$200 down the hole..

[Kylersk]

Last night, while trying to readjust my heater, my cell phone dropped right down the hole. I'm NEVER EVER going to keep the phone in my front shirt pocket..... Ugh..

[Ryan_V]

been there, done that!! should've just asked, and I could have told you that was going to happen

[mnvikingsfreak]

yes I know your pain last year up at winnie I dropped a $400.00 digital camera plus the $100 memory card that was in it and pictures for the last year on it that really sucked It doesnt matter if you are in a 1 man or a 4 man shelter whatever drops it will find a way to bounce and land in the 8 inch hole I dont get it

[river-rat4]

Kylersk-

Insurance, insurance, insurance. I call nextel after dropping my phone in the river(I did recover it). Even if you recovered it, you have to tell them that you didn't, or they won't cover water damage. Drop it back down the hole(less battery) if you have to in order not to lie that it was not recovered. They will send you another phone, if not you are screwed.

[Powerstroke]

Murphy's Law.....

I can't even count how many things I've lost down the hole, including a 6foot long tent pole to hold my shelter open. Hit the floor and down the hole without touching the edges of the hole. A perfect swish.

My condolences on your loss.

[The_Duckslayer]

Mine fell out of my shirt pocket when I leaned over the front of the boat to hook it to the trailer winch after I drove it on. I did actually find it and it did work for a while after that but the screen kept fogging up! Ended up having to buy another. I keep the thing in my pants pocket now! One of those things that no matter how hard ya tried you could not do again! Take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[PikeMan Seank]

BEEN THERE DONE THAT ALSO.

it was a saturday night on waconia and it was that very bad rain/sleet saturday. n e ways i was going to a new ice house and i opened the door then cellfone rang, i opend it up then the door with the 1/2in frozen ice on it slamed on my back and down went my cell.... it flew through the air and down the middle hole with even touching the sides of the hole. i heard it ringing a little bit then it stoped. yup..

called sprint reported it stolen and got another one for

50 dollars..

[Ice-9]

Sad, but golf balls are the only things that won't take that home-team bounce for me. But I can go you one better: My phone slid out of the front pocket and was falling toward the hole so I kicked at it and punted out into the darkness and six inches of fresh snow. I was looking for it when my wife called me. None the worse for wear (though I dropped it in the salt water a few months later; sayonara.)

ice

[Ed Carlson]

Bummer Eh!

For future gadgets, you might wish to pick up a few waterproof cases from Nature Vision. They have models that a cell phone, camera, or a GPS can fit in and you can still use them. Slip them in and they are 100% waterproof but functional.

A few other outfits make them too. I use the Nature Vision model and I have netted my phone out of the Red not once, but twice, and it still works fine.

Yup, they do float if you were wondering.

[tisch008]

I feel your pain! My first major ice fishing trip this year, 5:00 AM first morning, just taking my jacket off after opening up the holes in my buddy's perm and ploop...."what was that?"

"Cell phone."

[Deitz Dittrich]

I am always afraid that my keys are going to end up down the hole.. I usually end up putting the keys uner the seat of the truck so that they cant. My cell hone stays in a jacket pocket that is zipped!!!!

Kyler-man I feel you pain bro!... its just the fishing gods taking a little back for all the joy it gives you!!!!

[Macgyver55]

Comfort is knowing you are not the only one!

All is not always lost though. I dropped my digital camera in the water over 2 years ago. It was submerged for about 20 minutes before I was able to snag it and pull it out. First thing I did was take out the battery, opened all the little doors and pulled out the memory card. When I got home I set it out on a towel and left it sit several days. When all the visible moisture had disappeared, I popped in the battery and card and low and behold it still worked. Still works to this day with not a problem yet.

I also dropped my Motorola Talkabout in the river one time and had to search around for a while to even find it. It was a real shallow area and faily clear but none the less it was gone for several minutes. Same deal, took out the batteries and left it sit several days and it still works today.

Now with cell phones, ah... I was not so lucky.....they dont like to swim.

[dsludge]

It is nice to know that I'm not the only one. I've never lost my phone or camera down the hole but did lose a tent pole, tackle, fishing pole, flashlight, and a couple of those reel handle retaining thumbscrews.

I have dropped the phone in the lake while loading or launching the boat. The best drop, if you ask my nephew, is while untangling his fishing line from my old 20 hp outboard, I fell into the lake. Nothing holds the prop up out of the water, so don't lean on it! We laugh about it now.

The only thing not dropping down the hole these days is the bobber. Skunked again last night.

dsludge

[wall eyell be]

Hey fishies, can you hear me now?

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can you hear me now?

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how 'bout now?

[Deitz Dittrich]

Dsludge, you las comment reminded me of when I was a kid..

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The only thing not dropping down the hole these days is the bobber. Skunked again last night.

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When I was a kid and I wasn't getting bit, I would hold the bobber down with my rid tip, hoping that if I held it under the water long enough it would get water logged... LOL.. ohh to be a kid again...

[311Hemi]

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yes I know your pain last year up at winnie I dropped a $400.00 digital camera plus the $100 memory card that was in it and pictures for the last year on it that really sucked.

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Been there......the first night up a LOW last year I was getting the ice off a bobber and the camera slipped out of the front pocket of my overalls! I was so [PoorWordUsage]ed. Definitely sucks to see $400-$500 gone jsut like that.

[muskybuck]

My cell phone fell into the lake a couple of years from my boat. The worst thing about it was it was attached to my belt at the time. I have always worn a life preserver since that day while in a boat.

[Eric Wettschreck]

It's a ritual, open fish house door, empty pockets into cupboard...in that order. Mostly because if it's in my pocket it's going down the hole.

[swalleyi]

Ha Ha Ha never do that again. Ive said that before to.

[WalleyeWeasel]

So this is why we have so much mercury in minnesota waters.

(batteries)!!

[kevfish]

A sign of the times. Makes me ask- when a group of guys go on a trip why does every one of them need a cell phone? Listen to their conversations and it makes you wonder even more

[PERCHJR]

VERY, VERY FUNNY WALL!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD FISHING!!!

[bigminnow]

Klyersk, Sorry to hear about that I too have done that.. To date I have dropped the follow (seriously)

1 Sony Cell Phone, 2 Mag Lights (seperate ocasions), Pliers, eye glasses, and car keys..... Let me tell you I now zip all these things with the excpetion a my pliers up in my jacket pockets and usually have my jacket in the corner of the ice house.... I feel your pain.

bigminnow

Oh yea the Maglights stayed light for about 45 minutes under the ice.

[Mr.Seaguar]

sometimes the hole is best place for them

[LocalGuide]

I had my Buddy's Gerber in my shirt pocket and I leaned over the hole to get my line off the Vex float and splash! Down the hole it goes, I'm like, OH S&*T!

Well heres what happened I had my rod on my homemade rod tipper (its my million dollar idea ) and my bobber stop was right at the bottom on the ice (15" of ice). When it went in the hole it slid on my line and got caught on the stop! I couldn't believe it! I was so careful not to bump my rod and I reached down the hole grabbed it and brought it back up. I was really happy, otherwise I'm sure I would be paying him $60 for a new one. Lol I told him I didn't care b/c like his anyways, his is too hard to snap open, mine is so much easier (was kidding about the I don't care of course).