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We went fishing at New Castle reservoir in southern Utah. while fishing in about 20 ft of water we caught a couple of nice rainbow trout. then the wife said I got one. I got the net and was ready to put it on the boat. then a red fishing pole surfaced. we pulled it in the boat. All of a sudden a fish jumped about 20 yards form the boat. as we pulled the line in it was hooked too a 3 pound wiper. We need to try it again maybe next time she can catch a new trolling motor. The pink pole is the one she caught the red one on.
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Welcome to BFT and thanks for posting. There are probably many good reasons to take the wife fishing if she enjoys the sport.
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Welcome to BFT! Love the story and the report. My wife enjoys fishing and has out fished me in the past. Probably will in the future too[cool]
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Welcome to the BFT site, the wife looks like a happy camper with a nice stringer of fish and another fishing rod to boot. []
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Sweet... hey does she have any sisters that like maybe older men and say fly fishing? And if she has no sisters do you have a picture of her mom. In case her mom isn't as cute as she is are you two getting along?

All kidding aside that looks like great fishing and some pretty good company too.
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[quote OldTroller]Sweet... hey does she have any sisters that like maybe older men and say fly fishing? And if she has no sisters do you have a picture of her mom. In case her mom isn't as cute as she is are you two getting along?

All kidding aside that looks like great fishing and some pretty good company too.[/quote]

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You both learned a lesson from this right? Never leave your pole unattended when there are wipers in the lake.
My exwife lost a pole while wiper fishing. She just couldn't leave it in the pole holder and when she set it down in the bottom of the boat the wiper could tell and ripped it out before she could open her bag of sunflower seeds.[]

Welcome to BFT!!!!
Thanks for report.

FNF[cool]
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That's classic, and quite humorous. It's really interesting because I had a buddy loose a NICE rod and reel to a wiper at Newcastle. They must crash and run on the baits they hit there.
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[#0000FF]Lucky you. I took my wife fishing on Utah Lake yesterday and she dropped a custom made (by me) rod overboard. No fish. It had one of my best reels on it...freshly spooled with (costly) Nanofil line.

My hurts from biting it...refraining from saying anything and making her feel any worse about it. And that could make me feel worse...if ya know what I mean. Ouch, ouch.
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Bummer
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Pat, you should have just rolled up your sleeve and reached down and pick up the rod.
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[#0000FF]As low as Utah Lake is in most places that might have worked. Unfortunately, that happened way out in the middle of nowhere...in about 6 feet of murky water. My arms ain't long enough for that.

She had the presence of mind to toss over a marker buoy and we both dragged lures all over the bottom around it for a long time. And she felt badly enough that she stayed near that buoy all day...dragging a bait on one rod while casting treble-hooked jigs with another.

The real kicker is that she ended up catching more fish...staying in one place...than I did by covering a big area of lake bottom.

First rod she has ever lost in plenty nine years of fishing with me. I felt sorrier for her than for me.

In another couple of months we might be able to just walk out there on dry lake bottom and pick the rod up. The reel will probably be trashed by then but I can rebuild the rod at least.
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I went fishing with my two young sons once and one of them lost a pole. About two hours later we saw someone across the lake reel in their poll with a nice rainbow trout attached to it.
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Hey Pay, I'm going back to UL this Friday for the weekend. Where did that pole go under, if I'm in the area and happen to be lucky enough to snag it up, I'll let you know.
Several years ago I was slow trolling along the south wall of Willard, kind a bouncing a Gold 3" rat-l-trap, and catchin a nice Cat about every third or fourth bounce. Then my rod went bendo, and the drag came off so fast I just about got spooled before I could grab it. The rod was in a holder, but the holder wasn't closed, and if what ever was on the other end had given it a seconds slack, it would have pulled right out of the holder, but the constant hard pull kind of wedged it in sideways. When I got the drag tightened down and started reeling, it was coming to me but like dead weight. Got it to the boat and it turned out to be a large beach towel that looked as if it had been buried in that mud for several weeks, and wrapped up in that towel was a very expensive (I imagine at one time) Penn rod and bait casting reel. The reel had obviously been almost new and not long before, cause when I swished it around in the water to wash off the mud, it still had the small piece of clear tape someone had put on it with a name written on it. The ink was pretty washed off, couldn't read the name, only the first letter which could have been a P or F or even E. The rod looked like it had been hit several time with something heavy and was pretty beat up.
I left the rod and reel laying on the fish cleaning station at the south marina.
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[#0000FF]Appreciate the good intentions but not likely to be an easy task. We fished all around the marker buoy for a long time without even a hint of success. That is a big murky lake and once something hits the bottom it is hard to get lucky enough to snag a guide or something. And she didn't have it wrapped in a towel.

But if you think you can find it...using the very clear location as shown in the attached picture...go for it. TubeBabe is working her treble hooks in the area around the (unseen) marker buoy.
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Pat-- I have been known to frequent that same area while draggin' for cats. If I happen to drag up a nice lookin' rod/reel combo out there I'll ransom it back to you... maybe.

I have lost lots of rods while fishing with younguns... most of them Wal Mart specials. I always carry my "pole fetcher" treble with me (see pic) and I have retrieved several "lost" rods with it. Works very well in mud bottom areas... not so well in rocky areas.

Sorry about the loss.

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Whoops.... wrong area. I thought you lost it last Monday. I'll watch for it anyway.
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[#0000FF]Shame on you Lynn. I recognize that "rod retriever" as one of those "dry flies" used by the walleye snaggers on the lower Provo in years past. Maybe even more recently.

I used to have a telescoping fiberglass pole with a hook on the end...for retrieving crankbaits and other lures. I did use that a couple of times to help others find and retrieve lost rods. But when I started carrying more rods on my tube there was less room for that thing and I traded it to a boater for something else...don't remember what.

Seriously, we really did drag that bottom with a bunch of treble-bristling lures without even a tick. But if by some fortuitous happenstance you do find the rod...I'll ransom it with a bunch of red glitter goodies. Fair enough?
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Fair nuff. That RCK is my go-to bug for wb. Best I have found for consistently ketchin' 'em. I've still got a good supply but when I run low I'll be orderin' more and you can name your price... well, almost.
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welcome and thanks for the report, I believe that wipers are responsible for steeling more poles than any other fish in Utah[shocked],i have seen 2 poles reeled in with wipers hooked to them at Willard last year.
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Kind of got side tracked on this one... I have never caught a wiper, nor have I fished for them... never lost a pole to a fish, but have shut a few in the car door. I have taken my wife fishing on many occasions and really enjoy her company. I am an avid ice fisher. For years she thought I was nuts to want to sit on a frozen lake in zero cold weather. A few years ago I talked her into tagging along on a scout trip. Now she gets if I plan a trip that she cannot get the time off to come. We bought a snow mobile that is pretty well used exclusively for ice fishing. Too much tackle to pull behind when we walk. Both of us are in our early 60's now so we just don't have the stamina for a long walk across the frozen tundra. She still won't put a worm on her hook, but she will un-hook her catch. She is a great companion and side-kick not to mention a lot of fun to hang out with.
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