call lanyard went overboard, i need a miracle

[bigcans]

has anyone ever lost their calls due to the unfortionate? I didn't want to overheat getting set up in my boat so i took my jacket off and laid it on the top brace bar of the center console and my lanyard on top. I started tossing out deeks in a cove where not much current is in some backwaters of the columbia. with a deek went the lanyard into the water. i emmediately went for my 18ft decoy retriever and failed twice to pluck it from the water. Unbelievable! as i watched it sink fast. Just a few days earlier I had replaced my floating lanyard that was wearing out with a non floating lanyard and really only decent one in the store. I marked the spot with my gps in 14ft of water with an incoming tide. i tried dragging the deek retriever for 2 hrs and nothing. Feel pretty crappy about this. 4 bands, a Zink SR1 honker call, a Sean Mann arcrilic black onyx, were the most expensive. a great pintail whistle from Billy Gianquinto, a cheap hadels gadwall call, teal whistle, a diver call that I've had for 20 yrs and a sweat meat mallard from Tim Grounds.

I went to home depot and got a 1ft magnet that construction crews use to pick up nails. It has a 4ft handle and i'm gonna attach some small chain to it and troll the area real slow. Magnet picks up 10 lbs so i have my work cut out for me. I sure hope that I can find it. Makes me angry at the thought that my calls are at the bottom of a river where they don't belong. If anyone has any other ideas on retrieving them I can use all the help i can get. Someone with many yrs experience said they should be in the same place but no telling. lots of weed down there too maybe i can  hire a few search and rescue swimmers? lol...

[Ellensburg]

That must be a sickening feeling. Good luck finding it and keep us updated.

[carpsniperg2]

Sorry to hear that! Good luck trying to get them back.

[TwoFeet]

Sorry to hear that.  Makes me think I should probably invest in a floating lanyard.  Hope you find them.

[D-Rock425]

Something happen to me a few weeks back but with my wallet.   I normal keep it in my pants pockek inside my waders but the pants I had on had no pockets so I put it in my blind bag.  When the tide started coming in I knew I had to run for it or I was getting wet made it about 3/4 of the way back when I stopped and noticed my blind bag being unzipped check and sure enough wallet gone.  Tried to make it back and look when I slipped and fell in the water.  Now I'm soaked fried my phone and lost my wallet.  Walked back to the car drove home put on dry clothes and drove back up at low tide and found my wallet where I was set up hunting earlier that morning.   I for some stupid reason was packing 650 dollars in cash with me to bad idea I know.  I hope you find it good luck.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Back when I was Scuba Diving, I found a guy's prescription eyeglasses that he lost overboard while fishing.  Saved him $400 for a new pair.  Ask at a local dive shop if there's a diver who wants a challenge and make a few bucks.

[bigcans]

Something happen to me a few weeks back but with my wallet.   

DRock, It's great that you found your wallet. Yurr doing something right if you had 650.00 bucks in your wallet.  Sounds like you had a brutal moment when you slipped and fell into the water. I was looking for a dive shop around here. maybe i'll try Vancouver

[high country]

I watched a 3lb brook trout swim to the bottom of a lake when the swivel on my stringer broke. I know that sick feeling.

[D-Rock425]

Something happen to me a few weeks back but with my wallet.   

DRock, It's great that you found your wallet. Yurr doing something right if you had 650.00 bucks in your wallet.  Sounds like you had a brutal moment when you slipped and fell into the water. I was looking for a dive shop around here. maybe i'll try Vancouver

good night at the casino

[mallard79]

Not sure the magnet is gonna do any good....arent bands usually aluminum?
That sucks though....good luck. Maybe build some kind of spreader bar with hooks or several peices of bent wire to drag along the bottom? Might get luck and snag the lanyard.

[Skagit_Hunter]

Not sure the magnet is gonna do any good....arent bands usually aluminum?
That sucks though....good luck. Maybe build some kind of spreader bar with hooks or several peices of bent wire to drag along the bottom? Might get luck and snag the lanyard.

Just start over

[h2ofowlr]

I would grab the snorkle and fins along with a wet suite.

[CoryTDF]

My little brother just had this happen. He lost 20 bands and about $600 in calls.

[bigcans]

Not sure the magnet is gonna do any good....arent bands usually aluminum?
That sucks though....good luck. Maybe build some kind of spreader bar with hooks or several peices of bent wire to drag along the bottom? Might get luck and snag the lanyard.

today when i was out there I was thinking exactly what you mentioned. I never used a spreader bar when trolling for salmon but thought hey, it could work if i made a large enough spreader.  Can they be made into 3 or 4 ft wide?   When out there today i was thinking a spreader bar with large trebles would work better but with all the weeds i could pick up, i would have to drag it to shore as the weight would be huge. I really thought i was gonna find it today. the thought that the calls and bands being in the murky river being ruined bothers me far more than losing the calls.

[h2ofowlr]

My little brother just had this happen. He lost 20 bands and about $600 in calls.

Bummer, Riley was probably a little pissed off!