Overboard losses?

I lost one ball (which left me as a one ball man) :o and two clips. That's all. But I did find a dandy Scotsman so I may have come out ahead.
 
winephart said:
I thought I had avoided any losses till last week when I took my father in law out to Sooke. He has fished with me before but he's getting a bit senile. I gave him a rigged rod and told him to throw his gear in the water. I watched in amazement as he threw the rod, reel, flasher and bait overboard.
We made up for that problem 2 hours later when he said hey there's a net floating in the water. Sure enough it was a landing net so I hooked it with my boat hook. There was a 12 lb Chinook swimming in the net bag still attached to a flasher and trailing a rod and reel. Don't ya just luv Karma.
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by far the best thing i have ever heard in a while! -

been lucky only a few jigs so far... Still got coho season i guess time will tell!
 
Oh, I forgot, probably my biggest loss was dropping my sons 23 lb spring off the side of the warf. Was dragging the cooler, forgot to lock it down and it sort of felt lighter. There were four fish in it, 2 springs and two Hali. He was upset and thought that I did it on purpose. Lol. Why couldn't I have dropped my spring.. Well the good thing was I only lost the one fish.. That was stupid, but happens. Maybe we can add losing fish on warf as part of this discussion. I am certain that I am not the only one to have this happen....
 
crabtrap with line and float inside, bounced off roof, brand new $140 dollar scotty catch n release landing net,never even saw one fish... also bounced off roof...we won't go into the set out traps lost overboard... but they include 3 prawn and 1 crabtrap also brandnew..
 
This is a great thread...and making me feel better about my butterfingers.

I've dropped 2 balls over the side while attaching them this year - they make a really nice splash. Also bought a really fancy flasher for $50 at the fishing show that went over the side before I ever got to use it.

I don't count flashers, snubbers, etc...it would get depressing.
 
winephart said:
I thought I had avoided any losses till last week when I took my father in law out to Sooke. He has fished with me before but he's getting a bit senile. I gave him a rigged rod and told him to throw his gear in the water. I watched in amazement as he threw the rod, reel, flasher and bait overboard.
We made up for that problem 2 hours later when he said hey there's a net floating in the water. Sure enough it was a landing net so I hooked it with my boat hook. There was a 12 lb Chinook swimming in the net bag still attached to a flasher and trailing a rod and reel. Don't ya just luv Karma.
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Now that's the best one by far,winephart!!
 
Forgot the net was on the roof and it flew off, my wife's glasses, a Leatherman slipped out of my hand into the drink, a few down rigger clips and the best of all was the cowling off a mercury out board. The cowling was cheap but the decals were a killer.
 
I remember a Sooke guide calling me on the radio one day. (many years ago) Goes on the explain a lady guest was playing a fish and he repeatedly told her to let the fish go!!! He says so guess what the dumb %$tch did? She let the rod go over the side. I was splitting a gut but also a bit taken back because she was still on board listening to his conversation. Probably not a repeat client. lol
I got really pissed one day as we got messed up with another boats gear just as the afternoon flood tide bite was about to kick in. I had my knife in hand cutting the rats nest up as all my lines were twisted up with theirs. Sure enough I see the bite start around me and I've got everything hacked up and nothing to put in the water. I was so frustrated I threw the knife to the floor....it bounced off the deck and over the side into the drink. One thing actually does lead to another. lol
 
alumaman said:
Forgot the net was on the roof and it flew off, my wife's glasses, a Leatherman slipped out of my hand into the drink, a few down rigger clips and the best of all was the cowling off a mercury out board. The cowling was cheap but the decals were a killer.
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Never heard of a Merc cowling being cheap unless it is a smaller used one. Was told by a mechanic to be very careful taking them off on the water as they sink and a new replacement upper cowling for my 225 is $2500.00.
 
