How many rod&reels have you lost overboard?

At least 2. And one must have flew out the boat on the way to the landing, cause it wasn’t there when I got there.

Not nearly as many rods as guns

1 fishing a bass tourney in the basin when a fish hit me close to boat fishing a worm and I set hook and dropped rod in water. I did a crab dive with legs and arms out and got the rod and caught the fish.

Another in Venice kinda same deal but on a rattletrap. 2.5 lb bass was jumping in the hyacinths trying to throw the bait. I managed to hook the line with another rod and crank bait and got the rod and fish.

Another one mangrove fishing. Got greedy and had a rod out standing on handle of rod on deck and flipping with another rod into rig. That sob shot out from under my foot like a bullet.

1

I once knocked a rod over board in my kayak and was smart enough to stab my paddle down in the water near the spot it went in. Used my grapple anchor to fish for it until I was able to pull the rod tip above the surface. Got the rod and reel back and still use it today.

Seen 3 lost - Two of them mine. I lost 2 crappie fishing at Lake Sommerville. Was in my 16 john boat at the time and my buddy tried to catch coots at 25mp with the fishing net. They get up low and slow... Second time he did it it snagged 2 reel handles and I saw them go overboard. I was pissed.

My brother lost a brand new All Star rod and Curado I gave him for his birthday. Took him out to Breton Island to stay for a few nights on Johnny Martinez flotel. Decided to hit some rigs about 6 miles further out. He kept leaving his rod leaning on stuff and I told him several times to put it in a rod holder. A few minutes later his rod and reel came flying through the air and hit the water about 15 feet from the boat and was gone. Something big and fast... no trout or red. I just looked at him and he was beet red.

I have had catfish, stripers and hybrids all drag rods and reels off the boat at times over the years but the worst loss I ever had was crossing the gulfstream on the way back to Stuart from West End at night and it got more sporty than it was supposed to. When I finally got inside St Lucie Inlet and was able to take stock every rig in the T Top holders was missing and nothing but the tie downs remained. Not certain but it was about 6 20 pound class spinning rods and reels, all Penn stuff so not overly expensive. To this day I do not know how they flew out without hitting something on the way out but I never heard a thing. They were certainly in the rod holders when I left the Bahamas and weren't when I got to St Lucie. It was raining quarter sized drops nearly the entire trip so it was pretty miserable - the dam T Top might have flow off and I not noticed it in those conditions. I do know that I check tie downs since....

Two, and both taken out of a kayak by schooling bass because I was lazy and in a hurry. Bait dangling less than a foot under water and zoom.

Only lost one but got it back two days later.

We stayed in a camp down in Empire I let my Nephew use my rod off the deck. he set it up against the pier and a stingray took the bait and before he could grab it into the water it went. Two days later we are fishing when the same nephew hooks into a red fish. As he begins to land the fish we notice the line is tangled with another line. So I begin pulling that line and sure enough it's my original rod and reel with a sting ray still on the line