Cutting Your Losses

[cow tamer]

When you get hung-up there are basically (1) of (3) options:
1/ pull to try to work your lure free and potentially weaken your line in the process and then continue to fish
2/ cut the line and lose the lure but save the integrity of your line
3/ pull and hope for the best, but remove the stressed line before continuing to fish

I try for option (3).
What do you do in a similar circumstance?

[Skitterpop]

seriously though.... pull give slack pull from different angles if possible
slow heavy pull might straighten hooks even 4X VMCs

If good fish are about...bust off check line quickly trim back if needed and rerig catch fish

[gone fishin]

Never cut lines and leave long chunks for others to hang up on. When fishing an area that you are prone to getting hung up, be sure to use a long leader of less test than the braid or line you are using. When getting hung up and you cannot dislodge the jig bait or whatever, you can wrap the line around the butt of the rod or a stick or whatever and pull stright back till you either dislodge the jig or break off at the leader.
I have paved the ditch from one end to the other using this method in my too many years fishing the ditch. How many others have done so??

[Slipknot]

Depends on where and what line ya use.

In the canal with 65 lb braid and a jig with a 8/0 hook I just pull it free, if the line breaks no big deal, just tie on another as the braid can take the pulling, not sure if mono could.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by gonefishintalk

Never cut lines and leave long chunks for others to hang up on. When fishing an area that you are prone to getting hung up, be sure to use a long leader of less test than the braid or line you are using. When getting hung up and you cannot dislodge the jig bait or whatever, you can wrap the line around the butt of the rod or a stick or whatever and pull stright back till you either dislodge the jig or break off at the leader.
I have paved the ditch from one end to the other using this method in my too many years fishing the ditch. How many others have done so??

what he said.

I get hung up on others line in the canal and it's frustrating. ALWAYS use a leader that will break first. I have never left more than an inch or 2 of line in the canal and hope I never do.

I think what cow tamer may have meant about cutting the line, is if it's just a short length of line out there and too deep to reach the plug, or something like that because he is from RI and I doubt he gets hung up with 100 yards or more line out like we do in the canal.

[gone fishin]

slip

[Bazza]

For the canal, pull on line, line breaks.....fall back on butt on the rocks...ouch!!!

[Redsoxticket]

There are times when I tie an overhand knot on a rag or bag around the running line, allow the rag/bag to drift down the running line into out going current/rip. It sometime requires pumping of the rod to work the rag/bag to the lower water depth. Now just leave it there for awhile say 5 minutes or so. Then walah your unsnagged. It works for me.

[Backbeach Jake]

I let out more line and walk to the right or left, then I pull. That changes the angle and usually it comes loose.

[In The Surf]

First thing I usually do is give the line some slack and wait a moment to see if the motion of the surf will free it up, in most cases it does. If that doesn't work then when possible I usually do what Backbeach Jake does.

[Rockport24]

I don't always get my snaggs out, but one thing I have learned is to NOT yank really hard as soon as it hangs up, cause then the hook just gets imbedded deeper into whatever it snagged. duh!
I agree with the last two posts, the different angle thing seems to work a lot for me though.