What's In Your Lake?

[Stillski]

Anybody lost anything good in the lake? After reading about suck gates lost in the lake I started thinking about things I've lost in Lake Livingston. The things I can remember are two Casio watches that I bet are still keeping time, a wedding band, a prop or two, my favorite Oakleys and almost lost my tunnel hull when I dipped the bow and had six inches of water come over the dash.

[carlossa]

Yep. Wedding band. Wife wasn't overly upset as we were doing something we both love........watersking. It did help the situation the fact that she was present when it happened.;)

[MJHKnox]

Expensive sunglasses off my head b/c I was jumping off my buddy's houseboat a little too intoxicated.

[MJHKnox]

In my younger years - a bad girlfriend - but your post starts out "Anybody lost anything good in the lake?"

[Stillski]

Yep, the wife being present was a good thing. Even better was that she insisted I take it off to ski and after a minute or two pulling and twisting it finally came off, took one bounce on the side of the boat and plunk!

[td in nc]

Iphone and sunglasses for me!

[daniel.j.grossheim]

A pair of Oakleys for me, however love my Natives even more.


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[CJD]

I bet I have lost a year's salary worth of things in the lakes of Texas.

Looking back, the scariest was my cell phone...because I came so close to trying to dive for it. Later I got a depth finder and learned the lake was 70 feet deep where I lost it and full of tree stumps. I would never have found the phone, and likely would have gotten tangled up on branches and fishing lines.

[scottschmitt]

GoPro off slalom ski. Hard cut, sliced the wake, and too much bounce for the camera mounting. I have retrieved a hat and shirt. There is usually a moment on the surface before they sink if you are quick to dive in.

[SquamInboards]

We lost a nice ski rope, skiing at night one time. After that we got one that glows in the dark.

There's a outboard in the middle of my cove, I saw it fall off a guy's little aluminum boat one day and they never found it, despite having divers out for several hours the next day.

Oh and the prop off my old whaler. Someone forgot a cotter pin.

I recovered an entire lower unit from a friend's boat, too. He hit a shallow, sharp rock a full speed with a 40hp Evinrude outboard. He sheared off the lower unit so cleanly, the prop was UNTOUCHED and they were able to use it on the new lower unit. The cowling came off the engine and hit the driver in the back of the head, though. That engine still runs great, by the way!

[TitanTn]

Shortly after purchasing our cruiser, we took apart the bimini and enclosure and related pieces for cleaning. We scrubbed all the canvas pieces and left them on the dock to dry. When then took at little boat ride. Upon returning we found that several pieces were missing. The wind had blown them off the dock and they sank in about 15 feet of water. The problem is that this is a river and visibility at the surface is only about a foot. At the bottom it's about 4 inches with a strong light. I have a friend who is a great diver and he volunteered to try to find the green pieces of canvas in the muddy bottom. After about an hour he located all three pieces we were missing. He said there were all kinds of things down there and he never knew what he was about to head-butt as he swam the bottom.

[ngavchris]

Shortly after purchasing our cruiser, we took apart the bimini and enclosure and related pieces for cleaning. We scrubbed all the canvas pieces and left them on the dock to dry. When then took at little boat ride. Upon returning we found that several pieces were missing. The wind had blown them off the dock and they sank in about 15 feet of water. The problem is that this is a river and visibility at the surface is only about a foot. At the bottom it's about 4 inches with a strong light. I have a friend who is a great diver and he volunteered to try to find the green pieces of canvas in the muddy bottom. After about an hour he located all three pieces we were missing. He said there were all kinds of things down there and he never knew what he was about to head-butt as he swam the bottom.

That sounds pretty creepy. Glad you have a friend that would do that.

[cadunkle]

A boat cover, sunglasses, fishing gear, a prop (later recovered). Aside from that I see a fair amount of beer cans. Visibility is normally 20'+ with good lighting so it's cool to cruise around the shallow areas and see what's down there. Now if we're on the river visibility varies from an inch to a foot or two at the very best. I just say it's full of sunken crackheads. Bad enough what's on the surface after a heavy rain, huge debris fields of railroad ties, telephone poles, large branches, deer carcasses, and various other debris often lurking just below the surface and difficult to see if it's calm. Not to mention pilings in various places that are submerged at high tide.