How many rods and reels have you lost in the lake?

[K_Mac]

I've lost two decent spinning outfits. One river smallmouth fishing from a canoe. I lack the skills and coordination needed to do this. : The other was lost in the local perched cooling lake. In the excitement of landing a very nice hybrid striper, I unhooked the lure and set the rod aside. Actually over the side. It took the fun out of catching an 8# fish.

As I was posting on another board about wearing some sort of floatation device, I realized I have lost three spinning outfits. The last one was lost when I fell off my boat. :-[

[RoLo]

My wife was fighting a good bass that got wrapped-up in bulrush stalks.

Seeing this, I dropped my rod and headed full-speed toward her bass

using a handheld remote for the electric motor.

On the way to her bass, the lure on my rod got snagged on the bottom,

and the next thing I heard was the splash it made as it was yanked overboard.

I dragged that area several times with a large weighted treble, but to no avail.

The rod was donning a Shimano Stradic, so I renamed that waypoint, "Shimano".  :-[

I also had a Kistler Helium ll LTX, that slipped out of a wet hand during a clumsy cast.

This time I was lucky though, as I was able to grapple the fishing line.

However, I had to unload the entire spool of line, before the rod began moving toward the boat.

That was one of the few times in freshwater, that I was sweating the integrity of my spool noose   

Roger

[doublest]

I never have, but almost 55 years ago, my father, who was crippled, accidentally kicked his prized Pflueger Nobby and Conolon rod over the side of the boat while on a fishing trip in Canada. About 25 years later, a couple of guys with scuba gear retrieved it while diving near the spot where he lost it. My mother and brother went back there a couple of years later, and the lady who owned the lake gave it back to my brother. Much to all our surprise, the reel still worked perfectly. The rod,while glass showed some deterioration about the guide wrappings. Otherwise, it was hard to believe it had been under water that long.

[RoLo]

I never have, but almost 55 years ago, my father, who was crippled, accidentally kicked his prized Pflueger Nobby and Conolon rod over the side of the boat while on a fishing trip in Canada. About 25 years later, a couple of guys with scuba gear retrieved it while diving near the spot where he lost it. My mother and brother went back there a couple of years later, and the lady who owned the lake gave it back to my brother. Much to all our surprise, the reel still worked perfectly. The rod,while glass showed some deterioration about the guide wrappings. Otherwise, it was hard to believe it had been under water that long.

WOW, that's a great story!

Not for nothing, but my first spinning rod was a blue Conolon  8-)

Roger

[Big Bait Fishing]

had a decent spinning combo go in the water , was fishing for spotted bay bass ( off a small pier , salt water ) and had my rod up against the railing with the line in the water when a big ole' pelican swooped down of the railing and hit the line and pulled it over the rail super fast and it sank even faster . i didn't even get mad , i just thought "oh well" ( you get to have that attitude from fishing big swimbaits that get cast off and they are the sinking models and once they go down in 20-50 ft. of water there aint a dang thing you can do but write off 35+ $$$ ) but then three hours later i was throwing a deep diving crank bait and snagged the line . i started pulling on the line expecting it to come up at any time but after about 100 yards of 8# CXX on a sedona 4000 , i realized that i had set my drag really low and all i was doing was pulling off line on my reel . i then thought why not use my baitcaster to pull it up !!! so i joined the lines with a uni-to-uni knot and reeled my spinning combo up  just took it to the public bathroom and rinsed it off good  now i only bring cheapy spinning combos that i am going to set against the pier railing !!!!

[scrutch]

I think I'm gonna get me one of those great big magnets and throw it out behind the boat next time I'm trolling and casting...never know what u might catch!

[hooked@2]

Never lost one, but had a close call once.  I was 13 and just learning to fish a baitcaster.  I had a horrible backlash.  My father gave me his all-time favorite rod (Fenwick w/an Ambassaduer 5500C) to use while he worked on my reel.  Well, I forgot to punch the button on a cast  :, the rod hit the water, my life flashed before my eyes and I was out of the boat and in the water to grab it just as the rod tip was sinking under the surface.  I must have leapt a good 15 feet to get to that rod.

My dad still says that is the funniest thing he's ever seen in his life.  He heard the splash of the rod and before he could turn around I was flying through the air.

[Bronzefly]

Fortunately, I've never lost any rods/reels in the lake, but I did lose my first phone yesterday on Guntersville >

[burleytog]

Fortunately, I've never lost any rods/reels in the lake, but I did lose my first phone yesterday on Guntersville >

Wondered why you didn't call.   

[DINK WHISPERER]

Just one Shimano Crucial with a Revo Sx reel. Both BRAND NEW, it was the first time out with the combo!  >

[scrutch]

Just one Shimano Crucial with a Revo Sx reel. Both BRAND NEW, it was the first time out with the combo! >

hurts just reading that one! :-[ :-X :-/

[Maico1]

Zero....But did retrieve a friends once....

[Stone]

Haven't lost any but I have found some gear while fishing. I've pulled in a couple rods, no reels that I recall.

