How long does a lost lure stay around in a river? So I got a lure snagged on a branch in the middle of a river I live by two weeks ago. I have some waders and my wadding boots should...

FS Digest

So I got a lure snagged on a branch in the middle of a river I live by two weeks ago. I have some waders and my wadding boots should be here on Wednesday. Do you think my lure will still be on the branch if I go back out on Friday? It's stuck on a branch that is partially out of the water.

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by newbie62guy2

D Tong Loc: San Francisco,Ca

That all depends on how much other people visit the area someone else might find it before you go back

DC Loc: Washington state

I have retrieved lost lures often, usually all I have to do is replace the hooks and clean them up and they are fine. I am talking fresh water I suspect salt water would take a greater toll on them.

rapala54 Loc: Nappanee,IN.

I really like getting free lures. Use my extendable water pole,works great. I haven't had much luck on catching those tree fish. Get sometime trying on the river ,trees just suck them up.

Crosscut Loc: Nahcotta, WA

After nearly hooking myself by grabbing at a "free" lure, I now jab at them with a long handled fish net. If you can tangle them on the first jab - great. If you miss, it's the next anglers turn to try to pluck the ring from the carousel.

If you get a fall rain, it may go underwater and still be there when you return. If the river is dropping it is more likely it found a new home in someone else's tackle box. And if that the case, I hope it's a kid that finds it.

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

There is a stump displayed in Kenai that was pulled from the Kenai River. It had an estimated over 4,000 pounds of lead fishing weights attached to it. It looked like a Christmas tree with lures as well. There is a deep hole in a local river. In the winter when the water is way down, my son and his friend take a canoe and gather enough salmon casting tackle to last a lifetime. They sell enough to cover anything they need to buy the next season like line, reel or rod and beer.

Crosscut Loc: Nahcotta, WA

Another local river story. Fishing winter steelhead in the PNW, we used to fish a hole called the boxspring hole. If you only went there during winter high water you never got to see the set of boxsprings in the bottom of the hole, and probably wondered about the name. It was a real tackle grabber for the unaware!

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

FS Digest wrote:

So I got a lure snagged on a branch in the middle of a river I live by two weeks ago. I have some waders and my wadding boots should be here on Wednesday. Do you think my lure will still be on the branch if I go back out on Friday? It's stuck on a branch that is partially out of the water.

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by newbie62guy2

Who thinks up these questions?

Monday Loc: Olympia WA

Did you look for the rope attached to the springs? There’s more than one type of fishing.

Kerry Hansen Loc: Bremerton, WA

Crosscut wrote:

Another local river story. Fishing winter steelhead in the PNW, we used to fish a hole called the boxspring hole. If you only went there during winter high water you never got to see the set of boxsprings in the bottom of the hole, and probably wondered about the name. It was a real tackle grabber for the unaware!

Yep at the "barrier boat launch". Lost a couple rigs on it.

bozokarl Loc: south central Pa

bapabear wrote:

There is a stump displayed in Kenai that was pulled from the Kenai River. It had an estimated over 4,000 pounds of lead fishing weights attached to it. It looked like a Christmas tree with lures as well. There is a deep hole in a local river. In the winter when the water is way down, my son and his friend take a canoe and gather enough salmon casting tackle to last a lifetime. They sell enough to cover anything they need to buy the next season like line, reel or rod and beer.

This past spring while fishing for catfish in the Susquehanna river I reeled in a tree branch that had a huge rat's nest of fishing line, lures, sinkers, and hooks tangled in it. Most of the lures and hooks were rusted too bad to be used again but I did get probably 5 pounds or more of lead sinkers.