Someone make me feel better

isu22andy wrote:

got an iPhone down an ice hole too , leaned over to play with the graph with a phone in my chest pocket . Watched it go down on the flasher .

Did the same 2 winters ago. Ouch !

Nice pair of Costas – completely my fault. Wasn’t even fishing – I thought they fit snug enough and jumped off the pontoon for a swim. Off they came and down they went.

isu22andy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dan Baker wrote:</div>
3 phones down the ice hole. 2 in almost the exact same spot a year apart. my brother lost a Glock 26 down an ice hole too.

My pain is healing . Ouch . Did he use a magnet to try to get it back ?

We tried. It was in the muck on Mille Lacs. He even tried scuba diving for it in the summer. The muck totally swallowed it.

I’ve never broke a rod. What is wrong with you people?
Oh wait!

I have broken 3 rods this year which is very rare for me. Taken a couple bad falls on the river shore, as well as went too deep in my muck boots in the river and filled my boots with 30-some degree water with barely above freezing air temps. Oh yeah, also lost a really nice pair of gloves. All of these on/in the river… she’s not been very forgiving to me this year! Either that or I’m just a clutzy putzy idiot…

I’ve got 3 pairs of prescription Maui Jim’s in the Croix/ Sip at the confluence in the past 8 years or so.
I guess that’s about 2k worth of prescription shades… Maui was bought out so I switched to gatorz and haven’t lost them yet

Capsized a boat on Mille Lacs in 30 FOW. Lost 10 St Croix rods various models. 2 Tackle bags. Net. Bump board. Camera equipment. Cheap flip phone. Sun Glasses. Basically everything that was not in a compartment. However even that stuff was ruined. Boat was totaled !

Glad we had a good insurance policy!

Feel Better?

All 10 of those St Croix rods had my name on them. Kinda surprised none of them ever showed up snagged by another fisherman.

-J.

Jon Jordan wrote:

Capsized a boat on Mille Lacs in 30 FOW.

Next unofficial official get together, I really wanna hear that story as I have some similar ones (plural).

Sure Jon someone just has to one up everybody else with capsizing a boat.

Jon with the mic drop.

My dumbest losses include dunking the bolt that secures the bow-mount to the plate on the first day of a week-long trip. Leaving brand new rain gear unsecured in the boat and then trailering 200 miles before I realized what I’d done.

Unrelated to fishing: driving into the garage with a bike on the roof rack… twice. And losing my wedding ring cliff jumping in Arizona.

I have been fairly lucky. I have lost two pairs of Oakley Sunglasses while on my the top of my head cruising to another spot, a box of rappalas going down the road and almost lost a St. Croix rod out of the back of my boat on the road as I was able to see it start to hover up in the boat cockpit in my truck rearview mirror due to grabbing air with a rod sleeve and I was able to pull over in time to not loose it. I think I have broken two rods in all my years of fishing.

Glad you had good insurance for your Mille Lacs event Jon.

Just spent 20k of insurance money this week.

I have only lost one combo in the water so far.

one cell phone down an ice hole.

one Legend Extreme/CI4 laying on the bottom of Winnie.

koldfront kraig wrote:

It could be way worse.

You don’t have an adult child that identifies as a cat.

Dang! I guess that could get spendy if this adult child has kittens?