Thing is, the spots I go to can be pretty popular, and I fish from shore, so it's pretty rare that I dont find something. Usually just a few splitshot, or a pack of hooks. Had a buddy that found a nice Buck folding knife on shore once.

[ichigo]

i had lost once but i got it lucky

i was using 4'6" wally marshall rod with pflugeger 4720x president

and i casted it with size 8 mosquito hook with worm and suddenty a eel eats it and go off with it and my rod fell to the water but the rod that fall in water was like 4 feet deep so i get it back and got 10 lbs eel on 6lbs line

[Joe Boss]

I never lost a combo in a lake but when my son was 5 he lost his favorite Superman spincast rod and reel overboard while fishing on a friends boat. He cried for a good twenty minutes over his lost combo.

I would say 45 minutes later after we had moved to different spot my friend gets hung up on something. When he reeled his line in we were all shocked to see he had hooked my sons Superman combo! The current had carried it to where we had moved. We still have the rod today and when I look at it I am reminded of this one in a million bit of luck that happened.

[Tin]

I had a close call of loosing about 8, lol.

I was running short on time and had a long way to go back to the ramp. I put the rod down and strapped them all down. I had so many on the deck because I was just out junk-fishing looking for whatever I could get.

So the rods are strapped down and I'm buzzing back at about 60 giving my non-boater a hell ride. I was doing just fine when I hit a big wave going a little to fast. Needless to say the boat was at about an 80 degree angle with the water and all we could see was sky. Followed by the opening of the rod locker because I forgot to lock it. Thus causing the Velcro to come undone and sending rods falling down onto my non-boater. Some how he caught all of them.  :-[

[scrutch]

I had a close call of loosing about 8, lol.

I was running short on time and had a long way to go back to the ramp. I put the rod down and strapped them all down. I had so many on the deck because I was just out junk-fishing looking for whatever I could get.

So the rods are strapped down and I'm buzzing back at about 60 giving my non-boater a hell ride. I was doing just fine when I hit a big wave going a little to fast. Needless to say the boat was at about an 80 degree angle with the water and all we could see was sky. Followed by the opening of the rod locker because I forgot to lock it. Thus causing the Velcro to come undone and sending rods falling down onto my non-boater. Some how he caught all of them. :-[

Every time I show off I get burned. great story.

[ArcticCat500]

Lost a brand new Revo STX and a Kistler Helium LTA 69MH the day the jonboat capsized, along with my tackle bag, cell phone and camera..and nearly my life cuz I was to stubbern n stupid to have a PFD on, or in the boat for that matter. That was nearly a $1000 day, not to mention the new line and swimbait :-[

[zbigbadaaron]

Me=0, Brother=1 

A catfish pulled my brothers rod in.

my brothers neighbor hooked and caught it about a year later

[Jeff H]

I've lost one combo by accident and one reel on purpose. The combo was just a zebco 202 and some cheap fiberglass rod when I was 5-6 yrs old.

The reel was a 2 week old ABU Ultra Mag XL that had been giving me a lot of problems, got mad, took it off and threw it in the lake. Problem solved, bought another Shimano a few days later to replace it. ;D

[gadawgsr1]

I've lost two. The first one was an Abu Garcia Revo STX purchased from Spotaholic on here. I think I used it 2 times... That was the first time in all my 30 years of fishing off and on that I lost a rig. In fact, I remember reading on here not long before it happened about how some had lost their rod and reel and I couldn't understand how that could happen. I know now The very next time out I lost the rig I had been using for 15 to 16 years.

I had just spooled on some new line. Stay with what you know. I was casting a texas rigged worm when...--snap! The release of the tension from the 1/4 oz worm weight brought the rod tip straight down to the water and as it hit the water it came right out of my hand. It was one of those slow-motion moments. I dove in after it (I was fishing by myself) only to realize I couldn't see a thing and I had just seen a 7 to 8 foot alligator not long before. Needless to say, very quickly I put myself right back in my boat without my new rod and reel. >

As for the second one, I lost it a week later and the same exact thing happened except I didn't go in after it. I simply watched it sink out of sight.

Since then, I have added the rod life jackets. As corny as it is, I will NOT lose another one!

By the way, I did drag my anchor trying to retrieve the STX but to no avail. It still sits at the bottom of the Goose Creek Reservoir. :'(

One more thing.  I took that line off what I had left and respooled with what I had always used.  It hasn't happened since.

[Hawghead]

I was fishing with a friend. He snagged a spincast rig and reeled it in only to realize that the spincast rig had a fish on.  Reeled in a channel cat that went about 3 or 4 lbs. 

We were bank fishing, and that cat must have dragged the rod in ealier that day or the day before and we snagged it. 

I dropped a spinning rig one time off a dock when I was trying to catch a bass I had dropped and was flopping all over.  I went shoulder deep when reaching in to grab it, I woulda gone in head first if necessary to get that rig.  It wasnt especially valuable, but very precious to me.

[Sam]

One popped out of the boat yesterday (Sunday) when I grabbed the net.

I never moved so fast to get it.

Had my E5 on a cranking stick and I was not about to lose it.