Plug knocker 2025
Smells like fish reply :
Seeing the responses in the what lures did you lose most thread, I am wanting to get a plug nocker. I am looking at the $12 one at cabelas. I fish in a kayak some and cast from the shore. Will this cheap style of plug nocker work for a casting from the bank fisherman?
NHBull reply :
Like you, I thought I needed one......
it’s still in the package
Smells like fish reply :
On 1/4/2020 at 6:26 AM, NHBull said:Like you, I thought I needed one......
it’s still in the package
I hope I can keep mine in the pack lol last week I had a deep diving crankbait and a swim bait hang on rock edges for a while and I'm sure I turned pale and was sweating even though I was freezing out there
Dens228 reply :
This summer I lost a deep diving crankbait. I tried my plug knocker for the first time. It's down there with the crank bait.
Bankbeater reply :
I have had no luck at all using plug knockers. I started using a telescopic lure retriever about 4 years ago with much better results.
NHBull reply :
I think many of the DIY ones on YouTube work better than the ones you get in stores
scaleface reply :
Mine has paid for itself several times over . Its the one David Fritts endorses .
Lews Getrback lure retriever .
GreenPig reply :
I use the BPS retriever and it works fine. I added a couple more lengths of chain, changed out the line to 200 lb Muzzy bowfishing line, and spooled (70') on a old BPS rounds reel for quick retrieval. For small spoons and drop type lures a disk/flat river weight round 1.5 or 2 oz with a larger snap is quick and simple.
Russ E reply :
I use a telescopic retreiver.
Last time I used a plug knocker, I nearly put a hole in my boat, while trying to retreive a squarebill.
it was in heavy brush and i could not get to it with the boat.
when it broke free from the snag the squarebill and knocker hit my boat at a high rate of speed.
after that I started using the telescopic retreiver.
FishinBuck07 reply :
I just bought the Big Bite Baits knocker, it is like $3. Figure if it doesn't work didn't lose much!
stratoliner92 reply :
Im surprised by the response, I've used one like this for years and only a few times couldn't get a crank back. I throw a lot of Poe's 300 and this thing has saved me a small fortune. You have to get directly over lure usually for it to work properly.
billmac reply :
I've never used a plug knocker, but I've always thought a metal stringer run down the line would make a good one.
Dogface reply :
On 1/4/2020 at 8:51 AM, stratoliner92 said:Im surprised by the response, I've used one like this for years and only a few times couldn't get a crank back. I throw a lot of Poe's 300 and this thing has saved me a small fortune. You have to get directly over lure usually for it to work properly.
My son has the same one and it works great. I have another style but this is my favorite. The weight makes a big difference.
1201vilbig reply :
I use a 4 oz saltwater weight with a big strong snap swivel. I tie the weight to an old marker buoy so I can wrap it up for storage. 95% of the time the heavy weight knocks it loose on the first drop. If not, I just pull it up a foot or so & drop it again until the bait is free.
Choporoz reply :
I use my plug knocker almost every time out.
I have tried many types of retrievers and for kayak use, there is one that is far and away better than anything else I've used ....and cheaper than most:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BIG-UGLY-Plug-Knocker-Fishing-Lure-Retriever-Quick-Easy-To-Use-NEW-IMPROVED-/333140284499
Takes up little space; very fast and easy to use; effective; cheap.
Oregon Native reply :
On 1/4/2020 at 8:51 AM, stratoliner92 said:Im surprised by the response, I've used one like this for years and only a few times couldn't get a crank back. I throw a lot of Poe's 300 and this thing has saved me a small fortune. You have to get directly over lure usually for it to work properly.
Yup...have use this one for years with much success....also do what "G" does. Two ounce weight with a clip for other retrieves....not fool proof but amazing.
tander reply :
On 1/4/2020 at 7:25 AM, scaleface said:Mine has paid for itself several times over . Its the one David Fritts endorses .
Lews Getrback lure retriever .
Saved a lot of money with this one.
Fishes in trees reply :
I wouldn't think that the plug knocker style of lure retriever would work very well from the bank. As one post mentioned earlier, you kinda got to get on top of the bait for it to have a chance to work. In my boat, I carry both kinds, the plug knocker and the extendable pole - both have their place and uses.
Either one though, I get a lure stuck, I have the 5 minute rule. I feel like I have a good working knowledge of how these bait retrievers work. If I mess with it for 5 minutes without positive results, I wrap the line around the boat cleat and back off with the trolling motor. This usually solves the issue.
Should I get a Lucky Craft or any of my "beloved" baits stuck, I'll work at it as long as it takes.
Elkins45 reply :
All of them work unless you are being blown around in the wind and have circled around the snag and wrapped your line around it. Once that happens your only hope is that you can snag the stick up and bring it up. You can bang a plug knocker against the side of a stump all day and it won’t do any good if your lure is on the other side.
Raul reply :
Hundreds of dollars would be hanging here if it wasn't for that BPS plug knocker I purchased decades ago ..... better have and not need than need and not have, specially when you love to fish with those friggin' 25 bux a piece Japanese cranks.
Glenn reply :
Never needed a plug knocker. I just do this...
Elkins45 reply :
On 1/5/2020 at 6:47 AM, Glenn said:Never needed a plug knocker. I just do this...
You said these techniques are about 70% effective: it wouldn’t take very many lost lures to offset the cost of a plug knocker. I put close to $30 worth of lures in Eufaula alone over the last couple of years. But I’m guessing you don’t have to deal with treetops nearly as much as I do 
Glenn reply :
And you don't have to deal with as many rocks and stumps and I do.
Elkins45 reply :
On 1/5/2020 at 8:12 AM, Glenn said:And you don't have to deal with as many rocks and stumps and I do.
I don’t really have to worry about rocks and stumps when my lure is 20 feet up into a willow tree. One of these days I expect to catch a squirrel.
Shimano_1 reply :
On 1/4/2020 at 8:51 AM, stratoliner92 said:Im surprised by the response, I've used one like this for years and only a few times couldn't get a crank back. I throw a lot of Poe's 300 and this thing has saved me a small fortune. You have to get directly over lure usually for it to work properly.
I've used one of these for years and years. Attached it to an old reel and a junk rod I cut off above the first guide. I've literally saved myself and other 100's of dollars in baits.
Alex from GA reply :
I use jigging spoons a lot in deep brush piles and if the spoon won't knock itself loose I use the BPS knocker. Most of the time I win.
snake95 reply :
I'm mostly a pond fisherman, fishing from the bank or small boat. I also like to fish in trees.
I use a telescopic lure retriever and it has paid for itself.
I also occasionally use a long tree trimmer to hook around branches and pull them to me so I can unhook the snagged lure. Sometimes pruning is needed too.
scaleface reply :
On 1/4/2020 at 6:20 AM, Smells like fish said:and cast from the shore.
Plug knockers will not work from shore .
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