magnet fishing?

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7:00p, 5/6/21

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Anyone into magnet fishing?
My sons brought it up to me as a fun activity for summer. Any experience or tips? Is this the worst idea ever?

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7:04p, 5/6/21

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Where do you hook the magnet at?

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In reply to Fishin Texas Aggie 05 • 7:14p, 5/6/21

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It is basically a strong magnet at the end of a rope. You throw it out and hope to catch something metal.

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7:16p, 5/6/21

Seems like fun but might want to warn your kids that a lot of what they see on youtube is staged.

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In reply to CS78 • 7:19p, 5/6/21

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yeah. I figured it might be a good excuse turn off the video games and go outside.

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In reply to CS78 • 7:32p, 5/6/21

CS78 said:
Seems like fun but might want to warn your kids that a lot of what they see on youtube is staged.

It's on the internet!

Are you saying it could be not real?

Heavens to murgatroyd!!!

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7:34p, 5/6/21

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Go to a certain spot of Buffalo Bayou and you are likely to pull up old Civil War muskets and maybe even some,fused cannonballs that were thrown in so tge yankees would not be able to get them at the end of the war.

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In reply to [removed post] • 6:41a, 5/7/21

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Isn't that White Oak Bayou?

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7:09a, 5/7/21

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I can't believe how popular the YouTube videos are... seems like the ADD generation's version of fishing.

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7:11a, 5/7/21

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We live in Kentucky, which has been settled for a relatively long time. Maybe we will find some cool old stuff, but I am betting on fishing gear, trash, or nothing.

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3:43p, 5/7/21

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Wait a minute, given all the boating accidents I read about on this board, I give you 5 casts until you pull up an AR!!

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In reply to CrottyKid • 6:16a, 5/8/21

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CrottyKid said:
yeah. I figured it might be a good excuse turn off the video games and go outside.

This, it's great fun for the kids. Go to local retention/fishing ponds and you'll probably get something. I've gotten pliers, knives, a zebco reel, shopping cart. Pro tips: set up a cone of some sort to slide down the rope above your magnet to keep it from getting snagged. I use the top of a big shampoo bottle. Also wrap the whole mess in a priority/express (tyvek) mailer so you don't get your magnet covered with little rusty debris

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