I've sat and thought about it for awhile.A floating plug on a windy night in an outgoing moving tide.Its amazing that I hooked it right through one of the split rings.I guess I should try not to think about it to hard.
Same thing happened to me on the Block many years ago on a frosty cold Nov night. I was fishing with 2 friends on the SW Point. Bobby lost a pink needle that his father gave him. About an hour later I hook something and reel it in. Yep, Bobby's Pink Needle right through the split ring.