An Expensive Day Fishing

[flipin4bass]

In over 40 years of fishing I never dreamed I would ever do the ultimate blooper. Yesterday morning, while fishing one of the beautiful lakes on the refuge, I went to make a cast and the rod slipped out of my hands. You can't imagine the sick feeling I got as I watched my Calcutta/Powell combo quickly sink in 18-20 feet of water. I later rigged up a size 2 treble with 1 oz weight and dragged for an hour but no luck. To make matters worse, I even have it on video. (Sorry, it hurts to bad to show it...maybe someday.) You can bet before my next adventure I'll have a tether around my wrist!

[Grey Wolf]

That's one thing I've never had happen.(knock on wood.)Sorry for your loss but the monkey is lovin it.

[pudmunk]

that is always in the back of my head

ouch

it can happen to ANYONE man

sorry

[KYntucky Warmouth]

Ive thrown several combos over board, never lost one but plenty have hit the drink.

[islandbass]

That's terrible! I would have been tempted to jump in sans wallet and cell phone. ;D

You might be kidding about the tether thing, but it is not a bad idea at all. I devised what I called a leash for my kids, espcially my daughter who is capable of using my gear that prevents them from accidentally dropping the rig into the lake.

I also had to do the same for my son who has already lost 3 of his rigs because of letting his gear go. He's only 6, but those superhero combos are starting to add up. ;D

Anyway, I took these items: Velcro, Shoe Lace and Caribeaner

And put them together.

The lace is attached to the hand that holds the rod. It does not get in the way of casting and the leash is easily removeable.

I have since learned that with a longer string, the leash can be attached to a loop on your pants and that is where my son prefers it to be.

It's definitely a peace of mind and money saver.

[EastTexasBassin]

I knocked a cheap spinning combo over the side of the boat once.  I wasn't too concerned about it but my buddy said "I've got something for that!"

He tied on this thing that looked like a tiny anchor and within a couple casts he had it hooked.  I don't think that rod and reel were worth more than $30, but I was glad to get it back.

[Nine Miler]

Calcutta, Powell? 

I'm swimmin' for sure.  Did you mark the spot on your GPS so you can grab the goggles, underwater flash light and fins and get after it?

[Bryce C]

I did the same thing earlier this year but with a set up that wasn't so expensive.....managed to reach down and grab it before it sank from sight luckily.   Wet hands and a hard cast don't mix well.  Sorry about your luck.

[flipin4bass]

Calcutta, Powell?

I'm swimmin' for sure. Did you mark the spot on your GPS so you can grab the goggles, underwater flash light and fins and get after it?

No, I don't think I'll be swimming for it, I do plan on dragging for it again this weekend. I've already chaulked it up as a loss and a lesson learned. I've got plenty of other reels and I wasn't kidding about using a tether. Oh, btw, the lake where I lost it is called Lost Lake....how ironic.

[ICU812]

So sorry to hear about that!! That's really too bad.

Yeah depending on water temp I'd go swimmin

[BBeavers]

never thrown a rod over, but i've been known to throw an anchor overboard before tying it off.  ;D

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Calcutta, Powell?

I'm swimmin' for sure. Did you mark the spot on your GPS so you can grab the goggles, underwater flash light and fins and get after it?

x2

I'd be diving my butt off.

[helms83]

Wow, and I thought my days were bad...

[RoLo]

After releasing a bass on Lake Toho, I was casting with wet hands.

Suddenly my Kistler and Stella slipped from my grip like greased lightning

and my heart followed them to the bottom.

I was very lucky as I eventually retrieved the outfit, but it left me with mixed feelings.

I felt that anyone that clumsy did not deserve to get lucky.

It was not an easy rescue though, and after dredging for a loooong time

with a large treble hook, I finally snagged my fishing line. You guessed it,

I was hauling braided line hand-over-hand until the entire spool was empty,

then prayed that my spool-noose would hang tough.

Roger

[fishermantony]

Thats kind of an accident, but hurts non the less...snapping a g loomis mossy back by trying to flip a 6lb+ largemouth like I did and watching half my rod, the fish and my jig sink back into the water is kind of stupidity.  :-[

[fishfordollars]

Current count is five over the side. The last(Revo/Allstar combo) I kicked over the side in 30 fow while picking up my birddog by gripping him on the back. I stood there holding him with both hands watching the setup slowly sink out of site. Most of the others happened while i was dealing with a bad case of Carpul tunnel Syndrom. The second and third days on the water trying to fish with your fingers totally numb will not allow you a death grip on a rod.

Sucks