rizbee
Mar 12 2007, 06:21 PM
Forgive me if this has been covered before, but what would you all recommend to use as a disc retrieving device? It would be used mostly for water retreival. I saw many different items used at the Memorial - I'd like to know which works best.

I can't go for the Chocolate Labrador option - I live in a condo...

krazyeye
Mar 12 2007, 06:39 PM
My feet work pretty good but you can't have those. Actually if you can see the disc a rigid stick works as good as anything just get the disc flipped upside down spin it with the stick and it will rise to the surface.

Boneman
Mar 12 2007, 06:58 PM
DiscDiver Retreiver is the best I have ever used. Very little work involved in using one of these. Not too expensive.

okcacehole
Mar 12 2007, 07:04 PM
DiscDiver Retreiver is the best I have ever used. Very little work involved in using one of these. Not too expensive.



pays for itself after 1 or 2 scoops and folds up in the bag nicely..also known as the Golden Retriever

golden retriever (http://www.discdiver.com/)

rizbee
Mar 12 2007, 08:03 PM
DiscDiver Retreiver is the best I have ever used. Very little work involved in using one of these. Not too expensive.



pays for itself after 1 or 2 scoops and folds up in the bag nicely..also known as the Golden Retriever

golden retriever (http://www.discdiver.com/)



Does it have any problems with vegetation in the water?

No way I would wade into this water - not after seeing the three-eyed fish they pulled out a while back ;)...

okcacehole
Mar 12 2007, 08:37 PM
It works the best if you can actually see the disc and then you can learn to "fish" you disc out easily...you only have to be able to get the metal on the retriever under the disc and whaaalaaahhh

if you can't see your discs where you are losing them a pole is still the way to go IMO

anita
Mar 12 2007, 10:36 PM
The golden retriever is worth it's weight in... well... gold!

If you can see it, you can get it. The angle of the contraption works great. Just drag the retriever over the disc and Bob's yer Uncle, you have your disc back. You may want to add some line if you may be retrieving from some height. The stream at my home course has probably a 15 foot drop to the water.

We've probably retrieved 20 discs. Makes you very popular at tournaments. :D

nanook
Mar 13 2007, 01:38 AM
My DiscDiver "Golden Triangle" has paid for itself 8-10 times over by now! Heck, I have even pulled in three or four discs that I couldn't even see in murky water. I would highly recommend replacing the string that comes with it though. Go to your local hardware store and buy some nylon cord (35' or so) wrapped around a plastic frame. If you wrap the string around the retreiver itself, you have to unwind all the string every time you use it. With the plastic frame you only unwind as much cord as you need. It is also fantastic in the winter for pulling discs off of thin ice. I swap out the cord for a 75' length and snake discs back in from way out on the ice!

nanook

Pironix
Mar 13 2007, 04:27 AM
I spent 50 bucks on a pair of waders at Wal-mart and haven't looked back since. There is obviously some stuff I can't get into because it's too deep but the waders have paid for themselves several times over with the discs I've pulled out.

It's a bit more dangerous (**** people throwing glass bottles in), but I'm young and crazy!

paerley
Mar 13 2007, 07:47 PM
Yeah, the golden retriever is great. I fished out 15 or so discs at a tourney last year, returned 9 of them on the spot. Ended up receiving rewards for a few of them, that I used to reward the brave kid who was in the water and actually got the disc I was searching for. Also works great for ice.

Not that it's 100% on topic, but a baseball/softball/golf ball is great to keep in the bag to knock discs out of trees. Doesn't add much weight, but way better than searching for a long stick/rock.

30142
Mar 13 2007, 07:53 PM
lacrosse ball is the winner for object to carry to throw into trees

anita
Mar 13 2007, 11:41 PM
Yeah, the bottle of Gatorade breaks after a few tosses into the trees. I knew a kid who had a wrist rocket in his bag for knocking down discs.