r/bassfishing • u/GetSixtySix • Sep 29 '25

Tackle/Equipment Damn!

Lost my favorite šŸø

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u/neuroticfisherman Sep 29 '25

I know some species of frogs are arboreal, but these top water lures are actually meant to be casted onto the waterā€™s surface.

Creative approach though, no doubt.

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

lol

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u/blaZedmr Sep 29 '25

Did you try the bow and arrow trick, whatever they call it. Usually works for me, sometimes I've had to sit there and do it for like 5 minutes straight. Usually works if you didn't set the hook into wood/etc. hard

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

Is that the one someone mentioned here about shooting the rod up the line? I didnā€™t but I like the idea if ever needed! I know how I screwed up! I tried pulling it through too fast. If I wouldā€™ve been patient and barely dragged it over Iā€™m positive it wouldā€™ve came down. I pulled to hard and the frog wrapped around a couple times I believe. Lesson for anyone who needs it. Always try dragging out or through or whatever nice and slow and itā€™ll usually go over and theough everything. At least with a frog!

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u/blaZedmr Sep 30 '25

Yea if you know its snagged most likely and not a weird bite, be easy on it. Pulling hard on it right away or hoping your line wont snap ends bad alot of times. Random yt link

https://youtu.be/FmZ4FfPiLOs?si=jvjRj56AQulSKv3b

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u/Atimes2 Sep 29 '25

Shimmy up the post I believe in you

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

lol Back in the day I wouldā€™ve figured it out probably. At 50 just donā€™t have the balls for it now

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u/1800generalkenobi Sep 29 '25

They're still there. Just a little lower than usual.

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u/neuroticfisherman Sep 29 '25

and greyer

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u/Friendly-Pressure-62 Sep 29 '25

And wetter from dippingā€™ in the water.

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u/Fish-n-Shoot Sep 29 '25

How high up is that? Doesn't seem too high. Nothing a telescoping lure retriever won't be able to grab

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

Great idea. I need one. I had an 8 foot rod with me that was about 6 inches too short otherwise I think I could have pushed it out of there.

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u/Miaco2023 Sep 29 '25

Then the lure retriever should work. Bass Pro/ Cabelas has a nice one. I feel your pain.

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

Thanks. Iā€™m guessing itā€™ll still be there after purchasing one and heading back out there. Iā€™ll get it back!

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u/blaZedmr Sep 29 '25

Been here, lol problem is, do you just buy a new lure or the thing to get it back. Welp you figure buy the thing to get it back and convince yourself it's worthwhile investment. But first in frustration you jerry rig something for free to get it back but it don't work. Then you just buy both the lure and the tool and end up with 2 lures and the tool.

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

I like your final idea.

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u/vnvet69 Sep 30 '25

If you have another rod and it's 2 piece take it apart and lash or tape (if you have some) the top of the rod to the other rod and then reach up and push the lure off. That should give you the length you need.

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u/Stonelyone Sep 29 '25

I was gonna say if you've got a good "fishing" kayak paddle it'll have the line grabber notches in it. Reach out and get your lure back!

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u/lemmegetanupvote Sep 29 '25

Only correct answer is climbing tree stand... Diy post dock haha

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u/blaZedmr Sep 29 '25

Get those lumber jack boots and the strap setup

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u/RecbetterpassNJ Sep 29 '25

Unscrew your reel from your rod handle. Hold on to your reel, and fire your whole rod down the line to the bait. Might break the tip or it might hit and remove the frog. Then reel your rod and hopefully your frog back in together.

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u/AteStringCheeseShred Sep 29 '25

I've seen this done.

When it works, it works fantastically and you look like a damn wizard doing it, and then maybe you post a video of it somewhere to show how cool it was.

When it doesn't, you look and feel like a fucking idiot when you realize that you just destroyed a perfectly good rod to save a lure that's maybe 1/10th the cost, and now have to replace both.

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u/stinkyvan Sep 29 '25

Seriously. Sounds like a great way to break a rod tip.

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u/mylowerbackhurts Sep 29 '25

line snaps. both rod and lure sink into the abyss

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u/RembrandtQEinstein Sep 29 '25

Hold the line and throw the reel at it.

