Blurp....what Was That?

Ehh Ming Ming......just lost my black steel scooper this morning. I'm outside the shanty packin snow around it and I hear it clang on the ice inside. I said to myself "I hope it didn't go down the hole......naaahhhh that would be too hard to happen". Sure enough I get back in and the thing is gone. I'm bringin a magnet next trip out , I'll get the thing back. Got the holes on the GPS and been fishin them for 4 days.

as a matter of fact, during the MUCC video shoot, i had a perch take my rod down the hole and about 6 feet over. I was BSing with a few of the guys, i look over and see my rod double over then kerplunk. Fished it out, fish still attached. Later that day I dropped the spinning reel spool nut thing (the thing that screws onto the spindle) fall off of the darn reel (it was iced up, go figger). I managed somehow to stealthfully use a hali jig and wedge the hook into the threaded portion of the part and get it out. Man, talk about a strange day.

oh, and a few times ago i dropped my decoy down the hole without rope attached. with hali jig i also was able to retrieve that one. hali jigs are my pinpoint in-site recovery tool of choice, LOL.

steve

after getting out and set up, it had been about 2 hours since my last cigarette. as i prepared to light one, my lighter slips from my grasp, into the hole and just lies there taunting me.

i managed to retrieve it with the scooper, but it took 2 more hours before it was dried out enough to use. any smoker knows how agonizing that 2 hours was.

anyhow, i now carry 3 lighters with me, just in case.

Man Ed you had to ask...I have Had a BAD week losing things in the ice hole...

1st it was my FRS Radio...Had to leave that down there cause I couldn't hook it...

2nd was my "Mr Buddy" heater and almost myself but I caught both as Mickey watched and Laughed...

Lastly was my Ice Scoop...it seemed to attract fish believe it or not so I left it there all day and hooked it out before I left...

Up until this week I haven't lost anything but fish through the hole

One trip to SB last year I was hammering the walleye. I was fishing two poles, one for walleye and a small Schooley rod for perch. My walleye rod had problems with the drag so I used the back reeling method while battling the fish. So while I was fighting a walleye I saw my Schooley rod being pulled toward the hole. Needing two hands on my walleye rod I was helpless watching my Schooley rod slowly creeping toward the hole and gliding off under the ice due north. About 15 minutes later I catch another walleye with my tear drop in his mouth and the line is still attached and I was able to pull my rod up from the bottom.

Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

Last year tried spearing for perch.

Bite was slow to none, but I could see the fish come in. Thus I decided to give this spearing thing a try. Heck Ed Michrina had got some just the day before. ( Of course that is Ed, heck some times I think they just jump in his boat in the summer ) any how.

So here I am got the spear in my right hand jigging the rod using my left. Sure enough a BIG-BIG-HUGE ONE comes up, I manage to keep it there by continuing to jig, My nerves are getting ready to blow, Now I am ready, WHAM, let that sucker fly. The spear missed the fish, but did catch my line and took the rod right out of my hand and into 5 1/2 feet of water. In the process of trying to save my rod I kicked in a pair of nice needle nose pliers.

Good thing the water was clear, using a jigging rap, I was able to retreive my rod and spear. but no pliers

This year my Ready Heater has almost taken a swim, and last week had a perch that I would guess 12-13 incher fell off the jig hit the ice bounced and back down the hole ( I mean this bugger for all intensive purposes was caught and in the shanty).

In all honesty the fish falling back in the hole after it was already in the shanty bothered me more than the rod and spear episode.

Tin Can

First I watched my buddy drop his spud through at a pressure crack walking off the canal onto the lake, while seeing if he can get it back he falls in. Thank goodness we were right around the corner from the house he was soaked to the waist.

Two weeks ago, I dropped my Nextel phone in at Brandenburg. Took me a good hour to get it back, had to buy a new phone, it still won't work!! I don't expect it ever will again.

Well about 3 weeks ago, I had a bad week. Went out on a Sunday and dropped my cell phone down the hole. It was the first hole I made, and I didnt even clear the hole yet. I got it out, but it didnt work after that. Then later that week on Friday, I dropped my keys down the hole. It took me about 20 minutes to get them out because I had to keep drilling holes to get a hook around them. Now I play it smart and put my cell phone and keys in my bucket, so I cant drop them.