robtheplod Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Hi All What is the general consensus on magnetic fishing? is it ok to do or is it frowned upon? What size magnet would be needed to pickup something the size/weight of a windlass? Just considering a new hobby that goes with my love of canals!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Goldfish are not magnetic ETA @magnetman is your man on this one. I've got a seasearcher magnet which seems ok, but not cheap these days. Ours came with the boat. Edited April 19, 2018 by rusty69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Cut out from card little fish shapes. Colour them in to your choice. Slip a paper clip onto each one. Put them in a bucket. A stick, string with a little U shaped magnet tied on makes the fishing rod. Sit cross legged by the bucket and fish. Season doesn't start until June though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 12 minutes ago, robtheplod said: Hi All What is the general consensus on magnetic fishing? is it ok to do or is it frowned upon? What size magnet would be needed to pickup something the size/weight of a windlass? Just considering a new hobby that goes with my love of canals!! No problems at all, a lot of people do it. You will need something like a Sea Searcher to pick up a windlass. I made one up using a large loudspeaker magnet .Most chandlers will sell them. https://marinestore.co.uk/Sea_Searcher_Recovery_Magnet.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearley Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) We have a sea searcher too but never found anything we've dropped in but did recover another boaters weed hatch plate. Edited April 19, 2018 by pearley Edited to add I was rewarded with sedveral brandies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 we have a sea searcher on the boat, and whilst it did recover a windlass that got knocked in, it was less successful with the walkie talkie that now sits in the murky depths near Maestermyn Cruisers and the closed Narrow Boat pub. you might consider something like https://www.first4magnets.com/hook-eyebolt-clamping-magnets-c40/48mm-dia-neodymium-clamping-magnet-with-m8-eyebolt-and-10-metre-rope-95kg-pull-p10838#ps_1-11242 as its much lighter than a sea searcher, I have one but have yet to get it wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 I've been doing it since the end of the 60s. I started with a loudspeaker base, moved onto a Sea Searcher, and now use a Rare Earth I guess the common sense rules are ...... Carry a plastic bag with you so you can dump in a litter bin all of the junk and rusty rubbish you haul out. Don't throw anything back in nor just drop it on the towpath. If you're hunting near a lock be aware that a Neodymium can latch onto underwater ironwork and you may not be able to remove it. You could end up blocking a paddle or even jamming a lock gate. This happened near Shardlow many years ago and Waterways had to drain the lock to retrieve it! If you're searching near VMs check for galvanised piling. Again you can get it stuck on one and have the devil's job getting it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, pearley said: We have a sea searcher too but never found anything we've dropped in but did recover another boaters weed hatch plate. A friend of ours was complaining that his sea searcher was rubbish - hardly picked anything up at all. Then I showed him the keeper plate and suggested he tried removing it before using the magnet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 6 hours ago, rusty69 said: Goldfish are not magnetic ETA @magnetman is your man on this one. I've got a seasearcher magnet which seems ok, but not cheap these days. Ours came with the boat. Much better than the Sea Searcher in my opinion I have one. 6 hours ago, robtheplod said: Hi All What is the general consensus on magnetic fishing? is it ok to do or is it frowned upon? What size magnet would be needed to pickup something the size/weight of a windlass? Just considering a new hobby that goes with my love of canals!! Just don't leave all the dross on the towpath like some of them do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 54 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Much better than the Sea Searcher in my opinion I have one. What? A goldfish or a magnetman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 7 hours ago, robtheplod said: Hi All What is the general consensus on magnetic fishing? is it ok to do or is it frowned upon? What size magnet would be needed to pickup something the size/weight of a windlass? Just considering a new hobby that goes with my love of canals!! If you enjoy it then no reason not to do it within the constraints mentioned above. Anyway with the name of RobThePlod suspect your unlikely to commit any misdemeanors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 25 minutes ago, reg said: Anyway with the name of RobThePlod suspect your unlikely to commit any misdemeanors Maybe it's an instruction, suggesting we all should steal police cars or radios. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Lola Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 It’s so the wooden tops can find their car keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtheplod Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, reg said: If you enjoy it then no reason not to do it within the constraints mentioned above. Anyway with the name of RobThePlod suspect your unlikely to commit any misdemeanors sorry no, not a copper - just unimaginative! thanks for all the replies!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) 36 minutes ago, robtheplod said: sorry no, not a copper - just unimaginative! thanks for all the replies!!!! Your welcome and welcome to the forum, not bad first day and you have a nickname, or I suspect very soon you will have this forum never lets a good joke go by and a bad one goes on forever. Edited April 19, 2018 by reg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnietucker Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Not sure how they compare with the 'sea searcher' but you can get a couple of really good, quite powerful, magnets from an old computer hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I can't see the attraction with magnetic fishing myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, cuthound said: I can't see the attraction with magnetic fishing myself Some of the oldest jokes are the worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, cuthound said: I can't see the attraction with magnetic fishing myself I find it repulsive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 minute ago, rusty69 said: I find it repulsive! Then we are poles apart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 minute ago, rusty69 said: I find it repulsive! Must be the North-South divide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Question 1.If you lose your magnet, are you able to retrieve it with another magnet,or will it be repelled? 2. If magnets were made of Stainless Steel would they still work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 40 minutes ago, rusty69 said: Question 1.If you lose your magnet, are you able to retrieve it with another magnet,or will it be repelled? 2. If magnets were made of Stainless Steel would they still work? 1 ) You have a 50/50 chance. 2 ) If they are magnets they would work. Obvious init. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 22 hours ago, rusty69 said: Question 1.If you lose your magnet, are you able to retrieve it with another magnet,or will it be repelled? 2. If magnets were made of Stainless Steel would they still work? Depends if it gets eaten by a fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocave Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Back on track ,the canal around Chester is a lot safer for boaters, numerous bikes,mopeds, trolleys have been pulled out over the last year and now I'm slowly working my up and down the Llangollen, almost everything has been removed from the towpath apart from one or two things belonging to CRT ,they were informed and removed within a day or two , would you rather see a rusty canal closed sign on the towpath or tangled up in your prop.. More magnet fishing the better imho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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