What is the most tackle lost in one day? Was it replaced? Was more than what was lost purchased while replacing it? Value in Dollars?

I will start. I flipped my kayak and lost all of my terminal tackle, about 30 spinnerbaits, and some jigs and other misc gear. Total value around $400. I replaced everything plus much more. I once lost 4 buzzbaits in one day. Value around $25. That should be impossible, but all were broke off on bass snags. When a 10 pound bass hits a buzz bait that has bumped a fence post with 5 strands of barbed wire on it, all bets are off. I also lost well over a dozen crankbaits in one day to abandoned gill nets. Value around $100 I kept throwing the crankbaits, because on every cast that didn't snagg I landed a big bass. I replaced the buzzbaits I lost with many twice what I lost in a variety of models and colors. For every crankbait I lost I bought 3 identical, and another 4 in different colors.

Any other anglers suffer significant losses in one day?

$45 in tungsten to pickrel (plus hooks/baits)

Various crank and spinnerbaits along with many, many splitshot rigs.

But the most memorable.

$75.00 cast net. First time out, brand new out of the bag took a giant toss,,,,,,,,,,,and didn’t have the loop around my wrist tight enough.

Bye, bye!

11 minutes ago, Motoboss said:

$75.00 cast net. First time out, brand new out of the bag took a giant toss,,,,,,,,,,,and didn’t have the loop around my wrist tight enough.

Bye, bye!

I threw a cast net tripped, spun around a couple of times like a shot putter and fell off the front deck without the loop attached to my wrist.Luckily I was able to grab the net before it sank to the bottom of the lake .

First Deps 250 I ever bought when they were around $160. Snapped it off like 5th cast. That sucked pretty bad

1 minute ago, Swimbaitstud said:

First Deps 250 I ever bought when they were around $160. Snapped it off like 5th cast. That sucked pretty bad

This is the reason I have stayed from swim/glide bait fishing!

Although this year I’m in, conservatively !

11 minutes ago, Motoboss said:

This is the reason I have stayed from swim/glide bait fishing!

Although this year I’m in, conservatively !

Coulda been a Hinkle…..lol

Back in the day when triple trout were a hot commodity and nearly impossible to get, I managed to get 3 8" slow sink Kokanee at around 100.00 a piece at a store grand opening we had a product display at. The first one got tied on a swimbait rod that I had hung a bait up on the previous trip that a bind in the line down in the spool (that I forgot about in my excitement) needless to say, first cast and POW off into the abyss

I mean...do rods count?

I'm fond of grotesquely priced JDM rods and have broke a couple.

Alabama rig is always a hoot to lose. Swimbaits - jig heads - umbrella rig - time spend preparing it - all gone in a cast.

I just skip Alabama rigs now lol

I have had some bad jig days on local ponds. Sometimes when the 50 lb braid cats cradle spider webs get exceptionally dense and frequent I can lose over 100$ worth of tackle in a couple hours walking the bank.

People who bank fish with heavy braid and just cut their lines and leave it are my pet peeve.

Im pretty live and let live / do as ye will when it comes to unorthodox fishing choices - but ruining a fishing spot because you used line that’s too heavy for you to manage properly - let’s not please.

Any day on the boat I knocked a whole rod reel line and bait over the side was a sad day! 😭😭😭😂😂😂

About the only expensive thing I lost was a rod an reel combo a couple of years ago. My son caught a nice fish while fishing saltwater and he ad a tough time unhooking. I fish mainly jigs so we usually grab a hooked fish by the head of the jig and hinge it 180* so that the weight of the fish will release itself. We try not to handle the fish at all.

His wouldn't release and I handled the fish way more than normal. Once it was released I tried to rinse my hands and dry with a towel but a fish hit my line hard and the rig slipped right out of my hands and the fish swam off with the combo.

It's probably down in the southern states so if anyone catches a fish with a Daiwa rod and reel keep it as a gift from me LOL

In my younger days we did a lot of float fishing. During a March trip in a jon boat my partner and I were crossing a partially submerged tree. We we were experienced floaters and knew how to approach it. This was one of those best laid plans thing.

We slowed the boat and made a controlled approach. Just as we got into position the bow was jerked towards a whirl pool. The boat stood on end and went under the tree. We both jumped and grabbed a limb. The current was trying to take us under. I some how had a spinner bait hooked to the back of my shirt. The rod was below me adding to the current pull.

