Thought about it, Probably all you'd find around here is absolute junk though. They sell some pretty cheap and strong magnets on temu that are labeled for magnet fishing. What lift capacity is yours rated for?

>>2945858
300lb

I lifted a 45lb plate with it and had to slide it to the edge to get it off so it's pretty stout

>>2945862
So, what do you do if you catch something you can't lift?

>>2945840
I'd rather not waste hours of my life pulling garbage out of the water.

>>2945873
Rope pullers (comealongs using rope which feed through the puller allowing use with infinite rope lengths) will give plenty of mechanical advantage.

How you guide the rope is up to you but being able to pull in slack by pulling or pushing a rope anchored on one end and connected to a load on the other gives considerable mechanical advantage. Learn how arborists use rope.

>>2945840
Why did you put a cut up bottle around the magnet?

Been thinking about ordering a magnet from temu and giving it a try but most of my local area was heavily bombed in WW2 and forbids it for that reason

>>2946127
>Why did you put a cut up bottle around the magnet?

Keep it from getting hung up on underwater limbs or other obstacles that may can't be moved. The bottle has a reasonable slope to it that could be pulled through or around. The top of the magnet is perfectly flat, it would get stuck immediately