michael,
surely you practice "catch and release" d;^) jim
"Michael Brill" > wrote in message
om...
> "Negodki" > wrote in message
>...
> > But before doing all that construction, if your "stirrer" has something
> > which you can hook, why not try a (long) piece of wire, with the end
bent
> > into a "v". That may work.
>
> That's about what I did. I took a 3' piece of wood and attached a
> straightened piece of trellis wire near the end of the wood. Then I
> made a little hook at the end and blindly fished around for awhile.
> Everytime I would make contact and start to bring up the stirrer from
> the murky depths, it would fall back down. Then about 15 minutes
> later, I was bringing it up... it tugged, I pulled hard, it put up a
> good fight, but finally I'm pleased to announce that that I snagged
> one of the four 1/2" holes on the head of the stirrer and brought it
> in - 6.5 oz! I'm having it mounted.
>
> Thanks to everyone for the engineering advice.