...You may want to go back there tonight...
...tie on a weight: (2-3oz.) and go back and try to find the exact spot that it happened....cast out about 25-30 feet and slowly rake the bottom. Cast a little right, cast a little left. You'll be surprised that it didn't really go too far. I guess what happens is..once the rod hits bottom it lodges itself somewhere...and either the fish gets loose...or snaps the line.
Even if the reel isn't salvageable, the rod will be...but the reel may still be ok too,
after a good cleaning ...
it doesn't hurt to try...
..NO JOKE...I've retreived quite a few rod and reel combos for people who were snoozin.. then loozin'
....most of them thought the fish dragged their stuff to the bottom of the ocean...but most of the time...you're not really fishing anything that deep. If you would have said it happened at the Cape Cod Canal...then faggettaboutit!!
...if you accomplish two things at once....go back and jig the bottom. That way you got a shot at catching a fish too!!!
