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I finally had a lift bag slip on a 90-foot wreck off the coast of Morehead City last month
The bag detached from a 200-pound steel beam I was rigging, shot to the surface with 30 feet of line whipping around, and I had to go up, cut it loose, and re-rig everything before my bottom time ran out - has anyone else had a bag come loose mid-lift like that?
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mila_campbell2513d ago
Hey, does anyone tie their lift bag off with a different knot for wrecks compared to open water? I learned the hard way on a sandbar last summer where my bag just spun free off a crate I was hauling, and the line got all tangled in the current before I could even grab it. Definitely made me rethink how I rig things every time now.
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wendysanchez13d ago
90 feet off Morehead, that's a solid depth for a lift bag issue... I gotta say though, a 200-pound beam with 30 feet of line whipping around sounds like the line was way too long for that depth. On a wreck at 90 feet, you only need about 10-15 feet of line max for a lift bag, just enough to clip to your rigging and let the bag sit above you. If you're running 30 feet of line, that's basically asking for the bag to swing around and wrap something on the wreck on the way up. I've seen guys do that with a crab pot float too and it's always a mess.
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craig.mila12d ago
30 feet of line whipping around" sounds like my first attempt at a lift bag honestly. I once used a whole spool of line like I was making a parachute, and @wendysanchez, I learned real quick that more line just means more tangles. Down to like 12 feet now and it's way less of a comedy show.
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