i went out fishing at the club i belong to .it consists mainly of clear strip mine pits .fishing was slow today and on my way back in my boat i spotted something floating dead  off in the distance at first i thought it was a raccoon because i could see legs sticking up  out of the water. when i got closer i saw that it was a big turtle that grabbed some body's  line and apparently jerked the hole rod and reel right in the water because i could see a fishing rod stuck and sticking up down in the weeds so i cut the line from the turtle and pulled up a abu Garcia stealth rod and reel out  of the water, it looks like it had been down there a few days . unfortunately  this was my only highlight  that i had out fishing today

    Cool.

    Was the rod and reel still useable?

i would guess it was under water since the weekend the rod is fine the reel is a little stiff to turn .this rig must be for  catching cat fish it a bigger spinning reel than i ever use for bass fishing . its a heavy set up. come winter when I'm  looking for stuff to do maybe i will take it apart and clean it and lube it

Hey cool.

thanks for finding my rod and reel.

that turtle sure put up a fight.

Let me know when you get it all cleaned and lubed,

I'll swing by and pick it up.

thanks again.

Ha thats crazy. I'd hate to have been the guy that lost it. His day must have sucked. I bet he's at home talking about the monster fish that took his rod  

Mottfia