Author Topic: What were the odds? (Read 1713 times)

archer71xx · « **on:** Jan 17, 2018, 10:06 AM »

My friend Sammy went fishing with me this morning, I let him use a 220.00 fishing rod, he got cold and went to the car to get another coat... He comes back and says oh poop my poles gone!!
As it turns out, he left it lay on the chair and the wind blew the chair over and the rod went down the hole in 12 foot of water!! He was freaking out... Lol.
Anyway, I had Stella rigged with a swimming Rapala and after a few tries I caught the pole!!!! Unreal!!!! 35 years of ice fishing and I have never seen anything go down a hole and come back!

Kobey · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 10:09 AM »

I had a Polar tipup go down a hole one year. It rained and the wind was blowing like crazy, so it just slid over and down it went. The next day I fished it out with a jig pole and still had the live shiner on it.

ActiveTrapChecker · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 10:13 AM »

Quote from: Kobey on Jan 17, 2018, 10:09 AM

I had a Polar tipup go down a hole one year. It rained and the wind was blowing like crazy, so it just slid over and down it went. The next day I fished it out with a jig pole and still had the live shiner on it.

If that's the case, i think you need to find another hole to fish...

Huntindave · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 10:16 AM »

Quote from: archer71xx on Jan 17, 2018, 10:06 AM

My friend Sammy went fishing with me this morning, I let him use a 220.00 fishing rod

All I can say is; Sammy must be a real good friend. Personally, I don't have any friends I like that well.

archer71xx · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 10:27 AM »

I think I'll carry a zebco 202 for him to use next time

slipperybob · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 10:44 AM »

That's what the big lures are for...hooking up dropped items. Glad you got it back.

deerefishyfishy · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 11:32 AM »

That's why you'll never see me fishing with a $220 pole.

I usually seem to do just fine with my cheepies!! If I can't catch it with them then I really don't care to catch it!

Glad you got your pole back though!!

Hard_H2O · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 12:31 PM »

What pole was it that cost $220?

archer71xx · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 12:59 PM »

Fenwick hmg 50 bucks paired with a quantum catalyst 170 bucks... At least it wasn't my Fenwick Aetos paired with Stella. Fish with what you like I reckon.

POk3s · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 01:29 PM »

Good stuff. I lost some gear trolling for Kokanee. 40 feet down over 150 ft of water one broke me off. Next pass through that hole I got a bite, the fish came off but traded me for my lost gear! Hahaha! I know it sounds crazy but it happened. The look of bewilderment on mine and my two buddies faces was more than priceless I'm sure.

archer71xx · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 02:44 PM »

Quote from: POk3s on Jan 17, 2018, 01:29 PM

Good stuff. I lost some gear trolling for Kokanee. 40 feet down over 150 ft of water one broke me off. Next pass through that hole I got a bite, the fish came off but traded me for my lost gear! Hahaha! I know it sounds crazy but it happened. The look of bewilderment on mine and my two buddies faces was more than priceless I'm sure.

That's is crazy, and I thought my odds were slim, glad you got it back, thanks for the great story!

nocsious · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 03:01 PM »

I guess this is a topper kind of post, but I have a Thornebro's tripwire stealth paired with a Shimano Stella. It's a long story and I didn't pay for either one, but that's an expensive setup that nobody gets to borrow.

hunts2long · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 03:10 PM »

That is nothing. A friend and I were fishing for shad on the Hudson one spring. He got hung up and broke off a shad dart. On our very next pass, he hangs up again, pulls on it and it comes free. On his shad dart was the one he had just lost. He was lucky like that, later that morning he caught an 8lb walleye or as we called it, a shadeye....h2l

SHUBA · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 03:18 PM »

Years back buddy and I were trolling for eyes and my buddy's cheap _ _ _
reel kept messing up ,so he threw the whole rod overboard well about hour half later
after few resets he thought he had a fish on only to reel in his pole that he had tossed
Was funny I made him keep the pole told him he was meant to keep that pole
I believe he still has it to this day

Ice Scratcher · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 03:31 PM »

Sunglasses, tiny camp stove, couple/few rods, in and back out, jigging rap is perfect for fishing for things that won't bite...

Never could get phones back...

