so after losing my chatterbait the first day of trying one out ive decided to take note of all the tackle i lost or broke.

ive already went through 3 bags of yum dingers (updated 4-28-16)

9 jigs- 1 snapped off mid cast the other got snagged. (updated 5-5-16)

2 chatterbait - snapped off mid cast. that feel when you see your brand new lure snap off in the middle of a cast and watch it sail off and plop into the water.

lost one during lunch at a new spot. (updates 3-30-16)

2 jerk bait -i smashed this against something in the middle of a cast. i dont even know how thats possible but i guess i just got that magic touch. *updated  4-1-16*

3 spinner (updated 4-7-16)

1 jig head and brush hog on its first cast

1 keitech 

ill be updating daily since i seem to lose something every outing.

Lost a lucky craft pointer on the first cast on the schuylkill last week, followed in quick succession with a spro aruku shad and a storm twitch stick.  

43 minutes ago, PennBass said:

Lost a lucky craft pointer on the first cast on the schuylkill last week, followed in quick succession with a spro aruku shad and a storm twitch stick.  

first cast, nice. but i think me losing my chatterbait on the day it arrived in the mail beats that. i literally had it in my possession for less than 2 hours.

Last week I lost a rcstx, two pointers, six trds and shroomz's, broke my rod trying trying to unsnag my pointer, and lost a net while trying to unsnag my other pointer with it. all in one day.  If I kept track of all the tackle I lost or broke, I think I would have a heart attack from seeing all the lost money.  

5 minutes ago, Centralinfinnesse said:

Last week I lost a rcstx, two pointers, six trds and shroomz's, broke my rod trying trying to unsnag my pointer, and lost a net while trying to unsnag my other pointer with it. all in one day.  If I kept track of all the tackle I lost or broke, I think I would have a heart attack from seeing all the lost money.  

wow id be surprised if anyone beats that day this year. but then again im going fishing  again tomorrow. 

I've lost 5 Alabama rigs, 4 10xds, broke a rod and broke a reel in the same day. Not to mention the ruined 25lb tatsu

Just now, Bass_Fanatic said:

I've lost 5 Alabama rigs, 4 10xds, broke a rod and broke a reel in the same day. Not to mention the ruined 25lb tatsu

 

20 minutes ago, YoTone said:

wow id be surprised if anyone beats that day this year. but then again im going fishing  again tomorrow. 

I think bassfanatic just did.  those Alabama rigs are extremely expensive, by the time you rig one of them they will often run you thirty dollors.

I figured I lost $120 in Bama rigs, $60 in 10xds, $200 on the reel, $160 on the rod, and $45 on line.  That's $585...just another day in paradise?

32 minutes ago, Bass_Fanatic said:

I figured I lost $120 in Bama rigs, $60 in 10xds, $200 on the reel, $160 on the rod, and $45 on line.  That's $585...just another day in paradise?

Dang....all I lost was a spinner bait blade on a cast on the Susquehanna river. Guess I got off lucky.

Busted the lip of a $25 MegaBass today - not lost, but pretty much worthless now

-T9

13 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

Busted the lip of a $25 MegaBass today - not lost, but pretty much worthless now

-T9

Shape the lip make it a popper

3 hours ago, Bass_Fanatic said:

I've lost 5 Alabama rigs, 4 10xds, broke a rod and broke a reel in the same day. Not to mention the ruined 25lb tatsu

This warrants an explaination. 

I flipped my kayak and lost my phone, Garmin Virb Elite, a shimano spinning reel and St. Croix rod combo, and a lot of my dignity a few weeks ago. 

Every so often I lose stuff/break stuff/ space stuff out.    I can't get very bent out of shape when that happens - because it never is and never has been an ownership thing with fishing tackle.   I see it more as a "temporary custody" thing.     When something  gets lost - or broke - or just spaced out to the point of I've no clue where it is right now,   I just look at it as my temporary custody of that item has been revoked.

My biggest loss last year was the St croix premier and pflueger summit casting reel that got ripped out of my hands and lost at the bottom of the lake. I set the hook after a hit on my 1/2 oz spinnerbait and then a huge pull straight up overpowered me. I'm more upset about losing the fish (can only speculate what that monster looked like) than the combo. I've also learned to loosen my drag now and am always checking it ?.

