@ hazmail
Seen this one before in a Wisconsin musky gear catalog , think it was "Rollie&Helens"
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But for me it doesn't seem to be very practical and handy , because I most likely snag up lures deeper than 9 metres(27 feet) , when fishing from my small boat .
In this case I'd use a homemade lure retriever , that roughly consists of a lead-cast-out copper tube with a wire corkscrew on its side to thread in the mainline .
It has four 1 foot pieces of iron chain on its bottom to catch up with the lure's hooks and about 75 feet of cord attached .
Only problem is to set and anchor the boat possibly straight above the snagged lure for best function , especially in windy conditions not an easy affair !
But otherwise it works nicely , I have already saved dozens and dozens of lures with it , even pulled up a nice 8 lbs anchor , an illegal fishing net and a bicycle(from25 feet ! ! !
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This pole retriever would be only interesting to me for fishing from bank , most snags occur at close range , as the water gets shallower towards the bank , also for lures hung into trees it would be very useful .
But , why , the heck , I must carry along six pole sections of 5 feet length crawling through bushes , trees and reed to get access to the best places , where pike tend to lurk , already got enough problems with rod , landing net and tacklebag sometimes
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I don't doubt it's function at all , but I guess , this retriever is only good for fishermen , that have lots of storage space in their boat and fish shallower than 27 feet waters
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Greetz , diemai
