what's your best recovery bottom drag

[rickhise]

I have used them all fish stingers, egg sinkers with hooks, grappling hooks, the magnet is almost a thing of the past

this fellow handed me a 12/15 inch piece of chain with at least 7-8 huge treble hooks,

maybe 2 inch throat on the trebles, anyway the chain laid out nice an flat an recovered the rod first toss, stows away neatly....any other things you use that work

[kygorski]

The chain and hooks is a good way to go, used to use something very similar,I now use the butt section of a cheap bait casting rod,and used up bait casting reel, and a lure knocker with a few trebles added. I use 100 lb braid on the reel and about 25 yds of line. The reel works with the free spool and quickly hits the snag,another use for the outfit?Attached a strong snap &swivel,and hooked it to our dogs harness, plenty of line to roam and still obey the leash laws,that little 19 lb turd was dragging me around long enough.