WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) – Over the last several weeks, a group of magnet fishers have taken to D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood and removed tons of trash from the Anacostia River.
Tires, bikes, scooters. You name it, they find it.
Kevin Sutliff, Ian White and Ashley Geoghegan, all from Virginia, have traveled throughout the DMV and surrounding areas to magnet fish in the region’s waterways. They first got into the hobby during the pandemic.
It’s exactly what it sounds like. Their crew throws large, heavy-duty magnets into bodies of water, waits to see what sticks and pulls out what they find.
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The magnet fishers described the areas around the Navy Yard docks as a “gold mine” for magnet fishing.
“We look for waterways that are near high foot-traffic areas, like bars and restaurants. We did the Georgetown Waterfront a few times,” White said. “Then, we started to hit the Navy Yard spot a few weeks ago and it became a gold mine for scooters and bikes. That spot has been really good to us.”