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rivereddy · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 03:41 PM »

3 of us were fishing out of a 19ft Grumman canoe in the boundary waters. Wife was in the bow, a friend in the middle and I was in the stern. We were fishing or smallies. My wife had a small blue jointed rapala, the guy in the middle had a yellow beetle spin and I was tossing a small jig. We hit a promising spot and, before I could put my paddle down and pick up my ultra light, both had a hard hit that immediately broke off. I grabbed my
heavier rod with a larger rapala and tossed out hooking a fair sized northern. I brought him in and his mouth looked like a tackle shop. There were
the beetle spin and both rapalas......... I've also lost a couple of schoolies only to snag and retrieve them when a hooked fish took off and got tangled.
Last spring my buddy lost a live basket full of crappies. We jigged the area for quite a while before retrieving it intact. no fun

fish on,

rivereddy

Ice Scratcher · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 03:52 PM »

Quote from: rivereddy on Jan 17, 2018, 03:41 PM

We jigged the area for quite a while before retrieving it intact. no fun

Dropping anything valuable down the hole, always costs a bunch of fishing time... Grrrr...

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fishermantim · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 08:40 PM »

I believe there is an ice fishing "law of diminished return"

The more expensive the gear, the more likely it will find its way down the hole!

Big Ice Hole · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 08:45 PM »

My rods are like my tools! No one uses my good ones!

bearlake16 · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 17, 2018, 08:56 PM »

The worst for me was i had 3 100 dollar bills in my shirt pocket with my new iPod. (Just put them in my pocket) got a flag and It looked to be spinning good. Big northern lake. Ran for the the tipup slipped about 10 feet from the hole and in slow motion watched the iPod and the 300 bucks that somehow stuck to it fly out of my pocket slide across the ice and sink down the hole.. first hour of a 4 day weekend. Caught the fish which was a fricken 8 inch bullhead. Can you say pissed off? I still get ribbed from the boys for that one. Had to borrow money to make it through the weekend, No ATM to be had for miles.

rlusk3030 · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 11:05 AM »

Was float tube fly fishing for trout in Colorado and one guy in our party had a $500 set up come unstrapped and drop into the lake probably 15-20ft. Came back the next day with spinning tackle and after about an hour my dad managed to snag the guys rod.

Ice Scratcher · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 11:24 AM »

Just stumbled across this...

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flagup! · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 01:20 PM »

Made me laugh!!!!!

Gunflint · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 01:41 PM »

This guy lost BOTH an Aqua-Vu and his cell phone on the same fish - last week. See video at 10:20 to 10:47.... Bad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRT4REZnqzs

IceholeFisherman · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 02:44 PM »

I was bank fishing on a local reservoir for walleye. I snagged and lost a Wally Diver. About 4 casts later, I snagged again. This time I pulled up the stick that had my lost lure still stuck to it.

kasilofchrisn · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 05:36 PM »

I have seen 3 rod n reel combos recovered that went down the hole.
One of them was mine.
A few years ago I was fishing with my ex her best friend and the friends kid out of my little boat.
The fishing wasn't bad but the kid lost a rod over the side.
We tried convincing him to go in after it but the water was cold and he chickened out.
We return the next day with my stepson who has volunteered to dive in after it.
After awhile we spot a rod on the bottom and in he goes. He throws the rod in the boat and hops back in.
As he is drying off I realize this wasn't my rod n reel but some old piece of junk!
We call the rod a lost cause but drop the anchor to fish a bit anyway.
1/2 hour later while swinging on anchor I spy my rod hanging vertical by the bobber and after several tries fish it out of the lake.

Osage · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 06:02 PM »

Quote from: Gunflint on Jan 19, 2018, 01:41 PM

This guy lost BOTH an Aqua-Vu and his cell phone on the same fish - last week. See video at 10:20 to 10:47.... Bad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRT4REZnqzs

I would have been really peeved,perhaps even cried.

J2theD · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 19, 2018, 11:57 PM »

Last year I lost my 10" auger bit down a hole. The bolt had come out while I was drilling the first hole of the trip (I obviously didn't notice) and as soon as I punch through I pull up and its just the auger head, no bit. Dropped the camera down and about 25' down my auger bit laid on the bottom. We tried jigging for a bit but we didn't have the resources to pull it out.

I ended up buying a new bit and fishing the winter with it. Later spring rolled around and I went back to the same lake I lost my bit and told my buddies who were fishing with me the story. We went and tried to find the location, but I could only tell them a ballpark. Well, fishing was slow so my buddies decide to drill a few holes and look for the bit. Long story short, they end up finding it and we got it back! I had brought a magnet and 550 cord just in case and it worked. It took us a couple of hours, but now I have two 10" auger bits

straightShot · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 20, 2018, 01:19 PM »

My friend's brother dropped his truck keys down the hole. He left the ice, went to a hardware store, and came back with a magnet. He was able to retrieve his keys.

gearheart · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 20, 2018, 06:24 PM »

Brother and I were fishing for pike. He came over for a chat and left his rod on his chair. A pike took his bait and pulled the rod and all down the hole. 1/2 hour later I get a bump on my line and land a medium sized pike with 2 hooks in his yap and the rod still attached recovered the rod. Bro was happy.

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Author Topic: What were the odds? (Read 1713 times)