Concord river catching (kind of)

[DAQ]

Yesterday a friend and I were doing some on trailer adjustments to a motor on the Concord river in Bedford when he dropped his keys overboard. I went back today with a fishing rod and a magnet to try and recover them. I started fan casting with the magnet around the boat ramp and low and behold I caught something. Unfortunately, it turned out to be an 8" nail. Another cast, another big nail, then another and another. Then the action slowed to a nail every 3 or 4 casts. When I was done I landed at least 40 of the big nails, a bottle cap, several washers and a tie down hook, no keys.

The funny thing was, when the magnet would click onto a nail, it felt very much like a bass picking up so I had to fight the urge to set the hook. Also, while I was in the middle of this blitz, two other board members called to give me reports.

I guess when they tore down the old bridge, a lot of the materials made it into the water.

If you trailer your boat to fish the Concord river you may want to be careful when launching and retrieving.

D

[Chuckster]

I've always wanted to do that at a busy ramp sometime and see what came up. I vaguely remember someone saying that lifting magnets were not allowed in Quabbin because they used to practice bombing there years back... :eek:

Too bad about the keys, but I certainly hope you were trying to grab the key ring, because keys are made of brass, which obviously is not magnetic.

[DAQ]

Chuckster,

I thought about that so I used my key ring as a control before I made the trip to the ramp. 2 out of 9 keys were attracted to the magnet plus the rings and a clip. I stuck the keys to the magnet and they held on well enough to lift them so I figured it was worth giving it a shot.

Hows the family?

D

[Chuckster]

Dennis,

Family is well, very well, thanks for asking. Finn turns 17 months tomorrow and he's quite the bruiser - into 24 mo. clothing now. His vocabulary is growing daily... he knows that "Dada" goes out on the "bo" to catch "ish"...

How's your little one? How old now?

[DAQ]

Chuckster,

My son is awesome, he is a little ove 13 mos but a handfull. He has been walking for about 1.5 months and has a mouth full of choppers like a great white. As for vocabulary, he knows momma, dadda, no, and what a dog says.

Also, he seems to like boats, water and all of my fishing rods.

D