down the hole!

[UMDSportsman]

Ice fishing is just one reason I always carry a spare truck key and house key.

In the summer we have started putting the float on the truck keys. The boat keys only come in and out of the boat when it is in the garage, where the truck keys get tossed around a lot from the person in the boat to the person on the dock that is getting the truck.

[CrappieNut]

my leatherman. i already started saving for a new one

oh yea i forgot about my iPhone since i'll be on fishingminnesota.com when the fish arnt bite'n

[JimBuck]

Nintendo controller....if/when it's slow.

[skee0025]

It will be a rod and reel for me. Its almost happened twice so far and only luck has saved me.

[jigging-matt]

Probably another pair of needle nose pliers, or maybe another bracket for my lights.

[NAMASafetyDirector]

The only thing I lost down the hole last year was about a nice 29" eye. Got him out of the hole,grabbed him only to have him hit the panic button and back down he went, same thing wet arm up to the shoulders and a little hurt feelings. Would have been my personal best so far on the ice!!

[Kyle Sandberg]

Rod holder. That looked cool as it went down the hole. Scissors. Almost had them back up the hole.

[zamboni]

Clip on depth finder, I lose about 4 a year. They are cheap, but they are also made out of lead, so I feel a little guilty about it

[JigginIsLife]

Well Last Year i lost 2 cell phones to LOW i made 3 trips up there and 2 outta the 3 i lost a phone...dangit.. i would think will be loosing another cell phone, and i dont know what else, a new flip over style house this season will change thinks quite a bit for me... so i will see how it goes.

[trapperdirk]

A big brook trout or the rod it's attached to .

TD

[machohorn]

I always seem to lose something and this year with a new Pup I am sure he will lose his share also down the hole. He's good in the boat but cripes I can only see him now, something hits the hole and he goes to retrieve it! I better tether him until he gets use to the hard water season. Those 10 inch holes would be no problem for him to take a swim.

[Sandmannd]

My palm centro. Always had cheap phones and they lasted forever. This summer, lost two centro's to the lakes. I'm sure winter will snatch at least one.

[PmDavis300]

last year i lost my rod holder, but i was able to see it on the aqua view, so i was able to catch it with a hook and bring it back up

[wishing for walleyes]

Last year my slush inhaler slipped out of my hand in 16 fow.Dropped the camera down and snagged with a chubby darter.

[glenn57]

da only thing i hope to lose down the hole this year is a lot of bait. lost a spearing deke last year but my wife has donated her fair share, 2 walkie talkies, spear, decoy and themos bottle cup. oh yea and a lot of catch and release fish.

[Jari Razskazoff]

I sure hope my Lowrance H20C floats... i need to get a neck string for it, cause the wrist string gets in the way.

[Northlander]

I learned that the keys ALWAYS stay zipped up in MY Arctic Armor and my cel in the other zipper pocket or in my hip case.

I will surely lose a fish 1st. I know I just jinxed myself though.

[robert1965]

my cell phone went first. the next trip my prescription glasses went down the hole, not good. im blind as a bat without them, I was in a rented sleeper, I could see them on the bottom with my camera. I tried everything, ten treble hooks tied three inches apart etc. vertical jigging for my eyes. the problem was that they did not go straight down. I could see them with the camera,I about lost it trying to get them I never did

[BigGrassBass]

The first time out every year I always make sure to drop about a buck worth of spare change, on purpose. It's like I'm attempting to pay off the "ice gods".

Knock on wood, I haven't lost anything in 2 years!

[hoggs222]

Just so I don't lose myself down a hole (or anyone else), I'm OK with it. I haven't dropped anything besides an accidental beer cap in a few years so......now I just jinxed myself also.

[7outof10]

needle nose pliers

[jwhjr]

A fish. Ha!

I'm guessing a fish for me as well.

[GottaGo]

I'd say probably my pliers, but I go through about 5 pairs of clippers a season, those things just seem to magically disappear...

[Loon]

My 2-year contract is up and I can get a new phone for free whenever I want, but I'm milking my old phone as long as I can just in case it falls down the hole.

My 3 year-old nephew was fishing with me and my brother last year and we put him in charge of skimming the 15 holes I drilled. I don't have kids so I'm not sure how they think but I know they're kind of clumsy and usually not very careful, so I had him look me right in the eye and I told him very sternly "DO NOT DROP THIS IN THE HOLE...BE VERY CAREFUL!"

He repeated this the rest of the day anytime anyone touched a skimmer. It was classic. He would even point with every word like I did.

In another story, my other brother was in my portable with me last year and the fishing was slow, so he was rocking out with his iPod and it fell out of his shirt pocket and started dropping to the hole. He's a fantastic athlete so his instincts took over and he makes a kick save like he's Patrick Roy! Saves it from going down the hole...bounces off the fabric of the portable...right in the minnow bucket!! What are the odds?

Apple replaced it for $50, so we laugh about it now.

[only ice]

This was the BEST! Last year my buddy and I were out on LOTW in about 30ft. He woke up ,and when getting out of bed lost his watch down the hole. Well after a lot of #&*%##* out of his mouth we started fishing. Well about 3hrs later and about 7 fish he felt like his jig and minnow twisted up, so when he puled up his line he had his watch caught on the hook!!We hit the floor with laughter!! It still was ticking. It pays to jig the bottom!