I was having trouble hanging on with no way to pull out so I turned to my friend and said if, “ I don’t make it. It’s been nice knowing you”, and turned loose. I was sucked under the tree and popped up just like the jon boat had. All I got back was that rod and spinner bait.

My buddy turned loose and popped up like I did. He saved no gear.

Last season, I lost an Expride rod with a Vanford reel. I was fishing a ned rig and came up to a spot where I saw a wolfpack of smallmouth. Put the rod down to grab another one with a jerkbait, but did not see that the lure on the first rod was dangling in the water about a foot deep. A few minutes later, when I turned around, rod and reel were gone.

I hardly ever lose lures. I don't know why. I occasionally become snagged, but paddling back to the area of the snag usually gives me the angle to free it. I might lose one lure a year to a snag, but some years, I lose none.

However, two summers back, I was trolling a big, expensive swimbait in the dark and my rod snapped back and my 30 lb. braid snapped. It was violent. I don't know if it was a fish or a rock.

1 hour ago, RRocket said:

I mean...do rods count?

I'm fond of grotesquely priced JDM rods and have broke a couple.

Rods count, but it's to painful for me to talk about them. I have broken many, and lost two overboard.

@Jig Man, so glad you came out on the positive side of that experience. An experience like that would keep most off the water.

@king fisher, losing a rod overboard is never desirable as well as breaking them. Breaking them while fishing is totally acceptable to me. Breaking them due to stupidity really doesn't work with me at all ...

11 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

I might lose one lure a year to a snag, but some years, I lose none.

This is not normal. You may consider professional help. I have a furry friend that would be more than happy to help for free.

Pulled up to a launch area to use the outhouse, about a five minute round trip; a recently purchased Loomis rod and Calcutta reel were stolen from my boat.

I hardly lose lures, when you fish shallow you can get most back, I do lose some to hitting rocks and breaking the bill off. I have a pole retriever that helps get snagged lures back.

My worst loss was the result of leaving a fluke in the water after reeling up all the line out except for maybe three or four feet. I was taking a picture of a buddy's PB pickerel when I heard something scraping across the fiberglass boat deck at the rear of the boat. I looked back & could see my rod going overboard before I could grab it. A bass had grabbed the bait & was making off with it. We saw the bass jump out of the water close to the boat just afterwards. A new St Croix Legend Extreme with a Shimano Calais DC on it. I'll let you guys do the math. Spent over half an hour trying to snag that outfit but no luck, just sadness.

15 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

@Jig Man, so glad you came out on the positive side of that experience. An experience like that would keep most off the water.

It didn’t keep me off the water but it did cause me to quit floating and buy my first fiberglass glitter sled.

So many people have had a bass take a lure dangling over the side of a boat, that I'm starting to think this is not just an odd coincidence. This may be a new technique that even the Japanese have not thought of.

Next time I go fishing, I'm going to dangle a bait in the water while appearing to leave my rod unattended. I will have a safety line tied to the rod, well hidden by a jacket and other items laid over the top of the line. When the bass grabs the bait and tries to pull the rod overboard, I will fake like I'm leaping to grab the rod but instead will let it get yanked into the water. The bass will then think he has won the battle set the hook and probably jump. Then I will grab the safety line and retrieve the rod, reel, lure and bass.

Sometimes you have to think outside the box to catch the smart ones. This may be my best skunk beater technique ever. It may even be bigger and more controversial than FFS. Remember you first read about it here at Bass Resource, where no bass is to wiley, and every angler is willing to go to any extreme to out fox them.

This still hurts, even though I’ve replaced everything…lost my entire Bass Pro backpack (the nice $125 one) last summer fishing as a co angler with a buddy. Had it between us and it blew outta his skeeter. It was super windy and crappy out, I didn’t even realize until I needed another soft plastic about 30 mins later. Plano edge terminal 3600 chock full, jigs, frogs, blades jigs, bunch of baits still on the package, aluminum pliers, Rapala tournaments scale, soft plastics, and more. I’m estimating $600-800 lost. I’m weeping as I type this

59 minutes ago, RichF said:

I’m estimating $600-800 lost. I’m weeping as I type this

That must have been awful!

The wind must have been howling to lose that much gear. Oh man, so sorry about that

That horrible. That is a lot of tackle for sure. Im the king of Vision 110. River has quite a few in it