 

Today I managed to get the new line out of that tree using a branch I found that was about ten feet long, wrapping the line like I described above. That was about 15-20 feet of line that was hanging.

[Jaderose]

2 hours ago, fin said:

I don't think I'd stress too much over a couple of feet of line, unless the bare hook was dangling at the end of the line. I mean, it might not look good, but I don't think it's much of a danger to anything.

 

Today I managed to get the new line out of that tree using a branch I found that was about ten feet long, wrapping the line like I described above. That was about 15-20 feet of line that was hanging.

Nope....no hook.  The frog is wrapped around the limb and just a little line hanging but I still hate it.  I WILL get it outta there

[CrankFate]

On 8/3/2021 at 3:34 PM, MN_Bassmaster78 said:

Hey, I am a beginner fisherman so I was wondering while shore fishing, where do you cut the line when you get snagged?

I never cut the line. I pull the line. It never breaks off at the rod tip. No one should ever cut the line.

[desmobob]

I always wondered why anyone would want to cut the line.  I always pull until it breaks; usually at the knot or a knick or kink in the line.  Who knows... you might get your lure back (and you might have to duck!).

 

In the case of monofilament caught in a tree branch on a long cast, you will probably have to do a lot of pulling as the line stretches and the branch bends.  And with really strong line, you'll probably have to use something to wrap the line around to pull hard enough to break it off.

 

I can understand where someone might not want to pull their fluorocarbon line until it breaks, as stretching it can damage/weaken it.  But other than that, why give up early and cut?

[Rora]

I actually have a blast picking up old lures and baits that people left behind. I’m a new fisherman so it’s a great way for me to try out worms and craws from different manufacturers and colors. 

[roadwarrior]

On 8/5/2021 at 7:23 AM, desmobob said:

I always wondered why anyone would want to cut the line.  

 

Well, once you get popped by flying treble hooks you will understand.

I don't recover any lures in trees I cannot reach...NEVER!

 

[cyclops2]

It is tough growing up on texting & fast food boxes & wrappers.

[roadwarrior]

17 minutes ago, cyclops2 said:

It is tough growing up on texting & fast food boxes & wrappers.

 

What does that mean?

[desmobob]

2 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

 

Well, once you get popped by flying treble hooks you will understand.

I don't recover any lures in trees I cannot reach...NEVER!

 

 

I guess I've led a charmed life...

 

I'm too cheap to leave a lure in a tree without pulling past the breaking point of the line!  ?

I don't recall ever having been hooked by a homesick lure returning at a high rate of speed.  I guess that might mean that either I'm overdue, or you have bad luck...  ?

[Phelptwan]

I used to have a couple of lakes that I managed a few of this at/around the ramps.  People kept stealing them though (or D&R was taking them down and not calling me about it).  I kept them clean and emptied, and a lot of people used them.

 

[fin]

9 hours ago, Phelptwan said:

I used to have a couple of lakes that I managed a few of this at/around the ramps.  People kept stealing them though (or D&R was taking them down and not calling me about it).  I kept them clean and emptied, and a lot of people used them.

 

We have those at this lake too, only the pvc pipe is not near as wide as yours. I don't think they have been emptied in many years though, and people stuff anything they can in them. And I don't think the ones we have have a removable bottom like that. Those are really nice.