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.

22 hours ago, FishTank said:

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.

I don’t know where that line comes from. On the bank I can wrap the line with a stick and get the lure loose. In my yak I can pull myself directly over the snag and pull up half a tree if I want.

I figure it’s laziness or impatience, either way it frustrates me. One, don’t leave plastics, hooks, or trash in the water. Two, how wealthy are you that you can just cutoff 20’ of line multiple times a trip?

I carry a disc golf retriever in my kayak that works well for retrieving snagged baits. If I can't get something lose, I'll wrap it around my hand/arm and break it off though. Never cut it because it just adds to the mess of line in the water.

I have a golf ball retriever that I picked up at Goodwill in my rod locker. Attached some little chains to it to grab trebles, and for about $3 total investment, it has saved me a fortune.

Twice this past Monday , I saw line hanging from trees. I followed the line through the branches and got a perfectly good jig with trailer and frog in new condition. I dont understand why people dont retrieve their snagged lures either.

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

Twice this past Monday , I saw line hanging from trees. I followed the line through the branches and got a perfectly good jig with trailer and frog in new condition. I dont understand why people dont retrieve their snagged lures either.

Embarrassment maybe?

A lot of loose line is discarded on the banks; when the water rises is when it becomes problematic for boaters. Trot lines and jug lines are also constant issues for man and beast.

Here are several effective methods to get your lure unstuck

Ya'll must be tossing your lures in much snaggier locations than I do.

I cannot recall a scenario in the last 5 years when I became so snagged that I could not retrieve the lure/hook. Maybe one time when I was skipping docks.

When my lure or hook becomes snagged, I simply go over to it and pull it out from another angle.

Jigs and frogs in trees?? There aren't any fish in a tree. They live in the water. Someone's accuracy is really bad.

34 minutes ago, gim said:

Jigs and frogs in trees?? There aren't any fish in a tree. They live in the water. Someone's accuracy is really bad.

A lot of people fishing the smaller lakes are fairly new to bass fishing and they have not yet learned the value of good underhand casting. They lob cast at everything and get hung in trees quite often. I was like that at first but I didnt leave lures hanging in trees unless it was way up there.