Won't do this again.

[BobT]

Thought I'd share a unique story from my brother. A couple days ago my brother was telling me about his fishing experience on New Year's Day.

He and his 12-year old son were fishing on a small local lake near Buhl called 6-mile when his son hooks a decent northern. While working on getting the fish to come up through the hole, out of the corner of his eye my brother sees his fishing rod take off down the hole. They eventually got the northern into the shelter and it turned out to be about 8 or 9 pounds. His rod was nowhere to be found and there was no line wrapped around the northern.

Anyway, sometime shortly thereafter he rigs up another rod and is looking down his hole when he sees his other fishing rod float by just under the ice. He reached down and managed to retrieve his rod. No fish but who woulda thunk he could get that lucky?

Bob

[paceman]

Man that is lucky.......

[PP Angler]

About 5 years ago I was fishing with in a friends house, bail was open on reel and bang it was gone, line must have caught leaving the spool and down the hole it went. I was bummed, it was my favorite rod/reel. 3 days later my Dad is fishing in his house about 30 yds from my friends house and he catches a 3-4 lb northern. He notices there's another line... he starts pulling and you'd never believe it but it's my rod. Here this northern had been pulling my rod around the bottom of the lake and the line (4lb) didn't snap. SO I know what you mean by lucky!!

[deadeye]

Lucky! I have had a few of them disapear and never to be seen again.

[mrklean]

last year i was fishing and the line got to close to the heater and melted and down the hole the jig and 8 inches of line it went. Well i kept fishing and ended up snagging the line how i dont know and got the lure back, that was 1 in a million,

[nofishfisherman]

I lost a lure to a snag once and after a few more casts with a new lure I snagged up again. This time it came free with a little extra weight to it. I thought it was a twig or something but wouldn't you know it, I caught my previous lure, some how the point of the hook on my new lure caught the eyelet of the old lure just perfectly. Its hard enough to thread your line through the eye of a jig let alone snag it with a hook.

[Freedom1]

When I was a kid we were drifting on Winny, and my brother set his rod against the rail of the boat and went left it to get a pop or something. It started to slide and was soon out of the boat. He was [PoorWordUsage] as he just got it that week. One of the kids we were fishing with in another boat started yelling "dads got a big fish on!" Turns out he had hooked an eyelet with his spinner and reeeled in my brothers rod/reel.

[snoozebutton]

I've never gotten that lucky, I've lost 2 ice fishing rods and one summer rod never to be seen again.

[muskyhunter57]

I have lost a few... It's funny as you get older and your hands just stop working and your kid is screaming "fumble"as your rod drifts by him....

[zamboni]

When I was a kid we would go out to Lake Oahe in South Dakota every year. Anyone whos been there knows how big, and how deep that lake is. Well, I think I was around 10 that one year, and got hooked on something. My dad tells me to reel in, we are moving to a different spot. Well we had been trolling and I probably had 150+ yards of line out and my rod got dropped in the water. My dad was livid. I mean mad as a wet hornet. 2 days later my great aunt and great uncle come up to out camper, They hooked that very same rod and reel. I figure about a 1 in a 10 million chance they found it.

[L_Cappo]

i had a story about the same thing lol.but anyways that 6 mile lake has some nice pike if you can find them/also there are crappies in there if you can find those also.i only live about 4 miles from there.

[Sandmannd]

Great stories.

When I was a kid we were fishing Lake Sakakawea from shore. My Dad had something take his line good. Snapped the rod and his favorite bait caster when shooting off. He offered us ten bucks if we could find the rod. My brother and I were fishing the same spot the next morning and thought I got a snag. Up came the reel. Nothing on the end of it though.

[caughtacase73]

Heres a story I heard on Red Lake when we were up in early Jan. 2 days prior to us fishing someone had lost a rod / reel combo thru the hole. Well the house next to us got a bite and started reeling it in. On the other end was a fishing pole that was fighting back. So the guy starts reeling on the new pole and lands a 38" pike through the ice. The pike had to go back but he got a new pole. I did see the pike but can't confirm the rest of the story.

