Retrieved my Skitter Pop

[fishing_in_israel]

Went fishing this morning and after a while tried my SSP9 There was something amiss with the line (only noticed when I got home that the top ring is pretty worn ) and the line must have got twisted and made a small loop or something as my SSP9 went off on it's own with about 2 meters of line
I could see it bobbing on the surface about 25 meters out. I tied on an FXR12 and practiced my casting trying to land it on the SSP9. Eventually, after about 20 minutes i managed to snag the end of the line by the split ring of the FXR12 -- I found it hard to believe but the 'curl' of where the line had 'looped' and broken had got snagged on the split ring of the FXR12 - honestly! I reeled it in slow with the rod held high and as soon as I could I grabbed the SSP9's broken line -- rescued!

I was really pleased - and I know that you guys kind of frown on 'religion' (I don't like 'religion' either - but I believe in God) but I prayed and thanked God after I got it back.

Nigel

[qbert]

Sure been down that road a time or two!! Although I've certainly never snagged my lure by the remaining line hanging off of it. My buddy kind of lassoed a bass last year. The fish wasn't even hooked at all. The line wrapped around the corners of it's mouth, down around the small fins on it's belly, and then got caught in the worm hook he was using. When he pulled the line created a lasso effect and he pulled the bass right in, with his hook attached to nothing but his own line!! Don't expect to see that happen again!!

Anyway, I'm glad to hear you eventually got your ssp back!! I hate losing my rapalas!!!

[walter]

glad to hear you recovered your lure, that also shows you have a really good precision on casting

i had a similar luck a couple of times, i was fishing with a spoon and snagged on another lure. i was really surprised when i saw that, one other time i snagged on a piece of wood... and i recovered it, discovering there was another lure i lost 2 weeks before.

[bluefishbuster]

What you did is something I've done many times. Line snaps so I take a F or J out, cast it to the lure, and make sure I snag the lost lure.

[fishing_in_israel]

May 13, 2010 0:44:25 GMT -4 bluefishbuster said:

What you did is something I've done many times. Line snaps so I take a F or J out, cast it to the lure, and make sure I snag the lost lure.

That was what I was aiming (sorry about the pun ) to do but was surprised to see the the 'curled' end of the line (where the line had looped and knotted before breaking) was precariously caught on the split ring of the FXR12 that I was using to rescue my SSP9. The 'curl' was more like a hook shape - nothing much to get caught on the split ring!

[catfreak]

Yea. I've done this a few times as well. Fishing the river means that I've lost a few, but on a couple occasions I've gotten them back. It's definitely a nice feeling when you hook the lost lure. I had a floater snag up last year, and after the line broke it floated back up and started floating towards a dam I was fishing. I got it back just before it disappeared into the dam. I was an extremely happy fisherman that day seeing as I bought the lure about 3 hours before that.

[Tom]

i once did the same for some spanish guys umbrella lol. a gust of wind blew, and it shot straight into the sea, luckily it landed upside down ad floated, and i managed to cast onto it and reel it in