Spark plugs???!!!???

[ikeslayer]

In the latest issue of bass master mag i received they had day on the lake with Stacey King. That is probably my favorite article but none the less something in it was quite interesting. He said that when he gets a snag with a crank bait he snaps and old spark plug onto his line and then that knocks his lure loose. How does this work, How do you 'snap' a spark plug to your line, Secondly what do you do once you get it there? This was quite intersting i thought but have no idea if it works or how. I have lots of old spark plugs and rapalas aren't cheap and i can only imagine what this would do for the lucky craft guy. Any details would be much appreciated. ike

[Sproguy]

I second that one!!! I was thinking the exact same thing when I read it. I figured I was the only one dumb enough to not figure it out so I left it alone. Glad to see that there are others willing to admit that they struggle with the simple things in life.

[musky hunter]

Over the year there have been a number of systems to retrieve stuck lures, with varying degrees of success. The idea of the spark plug is to close the gap around the line and let it slide down to the lure. Presumably, the weight and momentum of the plug is enough to somehow release the stuck lure. With the weight it can be worked up and down before it reaches the lure, putting different attack angles on the line. I think in some situations it might work, but seems to me that in most it would not. I don't like the idea of putting oil or grease from an old plug on my line. If spark plugs would work, then something made for the purpose would work a whole lot better.

[blakjack23]

they do make something like this.....Bass Pro sells them. A spark plug is just a cheaper version....

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=44428&hvarDept=100&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=11&hvarSubCode=5&hvarTarget=browse

[musky hunter]

Yep, that's the thing, complete with retrieving line.

[beeflover]

If you ever saw and item that pays for itself many times over it a lure retriever.

We were down at Tablerock where a major pattern is throwing crankbaits at the standing timber. You seldom get a bit unless you bounce the bait off a stump. Two of us probably saved 30 wigglewarts and jerkbaits over a long weekend. I think we only lost one bait.