I once seriously encountered a guy at the water’s edge who spent about five minutes “reeling in” a snag. It would probably have been noticed much sooner if he hadn’t set his brake so softly that every time he “pumped,” he lost as much line as he then reeled back in… It was funny to watch him.

Once I was out on my kayak on a lake making yet another attempt to land a muskie (no luck yet) so I had some pretty beefy gear, heavy braided line, steel leader, the works.

My cast didn’t go quite where I wanted it to and I snagged a log sticking out of the water. I could see my lure stuck to the log.

I figured with that heavy gear, surely whatever bit of waterlogged bark I was hooked on would give way before my line or lure broke, so I started reeling it in.

Instead my kayak began to move. Was not expecting that.

I shrugged, and figured it beat fumbling with my rod while I paddled over to the log the old fashioned way, and proceeded to winch myself over to the log by reeling myself in. It was a little slow-going, but it worked.

Not really a point to this, but it was oddly satisfying and I think of it every time I see a lure stuck to a log now.

that log looks like I could find a hyrule loach near it if I enter and exit the facility 40+ times