So...What Did You Lose Today?
 

Been thinking about all the gear I've lost lately. Fairly "extensive". This might be a good thread to learn from at other's expense...maybe a laugher or two as well. Here's mine for today: I'm getting the gaff ready (take off the tennis ball) and put it in my lap. Reaching for the gaff usually means quality feesh...it comes to color, I reach for it and ...gone. It's a "floating" gaff for crying out loud. So I'm screaming for a buddy to help a brotha out...should I put a float on my floating gaff? Jim

The tennis ball was the float!

I learned quick that Vhf radios wobble on their way down, they don't sink as fact as one would think.

Ive been pretty fortunate, never flipped, I took a over head wave on the way in once and only lost a beenie. A few weeks ago I set a handfull of 1/4 oz sliding sinkers on that flat spot in front of me but that turned out to slope towards the mirage drive well and they all rolled right into the drink.:doh:

Lost my lunch last month, damn sea gull got it off my ice chest.

My patience mostly

I drilled a hole through the end just below the grip and attach a leash.

Almost lost my bait rod on Thursday. The swells were big and I laid the rod across my lap to remove a green back when kerplunk the only thing keeping the rod from davey jones locker was the 3 sabiki hooks buried in my hand.

Put a barracuda(for ceviche)on my game clip, put the game clip on the side of the yak and just wtched the clip and fish sink to the bottom. Forgot to leash the clip.! Shix:rolleyes:

Roll3d on 1st beach launch ever with my old yak and lost a rod and reel my father in law had given to me...the same day he gave it to me

Of all the things I've lost my mind is the one I miss the most.

Can't say I lost my mind out there, but maybe my memory. But I also found my Church and sanity there!

Thankfully not too much in the lost gear column for the 15 years I've been yak fishing. 1 pair of cheap dykes, a cheap home made gaff, a decent pair of sun glasses, and a Pacifica/Progear out fit. Lost the glasses and rod/real in a roll over on the way in on a tiny day in LJ. Just got complacent. Mike

i personally havent lost any gear off of my yak.... (knock on wood)

but.....7 years ago i did watch my buddy roll a few feet away from me and lose his rod with one of my spare reels go down with it:rolleyes:

I've done the same but had 3 green backs on. Oops leashes r a must but for sandwiches merely impossible..those things are. Mess on board like a mini tuna :)