Does anybody know if people dive for lost swimbaits? It seems like if you live in California and you knew how to scuba dive you could make a haul. You'd probably have to repaint them, and soft plastic swimbaits would get waterlogged, but still. Georgia wouldn't be a great place to do it, but I'm just curious have you heard of anybody doing it?

Well, baits ain´t exactly like golf balls and lakes ain´t exactly like golf course ponds, so that may be a reason why there aren´t swimbait diver seekers.

I'm gonna go with no. 

I'm gonna go with no. 

 

You'd be going the wrong direction then.

 

There are plenty of guys that carry a swim mask and fins in addition to a lure retriever on the boat. It might not be the smartest or safest thing to do, but people do it.

 

Some of these baits are worth it.

In SoCal the lakes vary in depth greatly during the year, right now most are about 75 vertical feet below full pool, do to the 4 year drought, no need to get wet looking for lures.

Swimbait break off from getting snagged in wood or rocks and from poor knots, would be very hard for a diver to find isolated lost lures you can't see well. Last week a boater fell out of his boat night fishing and divers haven't found him and they know where he drowned.

Tom

You'd be going the wrong direction then.

 

There are plenty of guys that carry a swim mask and fins in addition to a lure retriever on the boat. It might not be the smartest or safest thing to do, but people do it.

 

Some of these baits are worth it.

Yep, one of my friends dumped his swimbait combo overboard once and threw on his mask and fins to get it. It took a few tries. Fortunately it was only in about 12 feet of water. Still daunting none the less. I would have done the same for what it's worth. Not sure I'd do it for most baits..some, probably

If it was in 2ft of clear water and I can see what's underneath for 10ft around, maybe.

Gators, Pythons and I don't get along too good.

Mike

I know a guy who's scuba certified and went diving in a local reservoir, not to retreive anything but just to scope out what's down there as opposed to what you can only see from the surface.  Said it's a completely different world!

I know a guy that scubas and built a pyramid out of sap bucket on the bottom of Champlain.

 

(we get bored up here)

most lakes in California are water resevoirs ,so water contact is prohibited , if i lose a bait in deep water , it's gone !! i have seen people go thru tules in the shallow waters to get hung up baits .