Magnet Fishing

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Community for general chit chat about magnet fishing, as well as a place to post your cool finds!

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I made a display board for some of my smaller magnet fishing finds (feddit.uk)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been struggling to get out with my magnet so far this year, so instead I made this board to display some of my finds on.

I've never really done any woodworking apart from maybe a small project at secondary school, so I enjoyed putting this together and picking up some basic skills in doing so.

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[–] Tugboater203 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I only dropped in to say I love your username. Also cool board, how would one get started in magnet fishing? What happens if you larch onto something too big to haul out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Thanks. All you really need to get started at a minimum is a magnet, a rope and some protective gloves. I use Magnetar for my magnets and I use their ropes too.

I've not lost a magnet yet but I have resorted to using my car to pull it out on two occasions now, and I bought a hand winch in case I ever can't pull it out and I can't get my car near. Both times I think the magnet was wedged rather than just magnetised to something, a good yank can overcome even the strongest fishing magnet.