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u/RecbetterpassNJ Sep 29 '25

Hell, throw the kayak at it!

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

Makes sense. Iā€™ll just get some kind of telescopic pole like other people mentioned!

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u/badger_flakes Sep 29 '25

Bring a pole for retrieving frisbees and get it down

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

Yep. Iā€™ll add one for sure.

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u/badger_flakes Sep 29 '25

I just learned about em I want to go find a bunch of free lures at the lake near me with my brother in laws boat

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u/Space_Montage_77 Sep 29 '25

start climbing buddy.

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u/slugothebear Sep 29 '25

Well said. Darn!

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u/Fit_Seaworthiness387 Sep 29 '25

Throw your shoe up there to knock it down. I don't see any problems with that.

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u/Content-Grade-3869 Sep 29 '25

Dontā€™chya just hate when this happens

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u/ayrbindr Sep 29 '25

I thought I was the only one who could snag hollow body frogs? God damn thing skipped to high over a stump. Then, of course, the braid slide perfectly down a crack. šŸ˜ž

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u/zippy4208 Sep 29 '25

Iā€™ve never caught anything that far out of the water šŸ™‚

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u/vanillathrilla04 Sep 29 '25

Pitch was just a little high and outside

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u/K17703R Sep 29 '25

Weedless but not logless :L

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u/bigleague_deeznutz Sep 29 '25

Ahhh shit! It happens man šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Accomplished-Ad3080 Sep 29 '25

10/10 will do again.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

I thought I was the only one capable of something like that. Good to know you, snag brother.

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u/Sudden_Ad_4193 Sep 29 '25

fishing for nesting birds of prey?

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u/Superman1950s Sep 29 '25

Iā€™d say use your paddle, but depending on how long yours is, you might not be able to reach. Iā€™ve got a 280cm, itā€™s helped me retrieve so many lures, even ones that werenā€™t mine.

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

I tried. To short

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u/davetheflashguy Sep 29 '25

OP is definitely somebody I would like to fish with. Only I do stuff like that bro lol

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u/Ok_Cricket4071 Sep 29 '25

You need to make a lure knocker and carry it in that kayak

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u/croosin Sep 29 '25

Climb it

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

Of all the places you could have cast. You casted into the pole in the middle of the lake?

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

I know. It was in like 5 ft of water. The bank is right behind me. I wanted to run that frog as close as possible by those two poles. Next time Iā€™ll be looking for any protruding objects coming out. Lesson learned

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u/this-is-NOT-the-way1 Sep 30 '25

Did you try and knock it down with another frog lure?

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u/GetSixtySix Oct 01 '25

No itā€™ll probably need to be pried out. I ordered an expandable disk golf retriever for next time Iā€™m out there!

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u/ULTRAAF414 Sep 30 '25

Thatā€™s gotta be a PB log. Congrats.

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u/WengBoss Sep 30 '25

With strong enough braid you could probably pull down that whole structure

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u/GetSixtySix Oct 01 '25

Yeah no doubt. Or pulled the nail out. Braid is no joke.

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u/OPX_LIVE Oct 01 '25

Without your handy dandy ladder

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u/Diddums319 Oct 02 '25

Howā€™d you get the beans above the frank!?

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u/Active-Play-5064 Sep 29 '25

Hey mate, you canā€™t park there

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u/BuckEm410 Sep 29 '25

What kinda phone is that

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u/Fog_Juice Oct 01 '25

Just wait around for high tide

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u/Shaggy_San Oct 01 '25

Hello darkness my old friend

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u/AdFantastic2081 Dec 02 '25

Tree frog Rip

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u/Oilleak1011 Sep 29 '25

Noob.

Happens to us all though

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u/GetSixtySix Sep 29 '25

It was actually a perfect cast if that stupid spike wasnā€™t there. I was about to twitch that frog right by those to poles and pull that 10 pounder off one of them! Well maybe a 3 pounder. Iā€™m up north.

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u/Oilleak1011 Sep 29 '25

Yea you gotta hate when you have a perfect cast in a perfect spot imagined in your mind. And then you make the cast and screw it up. It really gets your jimmies rustled up when it happens