down the hole!

[machohorn]

What do you think will be the 1st thing down the hole that you lose, ( no hooks allowed) Mine will be a depth finder.

[Agronomist_at_IA]

Lighter

[dan z]

lighter and the clippers

[Team Otter]

A fish. Ha!

[IceJohn]

Skimmer or pop.ICE JOHN

[slipperybob]

I lose lures when fumbling with line twists and line catches lantern.

[WinterHaven]

My needle nose pliers.

[Todd_J]

If good luck is with me - a lighter or my sunglasses.

If luck frowns upon me - one of my better rod/reel combos, or my new H2O... These things float, right?

[NTW]

Hopefully my cell phone

[MNmikew]

Usually it's a depth finder(the lead clip on type) or a pair of hemostats.

[Chode2235]

We had a fish pull in a brand new rod and reel the first time we were out last year.

[machohorn]

It's amazing how the ice always slopes towards the hole and the second you drop sumtin you know it's gone.

[fritz179]

it's always either my sunglasses or lighter

[jerkbait]

If good luck is with me - a lighter or my sunglasses.

If luck frowns upon me - one of my better rod/reel combos, or my new H2O... These things float, right?

Only with a certain type of battery in it.

[dirtking]

Lithium Batteries to be exact. I am going with losing a die (die from the dice box)

[Desperado]

Machohorn

If you lose a depthfinder down the hole;

Hopefully it's this type

Not this type

[OldBear]

Probably an ice skimmer. I've already got a good start cause my didgital camera fell out of my shirt pocket at the end of a dock last week. Got it back and had it sitting in the defroster of my truck but no go yet. Haven't mentioned it to the wife yet...

[toughguy]

These are always popular

I have lost or seen lost:

I have also gotten my foot stuck in the hole when fishing alone. That can be scary.

[BartmanMN]

Ice scooper when my kids are scooping the holes

[Down Deep]

Last year was my Leatherman and a rod holder. This year I'm trying for a rod.

[highcountry]

It will be the same as every year...........spud bar!

I always forget to put the rope loop on my wrist!

[Gary Crichton]

Losing or dropping something down the hole is one thing, but getting it back is another. A Jack grabbed my rod, which I didn't have secure, and took it down the hole as I was 10 feet or so away. I ran and was told it was a perfect dive to the hole and reached down all in 1 motion. Came up with a wet arm. 20 minutes later and 30 feet away, 1 from our group pulls up a jack and low and behold attached to that was my rig. Got the rig back and the Jack. The reel was a little bit sandy, but cleaned up real well.

G.C.

[eyebjim]

Try leaving it in the truck in the open on a sunny day. My XM radio got real wet (Wave came over the bow) and quit on me. I did this for 2 days and it came around and works like new.

[iland99]

Hopefully I don't have a repeat of this little incident from last year (cell phone):

[HuskerBen]

Ice fishing is just one reason I always carry a spare truck key and house key. Thankfully, I had both spares with me when it happened last year. I heard my keys hit the ice, and as I turned to see where they were, I dragged my foot and kicked 'em right down the hole.