Dispose of your line properly!!!!

[Moose1am]

I hate trot lines!
One of the best fishing spots on the bay of KY Lake has several trot lines stretched across the area. That's not right to take over a fishing spot 24/7. I felt like taking a sword and slashing the trot line up into pieces or dragging a big cutting tool though the water behind my boat that would cut though the line and cut it up and get it out of the way.

I wanted to troll crank though this area and fish with crank baits but I was afraid of snagging onto the trot line. I should have cut the thing up into little pieces and fished that area anyway. But I'd have to take a M16 with me if I did that just to protect myself from retrobution of the locals who set them things there in the first place.

They should not allow trot lines to be set at the mouth of bays like that.

Yikes! I'm guilty of leaving some of that braid and now that you mentioned this it makes alot of sense. I always take up any line I can retrieve from being hung up. Not a big fan of old trot lines either!

[Col Forbin]

I hate trot lines!
One of the best fishing spots on the bay of KY Lake has several trot lines stretched across the area. That's not right to take over a fishing spot 24/7. I felt like taking a sword and slashing the trot line up into pieces or dragging a big cutting tool though the water behind my boat that would cut though the line and cut it up and get it out of the way.

I wanted to troll crank though this area and fish with crank baits but I was afraid of snagging onto the trot line. I should have cut the thing up into little pieces and fished that area anyway. But I'd have to take a M16 with me if I did that just to protect myself from retrobution of the locals who set them things there in the first place.

They should not allow trot lines to be set at the mouth of bays like that.

You know I think that may be where this happened. The back of sledd creek is loaded with trot lines - I ran through one last fall, but I thought I got it all cleaned out. I hate that too. Kind of like deer hunting with land mines.