What have you lost over the side?

[ike8120]

Was from the bank a UL rod and reel, fish or turtle got it.

[Bird]

Everything I've ever lost happened on one trip. " Early 80's "

We were floating the river in a Coleman Crawdad with plans of doing a campout, we had a lot of gear.

My buddy and I both had to get low to go under a low water bridge where the current was strong.

We came out to see a large root bed from a previous flood.

It happened quick, front of boat rode right up the root bed and boat flipped end for end landing upside down.

 

We lost sleeping bags, coolers, tackle boxes, cameras, flip phones, my coveted Shimano Bantams.

We've done this float many times and were young and confident......but not prepared for this.

[Rucksack]

This thread has been amazing. As mostly a bank angler, I find all sorts of things washed up on the shore and I wonder "how in the heck did this get in the lake?!". I feel like now I'm getting an idea of the other side of the story. 

[Swamp Girl]

6 minutes ago, Bird said:

Everything I've ever lost happened on one trip. " Early 80's "

We were floating the river in a Coleman Crawdad with plans of doing a campout, we had a lot of gear.

My buddy and I both had to get low to go under a low water bridge where the current was strong.

We came out to see a large root bed from a previous flood.

It happened quick, front of boat rode right up the root bed and boat flipped end for end landing upside down.

 

We lost sleeping bags, coolers, tackle boxes, cameras, flip phones, my coveted Shimano Bantams.

We've done this float many times and were young and confident......but not prepared for this.

 

Heartbreaking. I ran a set of rapids once when I was young. My partner was impulsive. I wanted to stop upriver and scout the rapids. He wanted to run them with no knowledge of what awaited us and no plan. We tipped and I lost my best outfit. I waded into the rapids to retrieve it. He kept yelling at me to return, that it wasn't worth it. I was so mad at him that I kept going and actually found it and retrieved it.

[DaubsNU1]

In my old boat, I had a 10lb mushroom anchor tied to ~30ft of rope. End of the rope was not tied to the boat...some days I would tie anchor to front of the boat, other days to rear...depending on wind.

 

One afternoon I found a good spot and decided to anchor up and pick that area apart. Dropped the anchor over the side...and watched the rope spool out...then disappear over the side...as it was not tied to a cleat. Doh!

[Blue Raider Bob]

1 hour ago, Lottabass said:

My Dad and I were crappie fishing and he had his dentures in his shirt pocket (he hated those things).  He bent over to land a fish and "plunk" in went the falsies!  We could see 'em on the bottom in 10 fow but all efforts to retrieve them failed.  Mom was madder than a wet hen when we got home!

This one may be the "WINNER"!

[Blue Raider Bob]

39 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

Heartbreaking. I ran a set of rapids once when I was young. My partner was impulsive. I wanted to stop upriver and scout the rapids. He wanted to run them with no knowledge of what awaited us and no plan. We tipped and I lost my best outfit. I waded into the rapids to retrieve it. He kept yelling at me to return, that it wasn't worth it. I was so mad at him that I kept going and actually found it and retrieved it.

Katie, when I started reading this, the first thing I thought of was, "Your fishing partner on this trip has got to be a guy"!   Even before you described him, I just knew.  This is sooo guy stuff. We always jump before we look, step before we depth check, talk before we listen, and act before we plan. That's why girls outlive guys. Girls plan the next move. Guys plan how to fix what they just broke!

32 minutes ago, DaubsNU1 said:

In my old boat, I had a 10lb mushroom anchor tied to ~30ft of rope. End of the rope was not tied to the boat...some days I would tie anchor to front of the boat, other days to rear...depending on wind.

 

One afternoon I found a good spot and decided to anchor up and pick that area apart. Dropped the anchor over the side...and watched the rope spool out...then disappear over the side...as it was not tied to a cleat. Doh!

That makes you, me, and AJ so far. I had just bought a new rope for mine. Tied it on the anchor and slung it overboard, only to watch the end of the new rope follow! Real rocket science moment that!

I'll need to start a new thread for this one!

[JHoss]

Not technically over the side, but off the transom. I lost my motor this past summer. I was doing Mach Jesus across the lake when all of a sudden, my arm yanked back. I looked behind me to see my 20hp Tohatsu doing death donuts on the surface for a few seconds before going under. I marked the spot well and went back the next day with scuba gear to try and recover. The water beneath the thermocline had so much sediment in it that it felt like someone closing me in a refrigerator when I went under it. Even with a flashlight, visibility was only 3-4". I had borrowed my dad's BC assuming it was in better shape than mine. I was wrong. When it was time to come up, I hit my inflator but never felt like I was rising and didn't hit the thermocline when I expected. Realizing something was up, I sunk to the bottom to try and get my bearings. I pushed off the bottom and kicked up while hitting the inflator until I saw light at the thermocline. I stopped kicking and started sinking again. I didn't realize until I was back boat side that one of the fill valves on my BC ruptured and was leaking air faster than it could fill. Went back again the next weekend with heavy duty magnets and grapple hooks but was never able to recover it. I like to tell myself that one day I'll catch the winning fish off that motor and it will all be worth it. 

 

Besides that, I've just lost lures, scissors, pliers, etc. 

[Blue Raider Bob]

1 hour ago, JHoss said:

Not technically over the side, but off the transom. I lost my motor this past summer. I was doing Mach Jesus across the lake when all of a sudden, my arm yanked back. I looked behind me to see my 20hp Tohatsu doing death donuts on the surface for a few seconds before going under. I marked the spot well and went back the next day with scuba gear to try and recover. The water beneath the thermocline had so much sediment in it that it felt like someone closing me in a refrigerator when I went under it. Even with a flashlight, visibility was only 3-4". I had borrowed my dad's BC assuming it was in better shape than mine. I was wrong. When it was time to come up, I hit my inflator but never felt like I was rising and didn't hit the thermocline when I expected. Realizing something was up, I sunk to the bottom to try and get my bearings. I pushed off the bottom and kicked up while hitting the inflator until I saw light at the thermocline. I stopped kicking and started sinking again. I didn't realize until I was back boat side that one of the fill valves on my BC ruptured and was leaking air faster than it could fill. Went back again the next weekend with heavy duty magnets and grapple hooks but was never able to recover it. I like to tell myself that one day I'll catch the winning fish off that motor and it will all be worth it. 

 

Besides that, I've just lost lures, scissors, pliers, etc. 

Thanks Goodness you got back. 👀

[Swamp Girl]

@JHoss:  Your story is soooooooooo scary!!!