Ice Hole Suction

[bogwalker]

Why is it that whenever you drop, kick or bump something while ice fishing, the item heads straight for the hole? This time it was my 40+ year old ice skimmer. What have you lost down the hole?

[paceman]

oodles of ice depth bombs, ice scoops, rodd/reels, my 2 year olds favorite toy car, rattle wheel wingnuts, tons of split shot...

[CNY-Kyle]

Lost my gerber pocket knife yesterday as a matter of fact! I kept it on my lap as im retying and didnt put it away before i stood up to get out of my trap...it never even hit the ice, pefect swish right in the hole! In fact it took me about 20 seconds to even figure out what i had lost. Instantly found my cell in my chest pocket and was relieved it was the knife that went in!

[Fishin Dood]

Last year i lost a pair of sunglasses and an Aqua Vu down the hole. The sunglasses I was able to retrieve with help from the Aqua Vu. The next week the Aqua Vu slid across the floor of the fish house and down the hole... I was able to retrieve it as well. I am still wearing the sunglasses and using the Aqua VU.

[leech~~]

My first rule when leaving the truck is to put Key's and Cell phone in zipped pocket so the ice vacuum doesn't suck-it down. Can't get help, or home without those two things!

[63ihharvester4x4]

lost a brand new portable waterproof marine band radio when it fell out my pocket in 25 feet of water, tried getting back with no luck.

[thatoneguy]

Keys and cell phone go into a zipped pocket BEFORE I drill the holes I did lose a pair of glasses in about 28 FOW last year, but I needed an eye exam anyway...that just sped up the timetable a bit

[wahoo]

Strangest thing I lost was a piece of conduit I used to hold the ends of a canvas covered portable and the ceiling. l leaned my back against one of the plywood ends and the center support conduit fell right down the hole in about 8 feet of water. So, I jigged at it with a plain old chrome Dardevil spoon. As I was trying to snag it by wrapping the line around it a 5 lb Northern decided she liked the action. Caught the fish and later the conduit!

[cold one sd]

I got line behind the spool on my reel, so I took the knob off, cleared the line, put the spool back on and when I tried to put the knob back on I dropped it. I was standing about eight feet from my hole and it rolled toward the hole, jumped a ridge of snow and plopped right in the hole. I could never have got it in the hole if I would have rolled it on purpose.

[tsande00]

Last year I had the lantern sitting on top of the minnow pail. Stood up to get something and somehow managed to knock the lantern straight down the hole. So after sitting in complete darkness for a few minutes pondering what to do we started to smell propane in the house. We soon realized that the propane was exiting the lantern and coming straight up our hole. I flicked a lighter down near the hole and was impressed that it actually flamed up (got my eyebrows too). We ended up fishing it out without help from an aqua-view...got lucky and snagged it with a trebble hook.

Dried it off, put new mantles on it and fired the sucker back up again, continuing to fish for a couple more hours.

The glass did crack (but not break)upon hitting the water, I suppose from the quick and extreme temperature change. The lantern is still in use.

[WhiskeyPete]

I've lost everything you can imagine. Funny thing though, when items I pay for head for the hole, I kinda stop and stare in disbelief as they slip below the ice.

But, if it's a nice walleye that spits the hook when it's lips hit the open air, I instantly drop to my knees, throw my arm down the hole until my shoulder slams on the floor and gill that bad boy!

Is that right? Should I be seen by a doctor?

[CNY-Kyle]

I've lost everything you can imagine. Funny thing though, when items I pay for head for the hole, I kinda stop and stare in disbelief as they slip below the ice.

But, if it's a nice walleye that spits the hook when it's lips hit the open air, I instantly drop to my knees, throw my arm down the hole until my shoulder slams on the floor and gill that bad boy!

Is that right? Should I be seen by a doctor?

Now thats funny and true!

[pulleye16]

Was fishing my brother in-law who was using his camera when we heard a "splush" in his hole. We quickly looked at his camera to see his keys sinking to the bottom. Strapped on a sinker and a swedish pimple and by using his camera we saved the keys (had on a nice shiny beer opener attached to them and was the only thing we saw after the mud settled, that was the longest 2 minutes ever). Best catch we ever had that season

[mn_bowhunter]

Found out that mag lights are decently waterproof two years ago. Dropped it when it was on, and went back in the morning to retrieve it and the light was still on. Managed to hook the rubber on/off switch with a treble and got it back.

[snowgator]

Almost lost my two boys, each one down a different hole they covered with snow at the end of the day.

[minnbowhunter]

A full bottle of Blackberry Brandy, Never saw it again. Just thinkin about it bothers me.

[WhiskeyPete]

I will never forget the time we went to LOTW and decided on 16 mile reef. My buddy had just bought a bulldog pup.(see where I'm going)

Well, marked the holes and pulled the house away for drilling. One hole. Two holes. Three holes. HOLD IT! WHERE'S THE DOG? I turned around and that little guy was just bobbing in the last 10" hole I drilled. He spent the rest of the day in front of the stove. It's the only bulldog fish I've ever caught!

[no bait nate]

lost a full bottle of the Dr. down the hole before we could even tap into it. talk about a bad start to the day

[Gordie]

my lowrance expidtion gps 27 fow got it back the next morning

back in the day some other parifanailya

but the best was my buddys lighter he dropped it and it bounced twice and down it went. that afternoon after he got back from the store and buying a new lighter I asked if he bought the one that floated this time and he said didnt know they made one that floated so I saod let me see the one you got he handed it over and I said your lucky this one floats and he says no and I said watch and threw it in the hole and down it went he was PO..ed thern I said OH yea its gotta be empty tp float he chased me all the way to shore.

the all time best ever was Bassnspears ice saw you gotta ask him thou

[bogwalker]

elwood, That really is funny.

[south_metro_fish]

The one thing that comes to mind is last year when I lost my $20 LED lantern down the hole. I had it fall in the hole before and float but that time I was taking something out of the shack and figured I could finish, but I was wrong as it filled with water and only floated for for about 30 seconds and down the hole it went as I grabbed for it. Watched the light slowly fall to the bottom. I didn't have my camera with me that night unfortunately. But my biggest lost was last year when I forgot my box of jigs on top of my car and drove off. Never got them back.