“All you need is a 5-gallon bucket in the corner of your garage,” he says. “I keep the entire kit—the magnet, the rope, the gloves, the claw—all in a pail. That’s what’s so cool about magnet fishing; ...

The 5 Magnet Fishing Essentials. Do an online search for magnet fishing kits, and you’ll find everything from basic $20 kits to family kits for up to $200 (see recommendations, above).

But fishing doesn't always involve shiny, spinning things or worms on a hook. Sometimes "big game" - including the love of your life - can be brought in using a high-powered magnet tied to a rope.

Youtuber Joseph Alexander has pulled a variety of metal objects out of the river, ranging from bicycles and scooters to a WWI-era mortar.

Social media algorithms boosted the hobby, too. Reddit has a magnet fishing forum with nearly 220,000 members.On YouTube, channels such as Kane and Agostini’s Let’s Get Magnetic emphasize the ...

In late June, a magnet fisherman with 410,000 YouTube subscribers and two people who were with him were fined after finding 86 rockets and ammunition in a river at Fort Stewart, an Army base in ...

A pair of magnet fishing enthusiasts reeled in the catch of a lifetime from a New York City lake: a muddy safe with an estimated $80,000 in it. James Kane, 40, was using a rope and powerful magnet ...

The list of reasons why someone might toss a gun in a river is pretty short. But the list of reasons why Bryce Nachtwey throws magnets tied to rope into America’s waters is even shorter: finding ...