My 06 damage

[vanstaal]

Sept 21 7:05 just thankful to be alive blinded sided by a wave and into the water @ Hazard Ave, drooped my new pole (2 weeks old) VS 300
and bag and swam into the rocks, lucky I was able to get up onto a rock tore my waders. Hired a diver to retrieve or a least try to get my pole after 8 hours he was successful in getting my gear back minus a few plugs.

[fishsmith]

all in all a good year, but I hurt myself more than my stuff this year.

equiptment - Snapped rod in half with hatchback window driving like an idiot.

personal -
1. touched the side of trailer bearing and burnt the skin of my finger.

2. sliced almost to my knuckle filleting my first tuna (never cut toward yourself)

[Mike P]

Not too bad a year.

Killed two Nautil 7500s, one yellow, one black.

My original red Abu 7000 sounds funky.

Half a season old Emblem Pro 5500 started binding.

Anti-reverse went south on a 20 year old 704Z. Easy fix when I get around to it.

Donated about 100 jigs to the Canal gods.

Copied NIB by taking a 4 oz jig to the forehead.

My right elbow was junk by mid-October. Still a littler tender and I haven't made a cast in almost 6 weeks.

All my rods survived the year.

[JohnR]

Almost forgot - a nearly busted finger cut short one after hours fishing trip

Funny how felt soles alone work great precisely up until the point they slip out from under you...

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Funny how felt soles alone work great precisely up until the point they slip out from under you...

........and the quiet sense of doom you feel the moment before impact

[bttfish]

Wow! Thought mine lost was bad...

This is my first year back into fishing.. and here are my lost count...

2 rods, 2 saltwater reels, 2 needle fish lures (did not catch anything on them), 5 Kastmaster (from Redtop, lost at the Canal), 4 Top water poppers (from Saltwater Edge, Peter G), Two top water Poppers (from Walmart, lost to Bluefish), and 1 PVC rod holder.

Found: 1 metal Spoon (in a Bluefish I caught), and 1 blue top pencil lure (at the Canal).

Hopefully I do better next year...

[ThePocket]

Originally Posted by vanstaal

Sept 21 7:05 just thankful to be alive blinded sided by a wave and into the water @ Hazard Ave, drooped my new pole (2 weeks old) VS 300
and bag and swam into the rocks, lucky I was able to get up onto a rock tore my waders. Hired a diver to retrieve or a least try to get my pole after 8 hours he was successful in getting my gear back minus a few plugs.

Thank god we did not loose you bro. I lost my younger brother in the water it sucks. You know with search parties and all that stuff . It is a tough way for families to grieve