Lost plugs are expensive and every fisherman has this problem. Here is an easy, cheap plug knocker that works!
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 5 minutes
Here's How:
- Purchase a few two ounce sinkers - the kind with a wire loop are best.
- Purchase a few big clips - with or without swivels attached
- Put a clip on each sinker and keep in your boat.
- When a plug hangs up under water and you can't reach it, clip one of the sinkers to your line.
- Let the sinker slide down your line to the plug.
- Jiggle your rod tip up and down to make the sinker hit against the plug and pull it down below the hang-up.
- Start with a gentle up-and-down motion but get stronger if it does not come loose.
- When the plug comes loose, reel it in, remove the sinker, re-tie your line and start casting again!
Tips:
- Buy cheap sinkers, you will lose a few.
- Get on the opposite side of the hang-up before starting to try to free it.
- If you are fishing from the bank and can walk around to get a good angle on the plug, this may work from the bank.
What You Need:
- 2 oz. sinker
- big snap
