Gear you've lost over board over the years......

[tsubaki]

In the V I've lost 2 hats and a set of sunglasses.
Actually watched people loose dentures, prescription glasses, a Rolex, a wedding band, couple of reels, a stringer of illegal fish, an anchor and a couple of bait buckets.

[RidgeRunner]

Fell overboard near Gunsmoke while retrieving a marker bouy. Swam around to the ladder with my wallet in my pocket. The heave-ho out of the water dislodged it and before I knew what was happening I could see it heading to Davey Jones locker. I dove for it because it was loaded with cash. I never caught it. Six hunerd clams and a gas card that would have got us home from Bradenton. Truck at the time ran on pre-mix..

[Redneck]

My buddy when he was having a pi$$ of the back of my dads Lund-225Merc I thought he said go. I know now it was no!!! I never laughed so hard I couldn't even help him into the boat form the floor I was laying on.

[bgreene]

I didn't expect so many PEOPLE dropped overboard.

And a 225 Merc on a Lund......... neck jerking acceleration for sure.

[randlemanboater]

My most lost overboard item seems to be pliers..I bet I have lost 5 or 6 pair over the years.

I now keep them tethered to my belt.

[RWilson2526]

Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

Six hunerd clams and a gas card that would have got us home from Bradenton. Truck at the time ran on pre-mix..

Man that's got to sting.

[Blue_Runner]

Couple of rods and reels, one was in the rocket launcher pulling a lure that was a little too heavy. The rod had a wooden handle which decided to snap in two.

Lost a brand new "outrodder" rod holder in 40' of water next to the jetties at Murrells Inlet. My buddy got a bite, got exited pulled the whole thing out of the rod holder. I asked him to retrieve it for me but he wouldn't.

Lost an old transom mount trolling motor on Lake Wylie. It is still there, right where I lost it. Took off with it down....heard a loud smack, looked back and the transom clamp was still clamped to the boat. LOL

[macojoe]

2 rod & reel set ups about 13 years apart. Set of keys from shirt pocket while leaning over to get fish. 1 cell phone, bought a nice pair of ss finger nail clippers $20 said no more rusting crap they were gone first trip out with them#@*&and some bait.

[bgreene]

See I'm not the only idiot............I mean typical of what happens on the water.

Writing of RETREIVING things, I'd like to dive the Shrewsbury Rocks, NJ, fill sacks with all the lost sinkers and have a boat pull the sacks back up.
Must be thousands of sinkers down there............to re sell to all the bait shops !

[mawshj]

A few years back ,my wife and I were fishing under the Chesapeake bay bridge and she hooked a BIG fish, she did not want me to help her. She tugged for 20 minutes to get it up, when it reached the surface, I saw it was a brand new Penn rod and reel, I ran over and pulled it aboard. My wife was so angry that she did not have a fish, she grabbed it and tossed it back. My brand new Penn lost !!!!