??? Cable on bottom of lake ????

[dieguy]

I was out fishing last night on a north Metro lake. I had my six year old along and was just fisshing for crappies or sunnies. The wind was blowing very hard so I put out the anchor. The wind was blowing so hard that I was dragging the anchor for a while then it finally stuck and we fished for an hour or so. When it was time to leave i tried to pull up the anchor and it came off the bottom a few feet and pulled back down. I kept pulling and it felt like I was pulling against a rubber band the harder I pulled the harder it pulled back. I was only in 12 feet of water so I pulled and tied it off, then pulled harder and tied it off again. I kept doing this until I could pull no more and I saw a large (approx 3/8" diameter) shiny metal cable hooked in the rope attached to the anchor. I did everything I could think of short of jumping overboard to get the anchor free until it started getting too dark so I cut the rope and lost my anchor. What the heck would a brand new, obviously attached to something large, metal cable be doing running across the middle of a metro lake? Has anybody else ever experienced anything like this?

[John Mickish]

What lake was it?

[cliffy]

just guessing but could it be a power or phone line. I have seen such cables on lakes with homes on Islands. Just a thought.

[dieguy]

I was on lake Jane. I thought about power line or something but it was not a coated cable and that wouldn't make any sense at all.

[ocf]

thats really odd

[Sheephead Slayer]

Probably a ground cable. Was there high wires running overhead? Sometimes they will bury it since ground is the lowest run, expecially if planes use the lake.

Kevin

[fiskyknut]

Could be someones Crankbait trap? When I was young and dumb and full of fun we used to weight and sink old bicycle frames covered in chicken wire along well used trolling routes on the Rainy river. Check them once a week or so, pull 'em up with a rope and grapple hook ya know. Ingenious we were!

fiskyknut

[John Mickish]

Does Jane use an areator in the winter or does anyone know if there is a watershed inlet/outlet underwater somewhere? It would be interesting to follow that cable with a camera.

[cold one sd]

Be nasty. Cut it and see who comes to repair it.

[Remy]

Same thing happened to me on tonka on fishing opener. But I was about 25 feet deep and it was a cable that ran from island to island. I was just mad because it was in the morning and I had no anchor for the rest of the day. So far this year I've pulled up a cable, ladder, and a box spring. Why can't it ever be a case of beer?

[Fishin4Life]

Quote:

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Why can't it ever be a case of beer?

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Because everyone knows it is a state law that your case must have a life jacket on at all times, while in or near the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BobT]

What kind of fishing line are you using that can support those heavy items?

Bob

[870Express]

Same thing happened to us on Vermilion a couple years ago. It took two guys to pull the cable and anchor up in 35 ft of water.

[Valv]

I was trolling for big muskies when I felt some big jerks on my line, when I finally got it back there was an anchor stuck on the line....seems like somebody got it snagged and couldn't retrieve it so they cut the rope.

I've got a free anchor...

Sorry I couldn't resist....

[nitroant]

Not sure if this is right or not, but I know there was a lake in the Oakdale area that they raised years ago. Many homes had to be moved and stuff to allow this happen (or so I have heard) I also think it was lake Jane. If this is all true it could be something left over from that, maybe an old power cable or cloths line or something.

[Fishin4Life]

What do you mean they "raised" the lake? I've never heard of this before.

[nitroant]

From what I heard, they closed off one of the outlets and let the level of the water rise to accomodate run off. So by doing this the Normal High Water Mark changed and people had to move their homes. Now, again, this is just something I heard, I have no way to tell you this is true, but it was Lake Jane in Oakdale that I heard it about and it was 30+ years ago.

[hugonian1]

I know Bald Eagle has some "underwater connections" running between the mainland and the island.