TJQ Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Glad Im not the only one whose lost one.... <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HRB_J7Bv_EU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
SRT8 smoker craft Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 "He took the rod" LOL Ryan just about lost the camera to save the rod he's pretty quick almost like
skeeter Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 That was Funny. He looked like he was going to cry"That was my favorite rod". Now if that was my rod it would not be funny! The funny part would be me diving in after it.
tb4me Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Oh man that must have sucked...You know I love that guys newspaper. you thnk I can subscribe to it, no? I have to go get it free at the tourisum centre,in Campbellford.
RJackson Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Oh man that must have sucked...You know I love that guys newspaper. you thnk I can subscribe to it, no? I have to go get it free at the tourisum centre,in Campbellford. You certainly can subscribe to it. Grab an issue there should be an ad in with instructions on how to go about it! RJ
Spiel Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Seriously, setting your rod down with a fish on it to get two hands on the net.... ? I thinks ya deserve to lose it.....
Headhunter Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 A big ass Daredevil and a couple of casts and you get both the rod and the fish back! HH
rob v Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 that's what surprised me about that episode..... I would've thought they'd have tried that for sure (snagging the rod that just went over). Perhaps they did off camera and weren't successful ?
SmokestackLightnin Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 It's staged. Look at the camera angle at 1:36, there is another camera behind the boat and I would think they pulled the rod in.
MCTFisher9120 Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Seriously, setting your rod down with a fish on it to get two hands on the net.... ? I thinks ya deserve to lose it..... Obviously haha, looked like a Chronarch on that setup too...
mercman Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 I guess when you get your stuff for free you can be a little less attentive.i woulda dived in after it.
lew Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 A big ass Daredevil and a couple of casts and you get both the rod and the fish back! HH Funny you say that Joe.... I was daydreaming one day and dropped an expensive combo in 20' of water, so I clipped a Daredevil on another rod and started dragging it thru the weeds. Felt some weight and figured I'd got my gear back but when I reeled it in I'd caught a 5 pound pickeral. Probably the only pickeral ever caught on bottom with a big azz Daredevil
Governator Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 (edited) I guess when you get your stuff for free you can be a little less attentive.i woulda dived in after it. I'm with you, I would've gone after it for sure. Edited March 1, 2011 by Governator
Headhunter Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Funny you say that Joe.... I was daydreaming one day and dropped an expensive combo in 20' of water, so I clipped a Daredevil on another rod and started dragging it thru the weeds. Felt some weight and figured I'd got my gear back but when I reeled it in I'd caught a 5 pound pickeral. Probably the only pickeral ever caught on bottom with a big azz Daredevil Good story Lew, but did you get the rod and reel back? You just don't see folks pulling Daredevils that much anymore... but boy do they cover water, cast a mile and I've found them to be multi-species as well... Heck, maybe I'll start a thread about them, so as to not highjack this thread anymore than I have.LOL HH
Guest gbfisher Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Some fishermen they are. No one even bothered to cast for it?
Terry Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 this winter I almost lost my 1000 buck reel down a hole..got my hand wet but I didn't let it get away however the fish got away...got me thinking if I should really use the Calais TE DC on the ice but why buy them if you ain't gonna use them
charlesn Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Jump in after it? I wouldn't recommend it even for Michael Phelps, who knows how cold that water is and I don't care how well you can swim - can you outswim a fish! As far as casting out and trying to get it - I'm sure they did. It's not that easy. You can ask Mark Kulik, we were out on Erie this past spring and sure enough - an unattended rod took an unintended swim with a fish attached to it. His favourite drop shotter. It wasn't windy and I dropped a Waypoint immediately. I cast a rattle trap type bait dredging the bottom for a solid 20 minutes in the area until by complete fluke I hooked the line. Unfortunately as he was hand bombing the rod and reel back in it got stuck on bottom and broke the line. The fish was gone. But on a fairly windless day knowing pretty darn well where the rod went in - we spent 20 minutes dissecting the area in an expanding spiral until we snagged it. And it was WAY off the original waypoint. The only rod and reel I've ever kicked over board I was able to get because we could clearly see it on the bottom and it wasn't moving in current and/or attached to a fish. Even so, it took several attempts to snag it. It's just a part of fishing - sometimes you need to make that sacrifice to the fishing gods to get them to bite better. It worked for Mark and I. I think the sacrifice hurt less for me than for him though. lol
