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i was just trollin along pullin a crawler with a spinner just tring for a walleye in 20ft of water and wham the rod melded over i had to start backin up slowly takin in line it was a fight i had to pull it off the bottom but i finally got it into the boat someone had it befoe there was a hook in it first time i caught an anchor a nice red one with a 25 foot rope on it and a clip and last year i got a rod and reel what kind of junk have you guys pulled up?

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I was pulling the anchor up one time last summer and had caught a pole with the anchor. The reel was shot but the pole is excellent. Also caught a dead racoon someone threw in the river...yuck..

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Couple of summers ago we were out fishing & I saw something bobbing in the water. I usually pick up garbage if I see it, so went to investigate. It was a nice Fenwick spinning rod, with the tip broke off, probably 3-6" missing. I own several Fenwicks so knew that many have lifetime warranties, so I took it in. I got a beautiful new medium light spinning rod. We assumed somebody got frustrated about breaking their rod & threw it in the lake, there was no reel on it. Thanks for the great rod. By the way, Fenwick's a great company, they stand behind their stuff.

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On Vermillion last year I pulled up a plastic pipe that some guy must have been using to get fresh water out to his island cabin. Talk about feeling good! "snag...oh wait ...Its movin!!!!

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* a rod and reel

* lines with lures on many occasions

* clams and snails on many occasions

I've also caught fish with lures in their lips a couple times. Weird how those things work out...

Heard about a guy on Mille Lacs fighting something for half an hour, getting his lure to the boat, then discovering he had hooked another line, picked that up and kept a fight on for another half hour, and ended up catching a 50 inch musky on a shad rap someone had broke off. unconfirmed but interesting all the same.

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Last year the neighbor pulled a Mikota trolling motor out ......hooked it to the battery and it worked like a champ......

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I was fishing on lake Ripley in Litchfield 5 years ago, Had on a black and white daredevil and hook into something big, about a few min after pulling on this snag trying to keep my lucky lure up came a very mucky looking log,
We used the net to get it in the boat and here was a hatchet.
Cleaned it up some and took it up to the museum of minnesota and it was made around the turn of the century. Around 1885 and 1900. They found this buy the name that they were able to barely see on the one side of the blade after doing some work.
It now hangs on my wall

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I caught a dead lamb in the Blue Earth river when I was a kid. It put up a heck of a fight in the current.

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On Games I caught a spare tire in 40+' of water, that is w/o the rim. Just so happens that same night my buddy caught a rubber boot. Now talk about a fight try pullin that trough a 7 1/2" hole

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Goosin now but Ice is coming soon!!
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    • leech~~
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    • smurfy
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    • SkunkedAgain
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    • LakeofthewoodsMN
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    • CigarGuy
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    • PSU
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    • Hookmaster
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    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
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