Finding gear while fishing.

SeaFields

Went for a rock hopping session awhile ago and when I got to my usual car parking spot there was a beach caster and reel left lying up against a fence. I left it where it was but will drop by again in the morning and if its still there bring it home and put up a notice on the local community facebook page.

Got me thinking tho about how much stuff I've found while fishing.

Over the last few seasons, I've found....

A full fly box

Several pairs of sun glasses

Numerous spools of leader, snips and knives

Several landing nets

Pair of decent stocking foot waders

but the more unusual were...

A full box of drill bits in the shallows of a lake

An extendable coarse landing net on the hard shoulder of a dual carriageway. I just happened to stop there to use the phone.

Well boardies, do ye find much?! Or lose much :pac:

demanufactured

A gillnet... it made a lovely bonfire

mawk

caught Rod and reel off a boat in 100ish feet of water.

found knives, lures, pliers', unopened bait, clothes..

oddest was a rifle. unnerving thing to find!

you should leave a note in real life too, if you take it. not everyone is on facebook

SeaFields

mawk wrote: »

oddest was a rifle. unnerving thing to find!

you should leave a note in real life too, if you take it. not everyone is on facebook

Yeah, you're right. A note as well would be an idea.

What did you do with the rifle? I'd say a fair few of them went into the sea with the new licencing structure for firearms not long back.

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mawk wrote: »

caught Rod and reel off a boat in 100ish feet of water.

found knives, lures, pliers', unopened bait, clothes..

oddest was a rifle. unnerving thing to find!

you should leave a note in real life too, if you take it. not everyone is on facebook

Jesus this happened me too when I was a nipper, caught from a park pond

Daroxtar

Lost my good flybox last year, full of flies, loads I'd tied myself and I had it for years. I took it like a family bereavement tbh:(

dodderangler

Found a shimano reel and rod on the dodder
Found a tackle box with wallet in it years ago and returned it
Knives spools and smokes
Derevara I found a keep net full of tench bream and pile tho the pike were dead I released them only to find out that the fisheries board were catching them in nets to get a count of the tench and bream in the lake

marty2002

I found an iphone 4 on top of which sat 20 fags, a lighter and a small disgorger, so i rang the contact called "babe" and of course it was the guys girlfriend, she told me the boyfriend was on a fishing trip to Ireland and at the minute he was on a flight home to Liverpool, She went on to say that he had searched for the phone along the river bank for a few hours the previous day before giving up. She give me the lads address and i sent phone, fegs, lighter and disgorger over to him. Turned out the lad was a rep for Daiwa and 2 weeks later a Team Daiwa Match Reel landed through my door.

FatMickey

marty2002 wrote: »

Turned out the lad was a rep for Daiwa and 2 weeks later a Team Daiwa Match Reel landed through my door.

Good things happen to good people :cool:

skipz

Found a USMC combat knife from WW2 in the sand at the mouth of the Boyne in 1997, was in good condition and still have it.

DipStick McSwindler

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skipz

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Pic?

Ha, maybe in 2 years when I'am back home in Ireland for my holidays !

Its hopefully still in my mothers, unless the younger bro fancied it. Was in great condition when I found it. I was 11 at the time, thought I was rambo with it!