Lost plenty of cannon balls and flashers just like everyone else. Will NEVER lose a rod because I have lanyards attached to them using those carabina clips to attach to the boat fittings. Always thought it was waay too easy to drop $300+ worth of gear over the side and I wanted to make sure that ain't goin' to happen. Also landing net has a big chunk of pool noodle foam wrapped around the handle. Not gonna lose that either. Ditto pliers, knife etc. all have chunks of pool noodle foam attached via short lines.
Terminal gear will always be lost and like others on here I too nearly threw a set up over the side not yet clipped to main line but stopped just in time! The older you get the more you have to have floatation devices or lanyards attached but unfortunately a flasher won't work with pool noodle attached LOL!!:D
 
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In the early 70's, I got a boat from my father-in-law. It had a kicker bracket but no kicker. So got a nice kicker and we were off Oak Bay. Put the motor down, fired it up, put it it gear of off it went! Literally. Motor and bracket! When he put the bracket on, he used machine bolts into wood but no nuts.

We watched the motor for a short while going in circles, using up the gas in the carb. A true sinking feeling.
 
This summer we had a few good stories related to the topic.

First was when I saw a few guys fishing off the govy dock with a magnet. I asked them what they were doing and they explained that they had dropped their truck keys into the 40 feet of water. They had to drive back to Alberta so they were stressing out. I went home grabbed my fins and after 15 minutes finally found them amid a ton of old tires and garbage. Wasn't really worth a case of beer but they made it home at least.

Second time I had a nice spring swimming into the engines so I reached with one hand on the net and got the spring as it dove. Unfortunately the hook popped out as this happened and the spring pulled the net out of my extended reach. I let out a few swears as the net doesnt have floatation. I look back 30 seconds later and sure enough I see the net handle thrashing in the swell. I ripped a U turn and gaffed the net with the spring still in it.

The best story however was when I hit a hali while dragging in the mud and as the ball comes up I see someones gear tangled on my down rigger line. With no other boats nearby, I grab the leader and feel some weight. I tell my guests there must be a rod on the end and jokingly say it better be an islander. Sure enough after hand bombing 100 feet of line, here is an islander setup that couldnt have been in the water more than a few days. I fished it that day!
 
Besides gear snagged on bottom or broken off during the course of fishing I lost two pairs of sunglasses. One cheap pair and my expensive Maui Jim's which were not quite lost overboard we were on a seedoo and I was trying to scare the wife and ended up flipping it. Scared her alright... But joke was on me as the first thing she said once her head popped up was "where are your sunglasses?"
 
4 Glow coated cannon balls, 2 frayed off on new scotty stainless wire, 2 hit bottom after landing fish and forgetting to pull the other side. I now use power pro braid on both riggers.

4 trolling snubbers
7 scotty clips
2 gold star spoons
1 tko spoon
1 green flasher
1 anchovy teaser head (forgot to tie to flasher)

Almost my Net, had a double header and went to net mine, i still had the boat in gear. I reached out to net the fish and the net dragged away luckily it got caught under the main outboard. I landed both fish with the gaff and got the net back.

It was funny the only thing i lost last year was a couple pre rigged anchovy heads. Lesson learned tie your own.
 
kelly said:
This summer we had a few good stories related to the topic.

First was when I saw a few guys fishing off the govy dock with a magnet. I asked them what they were doing and they explained that they had dropped their truck keys into the 40 feet of water. They had to drive back to Alberta so they were stressing out. I went home grabbed my fins and after 15 minutes finally found them amid a ton of old tires and garbage. Wasn't really worth a case of beer but they made it home at least.

Second time I had a nice spring swimming into the engines so I reached with one hand on the net and got the spring as it dove. Unfortunately the hook popped out as this happened and the spring pulled the net out of my extended reach. I let out a few swears as the net doesnt have floatation. I look back 30 seconds later and sure enough I see the net handle thrashing in the swell. I ripped a U turn and gaffed the net with the spring still in it.

The best story however was when I hit a hali while dragging in the mud and as the ball comes up I see someones gear tangled on my down rigger line. With no other boats nearby, I grab the leader and feel some weight. I tell my guests there must be a rod on the end and jokingly say it better be an islander. Sure enough after hand bombing 100 feet of line, here is an islander setup that couldnt have been in the water more than a few days. I fished it that day!
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That is my gold Mr2, I lost it at 7 mile with a gloomis rod.
 
Rockfish said:
Never heard of a Merc cowling being cheap unless it is a smaller used one. Was told by a mechanic to be very careful taking them off on the water as they sink and a new replacement upper cowling for my 225 is $2500.00.
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It was an older two piece one that was hinged on the back. It was around 750.00 total.
 
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