Wow......I was peeved when I lost a new Warpig on the second cast.  Some of you guys are downright dangerous.

 

I know where that warpig is.....I WILL have it back

I guess my best (worst) story was the day I met my best friend, Speedy Madewell. He took me and a couple of other guys to the Tennessee River striper fishing. We start immediately below the dam in "the boils" where the water churned out by the turbines is released. The the current is fast and the water is rough. Only two guys can fish a drift, so we alternate and rebait rigs.

When it's my turn Speedy hands me his rod, a G.Loomis 844C/ Calcutta CT200GT. We are fishing what you might consider a dropshot rig with a 3oz weight. When the weight hits the bottom you immediately lift the rod and that's when you will often get a strike, but sometimes it's just hung.  Well, there I am trying to maintain balance and suddenly, BAM!

Unfortunately it was a boulder this time and I did not clean my hands well enough when rigging the gizzard shad. BAM! $600+ literally down the drain...The next morning I was waiting at the door when BPS opened and a little while later delivered a present to my new friend's front porch.

 

The only times I tend to loose lures is when I fish from shore. Not that I don't get snagged when I'm in the boat, but as a last resort, I can get on top of it and use my lure retriever. 

I loose mor baits in my tackle box than I do fishing them. 

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

I guess my best (worst) story was the day I met my best friend, Speedy Madewell. He took me and a couple of other guys to the Tennessee River striper fishing. We start immediately below the dam in "the boils" where the water churned out by the turbines is released. The the current is fast and the water is rough. Only two guys can fish a drift, so we alternate and rebait rigs.

When it's my turn Speedy hands me his rod, a G.Loomis 844C/ Calcutta CT200GT. We are fishing what you might consider a dropshot rig with a 3oz weight. When the weight hits the bottom you immediately lift the rod and that's when you will often get a strike, but sometimes it's just hung.  Well, there I am trying to maintain balance and suddenly, BAM!

Unfortunately it was a boulder this time and I did not clean my hands well enough when rigging the gizzard shad. BAM! $600+ literally down the drain...The next morning I was waiting at the door when BPS opened and a little while later delivered a present to my new friend's front porch.

 

Didnt you lose a tackle bag off the back of a boat?

9 hours ago, BassThumb said:

This warrants an explaination. 

I was fishing a ridge with a lot of brush on it in 25ft. They were eating the Arig pretty good, but I hung it up a lot. Ended up breaking off 5 of em and 4 10xds all in the same stretch of brushpiles.  As for the rod, reel, and line, the reel just started making a bad sound and then I cast, backlashed terribly (ruining the tatsu), and it wouldn't even reel in anymore. It was a Abu revo stx. I then put another reel on the rod (Powell endurance 775) and the top 6" broke off of it. Not a good day, besides the fact I caught 23lbs off those piles.

please keep the reports for this season only. 

i was lucky this morning, a huge backlash early kept me busy all morning so i didnt lose anything.

I feel alot better about my situations after reading some of these. No major losses this season, but last year snagged my livingston in a beaver hut and broke my *** trying to free it. 

Lost a brand new Megabass Vibration X on its first cast. Lost 2 Z-Man chatterbaits, a few spinners, and probably a half dozen senkos. Yesterday I lost a Whopper Plopper during its first outing. 

For 2016 only have lost a few weights and a Booya one knocker and a Spro Aruko shad. Not too bad or too costly so far. Last year I recall a day where I lost 6 jigs, I shakeyhead, and countless texas rigged books and weights fishing flooded brush. 

Losing items is kind of part of of the sport. What makes a beat up fish catching lure really cool is knowing that it has survived the weedbeads, brush, rock, dock pilings, poor knots, frayed line, zebra mussels, toothy fish, or whatever other obstacle could get in its way.

13 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I flipped my kayak and lost my phone, Garmin Virb Elite, a shimano spinning reel and St. Croix rod combo, and a lot of my dignity a few weeks ago. 

you win

 

 

glad yer ok though