LOST Cabelas Rod Case full of rods

Hey guys! long time user of the site but haven’t created an account until now.. First night on the ice tonight at the st. croix river. Walked out of Lakeside park at about 430pm. By the time I got out to my spot and set up about 20 min later I realized my rod case had fallen out of the sled containing all my rods.. Including two that were my fathers.. I know its a long shot but I am posting everywhere I can in hopes of retrieving it. I will be going back tomorrow morning in the light to make sure its not out there.. but if whoever picked it up happens to see this.. PLEASE! Those rods mean more to me than just another rod and I will give you a reward no questions asked. The case itself is the cabelas double sided fly rod case. its Green and about 35 inches long. Again if anyone found it I will give a reward no questions asked. It feels shitty knowing that it was not in my sight for less than 20 min and somebody picked it right up.

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Ahh there are good people out there still! I hope if anyone picked up your rods they are some of them! Obviously check local facebook groups and such as well and I hope you get your rods back!

I’m crossing my fingers for ya JT. Like Mark says, there are good people out there. By any chance did you have you phone # in there?

BTW – welcome aboard both you guys.

Hey I appreciate it guys. Fingers Crossed!

Hopefully you find your rod case, I was one of the 2 guys you asked earlier. Try posting on Facebook, I know a lot of guys use FB for fishing.

Good luck! Hope you find it.

Sharpie marker, name and phone number on everything.

Post this in as many places as you can. Good people will only try so hard to return something. I’ve had an auger and rod case returned to me. Most fisherman are good people if we give them a chance to be. Good luck.

mark-bruzek wrote:

Sharpie marker, name and phone number on everything.

That’s a great tip for those that don’t yet

Appreciate all the great advice here. Went back this morning and surprisingly lakeside park was full at first light. Crappies must be hitting well right now…

The only reason I had all my rods with was I was planning for a long sit hoping to stumble across a sturgeon and was planning to rig the rods for the season to pass the time..

Unfortunately I don’t have Facebook or Instagram but I do have posts currently here, lake state fishing and Craigslist.. if you guys know of anywhere else worth posting let me know..

Rods were 3 st.croix glass jigging rods, 2 13’s and one siren custom. All with siennas.

NO FACEBOOK

My Kinda of guy

I use an old drivers license and added my phone number on it. In the event I lose mine. Hopefully you get it back!

phishingruven01 wrote:

put posters up at local bait shops and grocery stores

Had the same thing happen to me a few years back. Good samaritan dropped it off and the local bait shop.

Hopefully the people who find your rods are better than the people who took one single boot off the ice after it fell out of my sled earlier this year….. Same situation, it was on the way out, and only on the ice for 15-20 mins tops…. Someone took it and I have scoured the internet and all sites for anything. Apparently they needed a left foot Lacrosse Alphaburly size 11.

dexknows wrote:

Apparently they needed a left foot Lacrosse Alphaburly size 11.

Bummer, try selling the right boot on CL and see if you get any interest?

Hopefully it turns up.

Joe Scegura wrote:

Bummer, try selling the right boot on CL and see if you get any interest?

Genius.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

NO FACEBOOK

My Kinda of guy

Now let me really blow your mind.. I am under the age of thirty.. lol in all seriousness though 99% of the time I wouldn’t want facebook but in this instance it would be handy to have I suppose.. so far my search has yeilded nothing but scammers on Craigslist. Trying a couple bait shops today and going from there. It’s negative I know but whoever picked them up more than likely had no intention of helping.. I was one of the only people walking out from lakeside at that moment and I went no further than Anderson’s point and was on the ice for no more than 20 min. Is what it is I suppose. Sucks because the croix is about the only place I dedicate time to and now all I’m going to want to do out there is ask around if they’ve found my rods lol..

dexknows wrote:

Hopefully the people who find your rods are better than the people who took one single boot off the ice after it fell out of my sled earlier this year….. Same situation, it was on the way out, and only on the ice for 15-20 mins tops…. Someone took it and I have scoured the internet and all sites for anything. Apparently they needed a left foot Lacrosse

Appreciate the story Dex. Rods are one thing but to steal one boot fully knowing it’s useless by itself is another.. just dumb..

That was what I kept thinking… One single boot is useless to them. I would have rather had them steal the pair so they could at least use it haha! They are good boots and I hate to see them go to waste.

Make up a sign on a wood post or stick and put it in at the same landing with your contact info and what you lost. Ya never know. There are far less internet people out there than people think. Make several as you always have the guys who are sooooo smart they will pull the sign. Check often that the sign is still there.

Good luck.

Oh man, really sorry to hear this. Good luck! I hope you get them back!