Watery grave

[FrankN209]

I don't see how anyone could get so mad to throw your stuff like that. My setups are too expensive to do that..

 

I've never lost a setup by dropping it, thank God. Lost a lot of lures though..

[WRB]

Had several rod-reel combos kicked out of the boat by clumsy partners and recovered all of them. This usually happens night fishing but also day time. Rods don’t sink straight down and tend to glide so you need to drag a 50’ to 100’  area in water over 30’ deep.

I keep a old multi clip sash chain stringer tied to a cord for this purpose. The opened clips and weighed stringer dragged in a methodical pattern snagged the rod line usually.

Tom

PS, they have rod butt floats available today.

[Big-Bass]

Memorial Day weekend 2007.  Fishing a senko on one rod I back casted and caught my Team Daiwa S (greenie) 6'6" rod with a Team Daiwa-X TDX103HSD and it flipped out of the boat into the water.  I watched it sink for a split second while dumping the contents of my pockets.  I then jumped into the cold water to get it but it was down about 12-15 in murky water.  I swam to shore and proceeded to knock on a few cottage doors dripping wet in jeans asking for goggles.  Boy they must have thought I was crazy.  Never got it back and didn't fish that lake for some time after that.  I have been back since but I always think of it when I am there.  

[Bankc]

I can't see myself every throwing a rod into the water.  In fact, I rarely get upset while fishing.  That's a big part of what I love about it, is that it's so relaxing!  

 

But I have lost a few rods to Poseidon's keep.  Usually, it's due to one of his minions, dressed up like a tree, who just stand there motionless and silently pluck a rod out of my rod holder as I pass by.  The only reason I know it's them is because I've accidentally caught them trying that in the past a few times.  The times they succeed, I usually don't even know it for several minutes to hours later, when I'm long gone.

[Choporoz]

I can think of four instances where a rod departed my kayak unexpectedly.   Amazing that I didn't lose any of them.

-Flipped in light 'rapids' once but got all rods back

-Caught one on backswing...was able to reach it as it handle started to go under

-Set one behind me and actually missed rodholder...not sure what possessed me to let go before I was certain....but almost certainly a follow up cast to a bite.  That one made it to bottom in 11 FOW, but I was able to snag it with a blade bait after only about 5 min

-A branch took one out of a rod holder not long ago, but was nice enough to stay hung on the branch until I could get back to it

 

[Darth-Baiter]

I'll never toss a rod overboard.  that's a tantrum, and I'm an adult.  

 

I will probably lose another rod one day, but I am very very aware of my movements now.  knocking on wood.  

[lou304]

I was shore fishing for stripers years ago and had baited and cast out and put my rod in a rod holder jammed in the rocks. There was an old gentleman fishing about 100' from me and I walked about halfway to him to talk to him. I was talking to him for about 5 minutes when he mumbled " I think you got a bite"! I looked to see my rod almost doubled over. As I was hopping across the rocks my rod holder broke and the rod and reel clattered down across the rocks and landed in the water. I saw the butt of the rod in about 6" of water and as I was reaching to grab it it took off like a freight train. I just waved as it disappeared into the depths. 

[dj1975232]

I lost a $300 combo on a local small river last month.  I was in my kayak while re-tying when I was waked by a speed boat.  I spent an hour dragging trebles to try to snag it but it was in 18ft of water on a strong outgoing tide so really no hope. 

[BassSteve]

3 minutes ago, dj1975232 said:

I lost a $300 combo on a local small river last month.  I was in my kayak while re-tying when I was waked by a speed boat.  I spent an hour dragging trebles to try to snag it but it was in 18ft of water on a strong outgoing tide so really no hope. 

Ouch man, sorry about that