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mikey5string



Joined: 09 May 2012
Posts: 179
Location: West Haven

PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:19 pm    Post subject: Rod Overboard Reply with quote

Lost my balance standing up in a little aluminum boat last night and dropped my rod & reel overboard.

I didnt even realize I had done it until I realize I am not holding it anymore and its not in the boat.

Really sucked but the bright side is it wasnt one of my better rods. I probably would have gone in after some. Were going back around dusk and I am going to bring a bunker snagger and drag around where I dropped it in. It is only about 8' deep but the bottom is very mucky.

I just was looking at little floaties for your rods and I thought:

" thats a little bit much"

guess not.

on the plus side. The bass were MURDERING my new Iobee frog. Turning it inside out and upside down. A big big bass jumped 12" clear out of the water, straight body in and arc. Never saw anything like it. Missed it though.

I didnt miss to many. In fact, they were sucking it down so much that I considered pushing down the barbs because it was taking me too long to remove the hooks from the fishes throat.

My friend was catching them every single cast with a little white senko. They were all dinks though. The frog produced MUCH better fish. I tried to get him to put a frog on but he really just got into it and only has confidence in the senkos so far...
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rxpxtx



Joined: 06 May 2012
Posts: 259

PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dropping a rod in the lake sucks. Frogs dont!!
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Fisherman100



Joined: 22 Nov 2011
Posts: 140
Location: Meriden, CT

PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah, i had the smae problem. thats why i buy fiberglass rods with a cork butt so it floats. or i buy pool buoy and tie a rope to the reel to the rod. never lost one after that
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angry john



Joined: 30 Jun 2012
Posts: 119

PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have gone in after a few rods and might consider it every time until the water drops below 60. Then there is a certain amount of risk involved with the cold water.
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fishfinder



Joined: 19 Jun 2011
Posts: 1672
Location: Naugatuck, Ct.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I lost a brand new saltwater set up last year as lunker yanked it right from the sand spike on the beach while we were wading and plugging. The bait runner screamed for a bit and even though it was set really loose it slowly leaned and leaned while I was scurrying out of the water but it finally touched ground and clicked off the baitfeeder switch and SWOOOOOOOSH it went jet sking away with 4 of us throwing plugs in its general direction but away she went! About $220 gone in 2 days! LOL. The beach wasnt very soft so I had built a rock pile around it but didnt do a good job for a huge fish. Probaly the 92 lb striper that later was caught and recorded!!!! Yeah right, that would be my luck.
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