Quote Originally Posted by ohiorivercatfisherman View Post
just curious... did you tell them you left it @ the ramp, or that it was STOLEN out your boat in order for them to cover it? cause if they replaced gear you left behind i REALLY NEED that kinda coverage myself.. i tend to forget things all the time
I told them EXACTLY what happened............I was loading, and in the heat of trying to get off the ramp, and to clean fish, I LEFT the fishing poles leaning against a log.......when I went back later to get them...........they were GONE.

Loss is Loss.....and I will admit, this is NOT the first BONEHEAD thing I've done to lose fishing equipment.

A couple years ago, I was fishing a southern Indiana lake in about 30mph winds.......Small lake, but I was constantly on the trolling motor. Well, long story short......I had a jig hanging over the side of the FRONT of the boat, and jumped on the trolling motor to make a quick turn........AND you KNOW what happened next.....

The jig, which was attached to a FANTASTIC G Loomis IMX flippin stick, got caught in the motor, loaded up the rod, and the next thing I know FLIP......out it went. I SAW the rod literally flying OUT of the boat. It was like SLOW MOTION. I was really HONKED off, but was not going to let it ruin my fishing trip.

WHAT ruined my trip was when I realized it also took a couple more rods that were not tied down, and managed to get caught up and wrapped around the other rod.....

This was nearly 10 years ago........AND State Farm also covered THAT claim.

Later,

Geo