Each year I become overly irritated at the amount of line I get hung up in. It doesn't matter if I am flipping a jig or running a crankbait, I will at least once or twice get caught in someone else's break off line through out the day. I think I have pulled enough 832 off of stumps and rocks to fill every reel I own.

So my question is do you guys cut your line or do you make an attempt to pull it out and what method do you use?

I was watching this and thought, if there is a will there is a way. Also, it shows me what it takes to be a pro angler. There is no way I would have the skill or even the nerve to attempt this. It's pretty cool though. Hopefully this starts at 19:24.

Just my thoughts, but if you're using 30-65lb braid and you get hung up, can't you just wrap the braid around a solid fail safe object like wooden rod and just straighten out the snagged hook(s) and get your lure and line back?

I try to get it back by pulling different ways on it. Sometimes in the river that isn’t possible before my line snaps.

I pop the line and that works a good bit of the time. if not, I tried pulling from different directions, and popping from different directions. Then I’ll just break off.

I have two different lure retrievers, one telescoping 15ft. and one plug knocker. Neither takes up a lot of space and it's a rare occasion when I can't get my stuff unstuck.

I have the same problem on my favorite lake and what irritates me the most is that it isn't the shore anglers that are the culprits. For the life of me, I can't understand why someone in a boat or yak can't go to the spot and retrieve their lure/hook. IMO those folks are just lazy. Last Tuesday, I found 30+yrds of braid wrapped around my TM prop with the lure still attached to the end. My wish is that anglers like that get some other lazy $O&'s line wrapped around the seal of their motor and end up with an expensive repair.

If it's deep I get right over it and use a plug knocker.

54 minutes ago, Alex from GA said:

If it's deep I get right over it and use a plug knocker.

Same here, or sometimes I can get behind it and pull it back and pop free.

Boat fishing I retrieve almost everything. Bank fishing -- #&@$!. This reminds me that I meant to dive the pond near my house...

Bank fishing I try to fish parallel to the bank, I can usually walk past a snag and pop it out. On the boat unless it's stuck in deep wood usually just move over the bait and pop it loose. If it's in wood shallow I can usually pop it off with the tip of the rod, risking a tip guide but it is what it is. If I really get hung up I wrap the line around a dowel and break off at the knot.

I make an effort not to pull hard when it first gets hung up and 90% of the time that keeps the hook from burying into something. From there some combination of shaking it and what I call the "bow and arrow" method of snapping the line usually gets it.

I've never tried the method in the video cause I value my line guides.