Reply With QuoteDrowned one wading for flathead, drowned another bashing into the back of a sou'easter swell heading home from mud island becuase I forgot to put my phone into the centre console.
Yes, I have drowned one.
Was down the end of the Russell Island jetty and decided to walk along the jetty to bait jig along the middle part and thought I had better not leave the phone on the seat in case someone stole it, so put it in my top pocket.
Part of the problem was that not wanting to leave a plastic bag I had used lying on the jetty to blow into the water like some do I had put the bag in my pocket, so when the phone went in the pocket it was not sitting down as far as it should as it was sitting on top of the plastic bag.
So I walk along and leaned over the rail to have a look down at the water and heard a noise like something just entered the water and wondered whether the people walking down the other arm of the jetty to take the ferry had dropped something, when, to my great dismay, I realised it was my new phone I had only bought about 2 months ago that had gone down to Nemo's grave.
It would have had a better chance on the seat!
My new one has a clip on it so if I drown another one it won't be from falling out of my pocket. Will just have to learn from others' experiences on this thread so I don't walk into water while it is attached to my clothing, and hopefully won't lose another.
Fishel
Drowned one wading for flathead, drowned another bashing into the back of a sou'easter swell heading home from mud island becuase I forgot to put my phone into the centre console.
Originally Posted by HONKY DORY
Come on Shane don't be shy.
You have 4 to beat webby.
i can imagine destroying more than just phone if thats your boat in your avatar
neil
Righto Neil I'll share just so Webby can know he's not on his own. I have wrecked four of my own and one that belonged to someone else. Two have been in airdock/ pontoon related incidents, one was dropped in the drink and two were killed on Sunday when we copped some spray over the front that got under my clears.
The worst bit is that has all been in the last seven months, I am on a roll. The Mrs has ordered no phones on the boat from now on, apparently something I should have learnt three phones ago.
What is it about boaties and phones!!! Yes I have managed to drown one to. The phone "usually" goes in the boat's glove box prior to launch and stays there until retrieved on dry ground. Except that fateful day at Deepwater Bend...the boat was tied to the pontoon, reached into the glove box for the car keys and grabbed the phone as well. Clipped the phone on the pants and exited the boat onto the pontoon. Turned to say something to the mate holding the boat, turned back around and knocked the phone off the belt and two bounces along the pontoon into the drink....moral to the story......if you going to use a clip make sure it is on properly or leave the phone in the glove box till your on dry land
I too have lost four.
2 have been lost to waves and spray, and the others deposited at Fishers Creek boat ramp in NQ and the other just of the North of Peel.
Still take the phone fishing however have learnt to keep it dry.
Cheers
Jim
yeah i've lost a few 7 & still counting. along with 1 wallet large qty of sunglasses ect.
but i do have 2 questions
why do mobile phones always bounce of the gunnel then fall seaward?
& why do sunglasses sink 1inch faster than the human hand can dive.
cheers
rick
Yep, I've destroyed 3. Not lost but in a little tinny its hard sometimes to keep the spray from coming in and as it turns out its not a good idea to leave phones just sitting on the seat. Apparently water's bad for them.
Well, I haven't lost one but I have ruined one.
I was on a barra fishing charter and decided to take on board my new (expensive) barra rod and reel. Sometime through the day I left go of my rod and threw it into the drink. My body goes numb, unsure what to do until the guide says "it's now or never" and I dive into the drink,
Total damage,
- ruined mobile
- ruined wallet
- ruined hat
- lost sunglasses
- lost rod and reel
Rod and reel later recovered by Guide who used his diving gear. Freshwater dam so rod and reel OK.
cheers
Raymond
3 for me
they are not lost, I know where they all are just useless
Cheers
Steven
fried one, then went and bought a plastic case purpose built for mobile phones for $55.00 from BCF. they float and you can still use your phone as per normal.
it's like a rubbery plastic thing.
lost my phone and glasses the same day when i fell in the drink!
Kayak started to drift away and I jumped in after it. I realised before I'd hit the water that my phone was still in my pocket...bugger. I now own a cheap phone!
Joel
Fishing for the thrill, not for the kill
Yes 3. and 2 cameras..
I was walking the bank casting SPs atNudgee when I got snagged in about 3 feet of water. I waded in to see if I could get the lure of the snag forgetting the phone in my shorts pocket. It vibrated violently for 30 seconds and then died. I managed to save the SP and jighead though!!!
A mate of mine swears by this. He lost a few phones to water induced melt down, so now he wraps his phone in a good old franger. Just stretches it around the phone, ties it in a knot at the top, and walla, a cheap waterproof cover that still allows you to use the phone!!! Haven't tried it myself, may need to get some bigger ones
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