Beginner Magnets

If you have never thrown a magnet before, this is where to start. Every magnet in this collection is strong enough to pull real finds out of the water on your first session, but light enough that you can throw it, drag it and retrieve it all afternoon without wrecking your arms.

Which beginner fishing magnet should you choose?

The Nugget (760 kg / 1680 lbs) is our most compact magnet and the one most people start with. It weighs 1 kg and measures 57 x 47 mm, so it slips deep into mud and silt where heavier magnets simply sit on top. It has pulled up piggy banks, skateboards and children's bicycles.

The Jackpot (1080 kg / 2380 lbs) is the step up. It has enough power for bikes, money boxes and small safes while still being controllable enough that you are not constantly stuck on the bottom.

Why 360 degree matters more when you are learning

Most entry-level magnets sold online are magnetic on one face only. Miss the angle and you come up with nothing. Every Bondi magnet is magnetic on all sides, so when you drag it across the bottom it grabs whatever it touches, whichever way it happens to be facing. When you are still learning to read the water, that difference is the whole game.

Magnet only, or the full kit?

A magnet on its own is not enough to go fishing. You also need a rope rated for the pull, something to hook heavy finds with once they break the surface, and somewhere to put the rusty scrap you drag out. The Nugget Kit and Jackpot Kit bundle the magnet with a 20 m heavy duty rope, a three-pointed grappling hook, the extra tough XL bucket, waterproof gloves and the golden magnet cover. If this is your first setup, the kit saves you buying the same things separately a week later.

Every magnet ships with its 1 mm golden Bondi cover included free, so the corners survive the throws you are about to learn from. Packed in Amsterdam, tracked shipping worldwide.