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I'm an idiot, lost my Quantum Tour Edition rod and baitcast reel overboard Sunday when I put it down (with spinner bait out!) to take a fish off the hook for my son, heard a click as it hit the transom on the way out!!

First question - think it floats? It was choppy, rod dove down either from hook on bottom coupled with current or a fish on! The split cork handle (new style) probably gives it a lot less chance at floating if it comes loose of bottom I'm thinking.

Gives me something to swim for with a snorkel on hot days at the cottage anyway!!! ;-P

Case of beer and $50 cash for any honest soul that finds it.....I sleep better at night thinking some young fisherman using a garbage rod might find it and treasure it.

-Popps

It certainly wont float....

How deep of water?....roughly know where it is? There is a bit of current but not enough to be moving a rod along the bottom....

I'd bet on a decent sunny day with that snorkel and mask you may find it.....

Good Luck....losing gear sucks.

RJ

I think they put just shy of the amount of cork they know it needs....keeps us buying!

I know roughly where, but I'm still swimming a 200 yard by 200 yard grid everyday (so not a great situation). 8' deep or so, weedy of course....pretty much need to be right over it I reckon, pretty sure she's gone for good....couldn't buy a story like that night for $300+, ha ha.....

-Popps

I lost my calcutta/compre combo while catfish fishing. Went to unhook my brothers fish and my rod shot into the river. I spend a good while casting trebles till i finnally hooked my line, grabbed the line and dove it to get it No fish on though. There was no way i was leaving until i found it.

Lost my Kistler LTX rod paired with a Pflueger Summit real out of Prescott last year while pre-fishing. Not sure if you know the current situation, but needless to say, I couldn't dive to get it. My heart is still broken about this one. And my wallet...

Who knows, maybe someone caught a rod and reel of a lifetime.

I'm with Mudpout ... drag a grapple hook in a grid pattern and you'll likely find it. More likely if you have GPS coords of where it went overboard.
G'luck bud - hope you get it back soon.

Good luck Pop's as I hope you do not loose your gun this fall.......lol

Keep in touch; ))

Pauly

Popps wrote:I'm an idiot, lost my Quantum Tour Edition rod and baitcast reel overboard Sunday

I got one for sale!!

Hope you find it!!

After what I estimate to be about 12 man hours of snorkeling a 100 yard by 200 yard search area over 8 days, and scuba diving for 2 more days, I finally found my rod yesterday while snorkeling. Couldn't believe it...was in 12 feet of water, so buried in weeds that all I saw was the quantum insignia on the spool tension knob....what luck!

She's a little dirty after 11 days at sea but sure looks pretty to me! I'm cleaning her up good but she still casts pretty good even now, caught a large mouth last night!

So my new question is, am I nuts to try to disassemble the PT Tour baitcast reel completely on my own to clean and oil everything or should I take it to someone, if so who?

-Popps (oh and before anyone asks, blew the $50 on sunscreen and scuba refills and drank the case of beer myself, think I earned it!)

FOR ANYONE WHO EVER LOSES SOMETHING VALUABLE OVERBOARD, THE LESSON I LEARNED HERE IS TO THROW THE ANCHOR IN IMMEDIATELY (AND MAYBE CARRY A SNORKEL AND MASK IN THE BOAT)....IF IT'S TOO DARK TO SEARCH THAT MOMENT (IT WAS FOR ME), I'D HAVE TIED A LIFEJACKET TO THE ANCHOR AND COME BACK THE NEXT DAY WITH A MUCH SMALLER AREA TO SEARCH!

Glad you found your rod and reel! I once lost the top half of a fly rod down a deep stream. About 2 months later, I hooked the rod piece while fishing. It was a pure stroke of luck!

Great catch !

Cool story...I would have given up after an hour...and went fishin'...

RJ

wow - what a great story ... glad to hear you found it !

I love happy endings. That's great.

I carry mask, snorkel and flippers with me in the boat. Get a lot of lures back and it's nice to check out bass spots.