Anyone's Ideas and or methods of retrieving a rod / reel from 7 foot of water?

[Speedboat]

Looking for any idea, suggestions, or methods used to, hopefully, retrieve a rod / reel which went overboard in 7-8 foot of water?

[sparky979]

Metal chain stringer open all hooks 1/4 rope sinker on the end .

[Speedboat]

Yes Sir. Just had good friend suggest that exact method except to attach a #10 treble hook bought at Walmart to each clip of the stringer.

[wmitch2]

I'd get a Snorkel and Mask and just go get in the water ! UNLESS, you cant see because it's too stained. I've retrieved two, by tying on a couple of super spooks and 3 oz of lead flipping weights and just dredge the bottom. Change angles after a few casts until you catch it.

[exx1976]

I got mine back with a 7/0 treble and a 1oz egg sinker attacked to a musky rod with 80# braid. Cast over it and drag the bottom till you bring it in. Hopefully there's not a lot of rock and stump, or you'll be screwed.

I marked the GPS as soon as it went over in a calm bay, went back the following day with the musky rod & got it back on the second cast. A word of warning - retrieve SLOWLY. You have no idea what part of the rod you will have snagged. I caught the stripper guide on a spinning rod. Lucky for me I didn't bend or break it.

Also lucky for me that no fish picked up the bait that was on the rod and swam off with it, or I for sure would have never gotten it back.

[Lowerider58]

I also got one back using a large treble hood. I used a bench grinder to blunt the points down a little so it wouldn’t hang up so easily.

[bill.s]

I've had success putting several heavy weights in front of a large crankbait with several trebles and dragging it thru the area where the rod is located. Helps a lot if the rod was in use and had a lure out with some line attached, bigger target.

[Speedboat]

Whew! Guys I want to thank everyone for their suggestions in my concern. That said, the old saying, "persistence is a virtue!" is so true. Long story made short, lost 2 rod combs on Sunday May 10 and spent 3 hours dragging light chain stringer w/#10 treble hook attached through various parts of area with no luck. Returned to area with same tool and method to work for 4 hours from first light and retrieved both combos. again thanks everyone.

[wmitch2]

Persistence does pay off, LOL !!! Congratulations !

[tracer1]

My wife.

[bassnman81]

A-rig.

[twitch]

I use a painters pole extendable with a rake head on it or a clam digging claw that's how I got my last one back

[pcmc19057]

I use a painters pole extendable with a rake head on it or a clam digging claw that's how I got my last one back

That's a good idea
Paul

[champion1955]

Know some one with a old underwater camera , had a buddy drop one night fishing went back the next morning and drop the camera and there it was

[pumatrac]

1st thing if you see it go over the side... Hit a waypoint!

[SP1973]

Old fashioned metal stringer