If anybody finds a rod and reel on the bottom of DB......

MarkM · Post by **MarkM** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:21 pm

It's mine.

mauso1 · Post by **mauso1** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:21 pm

And??????>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

John · Post by **John** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:22 pm

oooh nooo!!!

Heywood · Post by **Heywood** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:26 pm

Was it at least attached to a fish at the time of departure?

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:28 pm

Do tell homeboy! A new avatar Rik?

MarkM · Post by **MarkM** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:31 pm

That's what I get for playing hooky from work this morning. Too lazy to make a paddle stroke to aim the kayak, so the topwater hooked my other TWO rods behind me on the back cast trying to cast from a screwed-up position. Reached back to grab the ONE rod I thought was tangled, and bam, the other one came out of the rod holder too. And right into the drink. Nice Quantum Cabo and Daiwa reel. Water was about 5' deep, with a nice muddy bottom, so no diving for me. Sh$t.

CooKnFish · Post by **CooKnFish** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:45 pm

Good! I'm not the only one.

I think I lost mine, uh, Sharon's when I was wrestling a tarpon at boatside.
St. Croix Tidemaster with a Penn Sargus

Hooked · Post by **Hooked** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:05 pm

There's a Pentax Optio 20 at the bottom of Joe's Bay, in about 12 feet of water. Could not find the frippin thing.... Gotta get a supply of crab trap floats before I take another camera out there.

Redfisher · Post by **Redfisher** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:57 pm

That sucks Mark. If I had been with you, you would be cleaning it up right now. If I'll go diving for my anchor,I would have darn sure gone in for your rod.

wilfish · Post by **wilfish** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:10 pm

Redfisher wrote:That sucks Mark. If I had been with you, you would be cleaning it up right now. If I'll go diving for my anchor,I would have darn sure gone in for your rod.

Now thats a true friend for you

That sucks that you lost your stuff

TerryW · Post by **TerryW** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:09 pm

That totally stinks & I hope you get your gear back. Loosing good gear is PAINFUL.

When fishing for pompano with Hank at the Gandy two years ago, I had put my brand new rod/reel on the deck while re-doing the lure. Hank gets a pomp on that does a very lively flip and "grabs" my line and POOF - my new rod/reel literally "shoots" out into the water. Bye-Bye. Gone.

Hang on to your stuff!

noles · Post by **noles** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:53 am

MarkM wrote:Nice Quantum Cabo and Daiwa reel.

Thank goodness it wasn't the rod I built!

Rik · Post by **Rik** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:45 am

Summer time, 5 foot deep water and you didn't go in after it? I bet you would have if you'd been camping.

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:29 am

Rik wrote:Summer time, 5 foot deep water and you didn't go in after it? I bet you would have if you'd been camping.

Mark is far from wilderness hardened.

Mako · Post by **Mako** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:35 am

MarkM wrote:That's what I get for playing hooky from work this morning. Too lazy to make a paddle stroke to aim the kayak, so the topwater hooked my other TWO rods behind me on the back cast trying to cast from a screwed-up position. Reached back to grab the ONE rod I thought was tangled, and bam, the other one came out of the rod holder too. And right into the drink. Nice Quantum Cabo and Daiwa reel. Water was about 5' deep, with a nice muddy bottom, so no diving for me. Sh$t.

now you have a good excuse to go shopping for a new one

MarkM · Post by **MarkM** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:07 am

noles wrote:Thank goodness it wasn't the rod I built!

Yours was the one I grabbed when I saw the tangle. If it had been yours gone overboard, I would have gone in for it. I have a couple other Quantum rods I can use.