Motor overboard -help !!

[goblerblaster]

I lost a 25 Merc in Lake Dardanelle Sunday. Anyone got any good ideas on how to make a drag to try to find it? Fortunately, it is in only 8 or 10 feet of water without many stumps.

[NIMROD]

If it was running not worth it otherwise hire a diver ? Someone with a under video camera might hook it with a drag made of rebar . Can you pin point where it is ?

[Rees Guide]

I'm with nimrod, if it was running it just ain't worth the effort. If you can get in the area you should be able to locate it with a pole no deeper than it is and then hook it and pull it up.

[RCC]

Get someone with some side imaging to see if they can put an exact locate on it. Person may take a long piece of rebar and put a bend on it and try to hook some part of the motor.

Dropped a chainsaw in about 6 fow in the river. I had a long paddle with a hook so I tried to snatch the saw out with the paddle, but the saw was running on the bottom and cut my paddle off (not really). I did hook the saw and pulled it out. Drained all the fluids out and pulled the spark plug. Cranked it until it quit foaming the loaded it back up with fresh oil/gas and it was just fine.

[ski trip]

Steve48 on here recently lost a rod and reel at Dardanelle and found it with side imaging and recovered it. A motor shouldn't be too hard to spot with side imaging if you can get close to where you lost it. Hope you marked the spot with gps or landmarks on the bank. Good luck.

[arkansasbowhunter]

Side image can find that no prob. May need to go swimming with rope or long pole as others said. Need them motors bolted on the transom.

[BigRiverMarine]

I would defiantly go get it running or not. I rebuilt a 250 Suzuki that was in the ocean for 6 months after Katrina. Ran fine after we got her refurbished.

[arkcrappie]

If you can find it, a good log net grab would most likely hook it. I'd go get it.

[goblerblaster]

It was running about half throttle or better. I made a drag of old 2 inch mesh military camo stretched between 2 metal T fence posts and drug for 2 hours without handing it, I do know within 30 feet of where it went under coz I was going through a narrow cut in the strip pit area. A buddy came out with HB side imaging and could not find it.

I helped a guy clean on out a few years ago hat had ben under for four days-running when it went in- and it has run for several years with no problem. I am definitely try to get it !!!!

[BuckeyeKdog]

Best way is to hire a diver. If you are reasonable healthy, you could buy a snorkle and work your way around the bottom in the search area and find it yourself.

You may get lucky and use a grapple hook. It needs to be fairly big and could be made from rebar, you need about a 12" Throat opening.

Heres a couple links
Make a Grappling Hook
Make your own grappling hook

Good luck! Motor may be OK