misfish Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Jump in after it? I wouldn't recommend it even for Michael Phelps, who knows how cold that water is and I don't care how well you can swim - can you outswim a fish! As far as casting out and trying to get it - I'm sure they did. It's not that easy. You can ask Mark Kulik, we were out on Erie this past spring and sure enough - an unattended rod took an unintended swim with a fish attached to it. His favourite drop shotter. It wasn't windy and I dropped a Waypoint immediately. I cast a rattle trap type bait dredging the bottom for a solid 20 minutes in the area until by complete fluke I hooked the line. Unfortunately as he was hand bombing the rod and reel back in it got stuck on bottom and broke the line. The fish was gone. But on a fairly windless day knowing pretty darn well where the rod went in - we spent 20 minutes dissecting the area in an expanding spiral until we snagged it. And it was WAY off the original waypoint. The only rod and reel I've ever kicked over board I was able to get because we could clearly see it on the bottom and it wasn't moving in current and/or attached to a fish. Even so, it took several attempts to snag it. It's just a part of fishing - sometimes you need to make that sacrifice to the fishing gods to get them to bite better. It worked for Mark and I. I think the sacrifice hurt less for me than for him though. lol Yep had one slide off the back of David Chongs boat when we fished Erie in 6 fters.Thought about it,then said nadda going to jump in. I just cried abit and kept fishing.LOL
Guest gbfisher Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Jump in after it? I wouldn't recommend it even for Michael Phelps, who knows how cold that water is and I don't care how well you can swim - can you outswim a fish! As far as casting out and trying to get it - I'm sure they did. It's not that easy. You can ask Mark Kulik, we were out on Erie this past spring and sure enough - an unattended rod took an unintended swim with a fish attached to it. His favourite drop shotter. It wasn't windy and I dropped a Waypoint immediately. I cast a rattle trap type bait dredging the bottom for a solid 20 minutes in the area until by complete fluke I hooked the line. Unfortunately as he was hand bombing the rod and reel back in it got stuck on bottom and broke the line. The fish was gone. But on a fairly windless day knowing pretty darn well where the rod went in - we spent 20 minutes dissecting the area in an expanding spiral until we snagged it. And it was WAY off the original waypoint. The only rod and reel I've ever kicked over board I was able to get because we could clearly see it on the bottom and it wasn't moving in current and/or attached to a fish. Even so, it took several attempts to snag it. It's just a part of fishing - sometimes you need to make that sacrifice to the fishing gods to get them to bite better. It worked for Mark and I. I think the sacrifice hurt less for me than for him though. lol I was makin fun of them and the fact they lost it. Wouldn't be the first time I've seen that happen.. .lol I'm also pretty sure the guys in that boat could afford to lose a few rods and have them replaced by sponsors for just mentioning it.
solopaddler Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 (edited) Stuff like that happens all the time. Big Jim looked pissed though. Two summers ago I was on a back lake with my then 5 year old daughter. She caught a nice pike and I laid my rod down to deal with it. Of course a 3lb smallie grabbed my jig and dragged my $400 rod/reel overboard. It sank straight down to a shelf about 15' below me. Then started being dragged by the bass into this huge 35' hole. I threw my daughters pike away and without thinking--just reacting, dove overboard to catch my rod before it was pulled into the abyss. I just grabbed it in time. When I did the bass went airborne and I was actually fighting it underwater. Lipped it beside the boat with one arm around the gunnel. Definitely a memorable fish. My little girl tells everyone "Daddy dives in after the fish!!!" Edited March 1, 2011 by solopaddler
lew Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Good story Lew, but did you get the rod and reel back? Nope, never saw it again Joe, it was a nice Curado & Shimano V-rod sacrificed to the fish gods.
Handlebarz Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Dang that was sure funny and sad at the same time.
bigugli Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Had one pulled off the dock by a bass. Lost my fave mitchell reel. A friend of mine found it diving 2 months later, 80' from the dock. I've lost rods over the side and almost always managed to retrieve them. I have also hooked up and retrieved lost rods while drifting for walter. In good shape too.
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