Hi All,

I'm new in this forum. This is a great thread to get started on. I lost a GLoomis back bouncer with a Quantum Cabo over the side of a charter out of Morro Bay, Ca when a huge swell through me into the railings. My choice was to hang on to the rig and go overboard, or stay on board and lose the rig. Additionally, I've lost a pair of swim fins and a set of waders at the lake I fish...just drove off with them on the ground right next to my truck.

At a Lake about 45 min from my house, on a random dock....

Lost a quantum pole with a shimano spinner while catfishing one time. I was on a dock in about 20 ft of water and threw out a buncha chicken livers and turned around to bait my other 2 rods and I heard *ziiiiiing*

Turned around to see my pole shoot out off the dock. I tried to find it and wrote it off.

A week later my Dad calls me and says "You'll never guess what I caught at this dock on LOZ today?!"

I said "A Shimano Spinning reel on a Quantum pole" he says "How the hell did you know that!"

True story.

I have never actually lost anything but I once had a buddy new to fishing toss a g-loomis imx with a shimano curado in the lake as he was casting the thing actually floated long enough for me to get the boat over to it. a couple weeks ago I was a bit hung over in the morning and my brain was pretty slow, I had just casted and was reaching for the trolling motor when my rod jumped out of my hand right into the lake, as I reached for it the rod jerked again just out of my reach I hit the TM and was able to grab the rod and when I went to set the hook there was nothing there.

I nearly lost my grandfather twice....but that's about it. Only thing I can think of that would be more miserable than my grandfather after losing a fish would be him falling in after he loses a fish. LOL

A pair of Revo polarized glasses.  Was fishing out of a canoe, got snagged, was looking down into the water and heard sploosh...I had completely forgotten that I was wearing sunglasses.

I always use idiot strings now.

Just some lures, so far.

Came close with rods and reels a few times, but managed to save them before they went into the water.  

haven't lost anything yet.

Almost lost my trolling motor. I pressed down on the power button and instead of the motor pulling the boat the motor pulled the trolling motor right off the front. Somehow the bolts had actually cut in half. I managed to grab it before it went down and re-install it with quality hardware later.