How to loose a rod

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Andre1979

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Howdy guys!
Greetings from sunny Namibia.
By posting this message i would like to achieve 2 things. Firstly, to let the others learn from my mistakes, and secondly to see if anyone has ever had his road and reel dragged to the sea for good?
So my recipe to loosing a 14ft brand new Blue Marlin rod and equally new Daiwa Firewolf 50 (yes, i know it is a kak reel, but it still cost me money), plus 300 meters of strong line :'-( is as follows:
1) Go to Namibian coast for fishing;
2) In the morning catch some fresh bait;
3) Bait the hooks for shark and cast them;
4) Sit and wait the whole day until the evening, without any action;
5) Leave the rod in a holder with tightened drag;
6) Go and cook braai 10 meters away from the rod, hoping to hear the reel scream;
7) Return half an hour later and find the rod missing;
8) Search the ocean in vain and in total darkness;
9) Fail miserably and go to sleep feeling like a fool.
10)Next day listen to your mates telling you that your new rod will make a splendid toothpick for the shark.
Ta-da!
So if anyone finds a Blue Marlin rod floating along the Namibian coast (although it might be in Angola by now) let me know.

Happy fishing!
 
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Simen

Sealiner
Hallo Andre and welcome to the family!! Where did this take place?
Also please complete your personal info Location: Town ??? you have added the country.

Thanks Mate.
 
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Maestro

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Yeah, that'll teach ya to make use of the drag that they manufacture with the reel :) but tough luck buddy...as löng as u enjoyed the braai!
 
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Trophy

Sealiner
I blame the rod holder!(LoL)

I've snapped a rod by doing much the same thing. At least you get the reel back!!!
 
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Ray Hall

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Sorry for your loss Andre...

Happened to us as-well, We were fishing off the boardwalk at Wilderness lagoon.  My friend forgot to loosen the drag, and next thing a grunter pulled his rod from the boardwalk.
 
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Carlic Bait

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EK HET GEHOOR VAN N BRONSIE OP PAD NA OOSKAAP WAT IETS SLEEP,GLO SATERDAG 2009 03 21 BY KAAPPUNT VERBY MET N SKUIMSTREEP AGTERNA SO DIE P.E. MANNE MOET OP UITKYK WEES.
 
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Andre1979

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To add to the whole story, i am new to surf fishing, but i've been fishing fresh water since early childhood. Now i understand, that sea fish is nothing to be messed with, sharks especially. The incident happend at mile 102 on the Namibian coast.
Oh, and the braai was good =)

p.s. Sorry, i don't speak afrikaans, so would you guys be so kind and speak english, please.
 
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tuna

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you stay in Nam and you dont understand afrikaans,, eish, can't be a nice place for you to stay then
 
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Pucky

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tuna wrote:
you stay in Nam and you dont understand afrikaans,, eish, can't be a nice place for you to stay then
Click to expand...

Or like living in India and not eating Curry.

:welcomesea:And Bad luck on your Loss!

I'v had two rods go while fishing for Barbel... so know the feeling, only it was less expensive than you
 
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hang bal

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About 2 weeks back i went fishing in the gonubie river for kob and to test my brand new torium30 on my penn power stick. Baited up whit a small mullet i let rip, the place were i was fishing had a nice grass bank so i put my rod flat on the ground and put the ratched on bud did not disingage the clutch. sittnig in my bakkie havind a smoke i sow my line tighten op and i was waitng for my ratched to start skreeming and in the blink of an eye my rod flu in to the river and me jumping strait out of my car seat about 3m away in to the water  the man next to me cracking him self. But i maniged to get my rod and fish uit
 

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hang bal

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About 2 weeks back i went fishing in the gonubie river for kob and to test my brand new torium30 on my penn power stick. Baited up whit a small mullet i let rip, the place were i was fishing had a nice grass bank so i put my rod flat on the ground and put the ratched on bud did not disingage the clutch. sittnig in my bakkie havind a smoke i sow my line tighten op and i was waitng for my ratched to start skreeming and in the blink of an eye my rod flu in to the river and me jumping strait out of my car seat about 3m away in to the water  the man next to me cracking him self. But i maniged to get my rod and fish uit
 

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Andre1979

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tuna: Living in Namibia and not speaking afrikaans is actually not that bad at all. Just come over here one day and see for yourself!
pucky: Barbel can put quite a fight, especially the big ones. In my home country people use a thick rope attached to a pumped tube from a tyre on one end and a massive hook with a dead chicken on the other end. This contraption is set-up in the deepest part of the lake in the evening and by morning there usually is a fish on the hook. That way no rods are lost =)
hang bal: You are a lucky man to have very fast reflexes and recover your expensive rod and reel with and a fish too. To loose a brand new Shimano Thorium is very expensive loss indeed. Did the reel function well after the bath?
 
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tuna

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I lived in Namibia for 13 years and still fish every year for a month(5 des to 5jan) right up north
 
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Andre1979

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tuna: well then you know better, i've only been here for 2 years =)
xerxes: the country is Russia, quite far away from Namibia and SA. Another world, basically. Not much of surf fishing goes on there, but due to lots and lots of lakes and rivers, i can safely say that at least 85% of the total male population fishes at least twice a year (including winter, when the water is frozen). And what can be better than a shot or two of cold vodka with a steaming hot soup made from a freshly caught fish...mmm lekker!
 
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