[eve21]

Years back my grandparents would fish from shore on Sakakawea for big northerns. Fish took a rod in one day which they figured was lost. 3 days later they hooked into a big fish which had another line in its mouth when then finally landed it. Sure enough, they pulled in the other rod. Ohe yeah, the fish....21# and went on the wall with two others over 20. I tried to get them to mount the rod somehow with the fish. :-}

[Hammer Handle]

When I was a kid (teenager), a guy drilled a hole right next to my house and put in a tip-up. He was so close to my house, I could see his minnow and line from my large spearing hole.

Later, A 6 pound northern takes his minnow and comes swimming in my hole. I speared the northern...and lucky for me I got the line unhooked before he ran to the flag.

"Oh, I missed him" he said.

I felt like saying "I didn't", but I kept quiet.

[BartmanMN]

When I was a kid (teenager), a guy drilled a hole right next to my house and put in a tip-up. He was so close to my house, I could see his minnow and line from my large spearing hole.

Later, A 6 pound northern takes his minnow and comes swimming in my hole. I speared the northern...and lucky for me I got the line unhooked before he ran to the flag.

"Oh, I missed him" he said.

I felt like saying "I didn't", but I kept quiet.

That's a great story. You had to be laughing your a$$ off.

[hondarider550]

I usually lose a rod or two here and there but usually its because I forgot about where I put them the year before... LOL One of these days the rod Gods will rain down upon me and I will have all of my deceased rods back...

[Sonicrunch]

When I was a kid (teenager), a guy drilled a hole right next to my house and put in a tip-up. He was so close to my house, I could see his minnow and line from my large spearing hole.

Later, A 6 pound northern takes his minnow and comes swimming in my hole. I speared the northern...and lucky for me I got the line unhooked before he ran to the flag.

"Oh, I missed him" he said.

I felt like saying "I didn't", but I kept quiet.

So, I bet you put a tip-up next to the house whenever you are spearing now.

[gr81]

While fishing a river in Florida with my dad and grandpa, I set my rod down to get a pop from the cooler, and the rod took off and into the water. A week later my grandpa was fishing the same spot with my uncle and they saw the rod tip sticking up out of the water. My uncle eventually caught the rod. I was relieved since it was grandpas rod...

[dstndnls]

Last Summer while trolling for just about anything willing to bite my now brother-in-law hooked a huge fish. He was using his heaviest Pike rod that he takes into Manitoba for the biggins. The fish had his rod bent like mad. He fought that fish for a good ten minutes before it finally surfaced. That's about the time I asked if it actually felt like a fish.... Turned out to be a portable fish finder! Still had the transducer with the suction cup attached! Didn't taste all that well, but sure was funny.

[Johnny_Da_Der]

When I was a kid I was fishing up north with my dad and gramps when something huge nailed my lucky crank, bent my rod and half, and snapped the line. I was pretty bummed I lost the fish and my lucky lure.

Later that night a huge storm rolled in washed a bunch of carp and debris up on the shore of the resort we were staying at. I was walking a long the beach looking at the bits of driftwood and whatnot when I spotted the same crank I lost the day before. I lost it about a mile away from where I found it. I never could figure out if it was the exact same crank or not, but either way, one in a million.

[frogtosser]

I caught a northern with a jig in its mouth and a jigstick attached.

[metro fisherman]

4 years ago I anchored in heavy winds so I was drifting slightly. My anchor wrapped around the line of an almost brand new anchor. 1 year ago while swimming in the same spot with the anchor I threw it in only to find my cousin untied it. 25 foot sounds easy to dive to but little did we know its pitch black. We were kids though.

[eve21]

Frogtosser, that is my jigging stick. Can I get it back? :-}

[cisco kid]

thurs morn got my rose got stripped on my dead stick when I set the hook. 2 min later jigged a crappie with a minnow in its mouth. How did I know its my minnow? The minnow had no tail! I had cut the tail off with a sissors to slow down the presentation!!!