Anyone know about magnet fishing?

KDerekT83 · Apr 30, 2020

Am I that much of a nerd, or are there other people out there into magnet fishing?

DAVE_M · Apr 30, 2020

Hopefully you would try such things in waters other than Lake Pontchartrain.

KDerekT83 · Apr 30, 2020

I do. I actually just tried the lakefront today for the first time. Didn’t get ****. However I did a small section of the public boat launch in port Vincent a few days ago with my kids, and pretty much every time I threw my magnet out I came up with something.... lots of junk, but something at least. I want to go back though. There was a guy fishing the dock and I didn’t want to get to close and bother him so I called it quits pretty quick

Tboy · Apr 30, 2020

I’ve seen some youtubers do it. Does that count? Hitting the touristy spots would prolly yield better than random locations.

It’s like any other hobby. If you like it do it.

AustinBR · Apr 30, 2020

KDerekT83 said:
I do. I actually just tried the lakefront today for the first time. Didn’t get ****. However I did a small section of the public boat launch in port Vincent a few days ago with my kids, and pretty much every time I threw my magnet out I came up with something.... lots of junk, but something at least. I want to go back though. There was a guy fishing the dock and I didn’t want to get to close and bother him so I called it quits pretty quick

Have you found anything cool or noteworthy?

What kind of magnet are you using?

Rivens81 · Apr 30, 2020

I thought about doing that by kayak in lake borgne over some battles that took place in war of 1812. There’s bound to be artifacts there still. Message me if you want to go sometime

Magdump · Apr 30, 2020

Yeah, I caught a record steelhead just last year...
LOL
I can’t say I’ve gone just to see what I can find, but I’ve got a couple of bad ass magnets made for the task that I carried in my boat for years. They came in handy a couple times too. Not sure how far I could chunk these tho.

KDerekT83 · Apr 30, 2020

Rivens81 said:
I thought about doing that by kayak in lake borgne over some battles that took place in war of 1812. There’s bound to be artifacts there still. Message me if you want to go sometime

im ready for that any Sunday. I usually work on fridays so... I’ll be happy to help cover any expenses (fuel, food, etc...)

nolaradio · Apr 30, 2020

Pulled up a bicycle from the Mandeville lakefront. And a bunch of other junk.

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KDerekT83 · Apr 30, 2020

AustinBR said:
Have you found anything cool or noteworthy?

What kind of magnet are you using?

nothing really crazy yet. At Port Vincent the other day, I got a whole bunch of hurricane clips, nails, etc, from the bridge area and about 30ish feet straight out from the launch I got a boat propeller. That’s pretty much the most interesting thing I’ve gotten so far. For now I’m using a 1200lb 2 sided magnet I got off eBay with a rock climbing caribiner and about 50ft of 550 Paracord. I want to get some more heavy duty stuff and a length of 100ft rope so I can go in way deeper areas in the near future.

KDerekT83 · Apr 30, 2020

nolaradio said:
Pulled up a bicycle from the Mandeville lakefront. And a bunch of other junk.

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was the bike salvageable or just trash? That’s the fun of the hobby. You never know what you’ll find that can be saved

nolaradio · Apr 30, 2020

KDerekT83 said:
was the bike salvageable or just trash? That’s the fun of the hobby. You never know what you’ll find that can be saved

It was down there a while. Lots of it was rusted through.
Got a Leatherman off of the Pier at sunset point that was a mess too. It's somewhere in my garage now.
There's lots of pieces of 1" cables off that pier for some reason too.

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troy_mclure · Apr 30, 2020

done it alot off the piers in lake erie in canada back in the late 80s. nothing secial. a 30lb magnet and a 100ft section of cheap rope. lots of fish baskets, several rod/reels, a few cheap fillet knives.
stuff lasts longer up in the cold fresh water than down here.

if you really want to find stuff(junk) get a waterproof metal detector, set it to heavier metals to ignore the aluminum cans. lots of musket balls and minnie balls in this area. lead lasts forever. so does brass. a guy on a metal detecting forum found a small falcon not too far from dolphin island.

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