--- . I had a short session fishing with the magnet and found another mooring
stake before latching on to the side/bottom of the boat. When I tried to pull
it free the the line shot up leaving the magnet somewhere on the boat, the line
didn't break as the thimble was still on the end, so the post must have pulled
out of the magnet.
Below is an extract from my report of 2006 re my magnet:-
I decided to stop above Towney Lock at 17:10 and unfortunately, as I was tying
up, a gust of wind took my umbrella off of the roof and into the water, sinking
before I could get to it. Inspired, I used the 'Seasearch' magnet, hoping to
get lucky. In fact I got more unlucky as the cord to the magnet parted company
from the cork float at the end of the line. Now I was reduced to using and
losing a few spinners/plugs/lures from my fishing tackle box. All this activity
didn't stop a pike from attempting to grab a lure while recovery operations
were in progress. Now, if I'd set out to catch a pike.....
Finally, in despair, I tied the anchor to a rope length and
trawled for ages, trying to snag the magnet-cord, instead of which my luck
finally turned as the magnet clung to the metal anchor during a retrieve.
Snagged through the magnet-cord was one of my lost spinners!
At the end of the day I was down one umbrella, if I'd have
philosophically accepted that initially, it would have saved a lot of effort
and I may have been able to get some fishing done. As it was, I retrieved the
magnet just before it got dark and began to rain heavily again--not the best of
day-ends!
I was exhausted but basically happy to get the magnet back.Please keep us
informed Brian of your attempts to retrieve *yours* it will be fascinating I'm
sure!
>From what you say in your report I feel sure that it's clinging to the side
>rather than the bottom of Harnser----good luck.
Barry
Nb achtunggetthedegaussingdeviceoutfritz
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