Best line I have heard while out fishing had something to do with this topic.

Our guide and previous owner of our Lodge, leaned over the side of the boat while talking on his cell. He had it perched between his shoulder and ear. Needless to say, he dropped it in about 200 feet of salt water.

Is he ever ****ed. Starts moaning, crying and complaining. My brothers cell starts to ring, he answers it, goes to hand it to Billy and says... "Billy phones for you, it's NEMO"

Holy crap the whole boat came unglued the laughter didn't stop for 20 minutes.
That Bro of mine is one quick witted little bugger.

Jamie

two bells and a pair of sunglasses

The rod I lost also took my 3rd bell of the season.

Still waiting on the mail for my bucket brigadier badge

I think that most people jig too much especially in the winter, when you put your rod down and the hook is at rest, this is when the fish take it. Even when jigging I usually have a wave buster float on, I jig and let it sit for about 3-4 minutes before I jig again, seems to work better in the winter. If I do have to leave the rod for a minute or two I always open the bail, havn't lost a rod yet.

dropped an expensive pair of scissors down the hole today. they went point first and all i could see was the top of the handles, very soft bottom. retrieved them with the magnet that i always have in my bag of tricks.
my brother had a rod "jump" out of the boat and 3 hours later when we hoisted anchor up came the rod with 3 lbs. rainbow still on.

BINGO....thats what I do too....using a bait caster I can still have my bait suspended with the bail open.

LC

I anchor my rod holders, but 2 winters ago the wife went to set her camera down, bounced it off the chair and down the hole it went. had mine hanging on the back of my chair this winter, forgot about it and folded the chair, fortunately it landed on the ice.

I have lost faith a number of times, but nothing else yet. Came close lots, but that's a benefit of only having a 6" auger.

Myself, I loose 1 perch rod every year. Buddy drops my pliers down the hole and another bud lost his coffee cup lid down the hole. :scared0018:we even seen it float to the bottom on the fish camera. then it sank in the soft bottom. I am going to start ti tie it off the chair while i am not watching it.

One rod, one cell and a zippo, needless to say I don't keep thing on my lap any more, and try to keep a close eye on that rod.
My buddy got a nice pike the one day on the tip up outside, got wrapped in his jigging rod line but never went down hole, took my line down as well with my rod, pulled it all up the hole 15 feet away

never lost a rod but lost an entire tackle box worth of lures while reaching for my rod:sign0176:

A big jack literally spit my jaw spreaders about 4 feet over the ice and straight down the hole.

Bingo! I like to jig but almost always have a set line out too, when I lived near the city the set line usualy outfished the jigged line by a large margin except on the odd day or when fishing for perch. When I moved up to Slave I was surprized because relatively few people bother with tipups here but I soon found out why, I've probably went whole winters without catching a single fish on a tipup or set line. I can remember fishing for perch with a tipup baited with a nice minnow not 5 yards away, and catching pike on my tiny perch lures while my tipup was completey ignored. Well this year I finaly gave the Windlass tipups a go, and that my friends is the majic ticket up here. It doesnt outfish me as badly or as often as I was used to seeing further south with regular tipups but at least half of my pike and walleye this winter were caught on it. Funny how on different lakes/ different regions the rules can change completely.

We must have caught the same "Kareem Abdul Ja-pike"....:)

LC

Ja-pike is also known to shoot hooks.

complete cluster **** but it was a nice pike ;)

add one more bell. at the new dickson sucker pond. :sign0176:

Years ago, had my new lab pup with me, drilled a bunch of holes, being a goofy lab, he never saw the holes, legs went in, head bent back to his spine, as he was going down, managed to grab his back legs and up he came, he wouldn't come out of the truck the rest of the day. Couldn't really blame him

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Went out to Rupert and fishing with my Wifes "Uncle Buddy" an old retired salmon boat Captain. Wife came out of the cabin while I was jigging and said Buddy wanted to go to a different spot and to spool up. I did but left the two rigs lying in the deck not put away (stupid prairie boy)
I was in the cabin while Buddy throttled up the big volvo and watched as the weights on the lines bounced overboard followed by the rods. I was sick as I told this old man I hardly knew what had happened.I had 3 more days with him!!
The old guy laughed and said now well have to got to the tackle shop before dinner. He dropped 1400 bucks on 2 rods, reels, and new line. I offered to pay but there was no way then he took us out for dinner!
I miss that old guy with the kind soul alot. Pulled in a 100lb halibut that trip on one of the new rods.

Yes i have twice not a good feeling.

A number of years ago I was ice fishing on a BC Lake for Rainbows. This couple walked up to see how I was doing and I happened to pull out a nice 16" trout. The older fellow got excited and opened his mouth to say something and his uppers shot out and hit the side of the hole skidded across the water and started to sink. Luckily I was down on the hole and had the presence of mind to scoop them out. Instead of thanking me his wife laid into him dragging him away, was tough to see the pained but grateful look on his face

I never thought someone could lose their teeth down the hole. Maybe on the ice, but not under it. Hilarious

sorry, i clicked yes because i have never lost a ROD but i have lost a bell(pike alert)
down the hole

Nice, I lost 3 bells so far. Had a big rainbow try and eat one off the bottom the other day..weird.

I call the bell, "The Early Warning System".

Ive lost a few bells, not through the ice, off the long rod, when I got a bite and set the hook. amazing how far they will fly off a 7 foot rod! :sHa_sarcasticlol:

I've lost a rod with those red wire rod holders. I have been trying to come up with a rod holder that secures the rod and is easy to get the rod out of. this is what i came up with. you would need to drill a hole in the ice to set the holder in. i'll have to try it next year...

2 of my dads rods almost , but i caught em wet up to the shoulders, i liked to ancor my rods and their holders with something heavy he never bothered those rods are now mine hah

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Ive lost sunglasses, rods and reels, 2 leatherman multi tools, ice fishing scoops, pliers.
Now i keep a good size magnet in one of my tackle trays.

NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.:angry3:

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