North Of 55
02-27-2003, 01:10 PM
I have caught some pretty weird things fishing,but this one tops it off!4 years ago while fishing a small lake,i was bottom bouncing in a weedy bay when i snagged something.I had caught driftwood earlier that day & figured it was the same thing.well,i was partially correct.It was driftwood buti noticed something tied around one end.When i took the wood out of the water there was detonating cord tied on one end.I knew what it was because i work at an underground mine.I pulled the cord up and what i found at the end of the cord scared the #$%^! out of me!There were 4 sticks of dynamite wrapped in chicken wire.Not knowing how volatile this was,i dropped everything over the side.I had heard of idiots using this method before but this confirmed it.It angers me!Anyways,i contacted DNR & they contacted the Winnipeg bomb detachment who flew up North the next day.I met with them in town & we went to drag the area where i found it.We dragged for three hours & got nothing.The one bomb expert told me that from my desciption of the wax paper on the dynamite,it was 15 years or older & chemicals would have leached out making it harmless.What they wanted were serial # off it to locate its source.I never did hear anything back.So i guess you never know what your gonna have at the end of your line eh!Just thought you guys might want to know whats on the lake bottoms.