Lost irons

[Louis Clarke II]

Ok i will play....heres my loss

Ever had your bait tank pass you? Well some a-hole on the 15 cuts over two lanes and gets right on my bumper. I look out and my bait tank (just to fit the Malibu X-Factor) blows out. Oh by the way my hatch lid was on this tank. The guy on my bumper takes it out. He passes me and I here the unmistakable sound of plastic and metal grinding on the ground. Yep he is pushing my bait tank down the road at about 80mph. My fault the tank blows out….his fault he hits it because of the proximity of his bumper to my bumper, kinda made me laugh, and serves him right….

circa 22 Sept 2006

[Calcutta]

Classic, fished O-side yesterday for a few nice turd rollers on the plastic- since I launched off the beach, I stowed everything and decided to take in a little wave to the beach, hoping the Cobra F&D would track a little better then it has in the past- NOT- frickin' 2' wave sent me into the drink and the F&D was upside down- glad I stowed EVERYTHING- great yak to fish off, but it's gotta be the worst craft ever to try and surf into the beach- Hellen Keller could shape a better vessel when she was drunk, don't try and ride a wave with a F&D- great yak for fishing, though-

[Dean Machine]

No offense but, it's kinda hard to have sympathy for someone who loses unsecured gear on the highway. I always make a point to doublecheck stuff like that. OBTW I have made a few offerings to the ocean myself and now I tie everything down for when it is perfectly flat and I'm launching out of the harbor lol that's when it usually happens. Or when you have your rod leashes on but not clipped!.

[Louis Clarke II]

Originally Posted by Dean Machine

No offense but, it's kinda hard to have sympathy for someone who loses unsecured gear on the highway. I always make a point to doublecheck stuff like that. OBTW I have made a few offerings to the ocean myself and now I tie everything down for when it is perfectly flat and I'm launching out of the harbor lol that's when it usually happens. Or when you have your rod leashes on but not clipped!.

No offence taken and not looking for sympathy. My fault I lost it. It was like my 3rd time out and I forgot to hook the bungees down on the bait tank. Lesson learned. A costly mistake on my part.

Just sharing a lesson learned

[madscientist]

I have a long list of pliers, bait knifes, and lobster gauges that I've donated. Including several "floating" varieties. Some do float, but that only helps if you've realized you dropped it.

Once I dropped a beer over the side, really pissed me off. Fricken salty.

[frugalfisher]

Then when going diving 2 wks ago I remembered that the $300 GPS was on the edge of the boat when I pulled away. At least someone put it on craig's list but it was run over. Bummer. Lucky that I just downloaded all waypoints.
Then last SAT I dropped my $$ camera on the dock and snappped off some impt parts going on the Big Game 90 to San Clemente last week.