Family day at LOZ.

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One pole lost to lake!
But it was so much fun spending time with my son. Attachment 235682

Very nice !

Great!

Good for both of you spent sat. with my son.

Ha funny, my son lost his last weekend and he is 11!!

So what your saying I have years of losing fishing pole ahead! 🤔 I'm going to make Velcro lanyard. For my boy first fishing pole.

I would love to hear the progression of skills threw your guys sons over the years?

I remember fishing with my son and his first fishing rod. About the third time I had to pull line out and respool I didn't have to worry about him dropping it in the lake. I threw it in the water when he wasn't looking and got him a new rod the next day.


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You have a lot of good times coming up. Thanks for the photo.

Rods in the drink do seem to happen with little ones around. You can retrieve that rod and reel if you know where it went in and why it went in with a little time and a rod retrieving device. Get an old style metal stringer and open all the lower clips. I usually tie it to a heavy action casting rod with 25# test on the reel. You could tie it to some 1/8 inch nylon rope and work without a rod. If the rod was knocked into the water say off the dock, toss the stringer (when possible) past where the rod went in and let it sink. Slowly drag the stringer along the bottom through the entry point. Repeat in the general area and you should hook the rod, the line, or sometimes the reel. If the pole was drug in by a fish you will have to expand the search area from the point of entry in the direction the rod was heading. Throw and drag perpendicular to the line of travel. If the pole goes into the lake from a boat quickly toss a marker buoy and commence dragging. I have found over 10 rods/reels for folks over the years with this method and a couple of my own families rods/reels as well. The first "event" was while fishing with my youngsters who were 4 and 6 at the time. My Son had cast and the rod/reel flew out of his hands into the water. Of course they failed to say anything till I had moved the boat 20 feet or so off the point. Went back to the approximate area and started fan casting and hooked his line after 5 minutes or so. Really made his day. Use heavy line as the open clips may snag something, but normally they flex enough to straighten out and your search continues. From cheap spincast outfits to high dollar rods/reels this method has worked every time but one. Left a rod on the cover of a boat on a lift. We assumed that high winds during the night got under the cover and filled it like a balloon. Gone were a rod/reel and an electric knife. No idea where they went in the water. Checked in the well and around the dock but never made contact. It is possible that someone helped themselves during the night as well.

I'm 66 and lost two this year, so you got years of lost rods ahead, All I can say is they look pretty floating down in the clear, deep water, with the reel reflecting the sun,,, twinkle. got one back using the stringer method, My fishing buddy said he is gonna get me them floatie things that slip on the rods.

Dang Beagle how deep you fishing? Can't wait to get to Stockton day after Memorial day for some crappie and walleye for a few days.