Floating phone case?

I saw an add for a device that is a tether for your phone. It has a silicone (looks like si) stretchy part that goes over your phone case. Then it has a coiled tether that looks like an old school phone cord. This clips/pins to your clothing somewhere. Keeps you from dropping it in the drink. I'll see if I can find it again. It was on Instagram.
This is a topic that I keep meaning to write an article or post about because I am someone who wants to have my phone with me (for safety and photos) all the time when fishing. Including in a tube/kayak/boat.

I have essentially been using a setup like the YakAttack version above for a few years now. In terms of what your phone is worth, the $16 they sell for is probably a fair price. It also includes a coiled tether, which is what you want in a setup like this, IMO. There are other similarly priced "fish" brand companies with their own version, but you can also get a generic brand for half price like this one.

In use, they are a little annoying because the silicone "cage" can get pulled off the phone's corners as you take it out of a pocket. And the various straps can get in the way of your phone's camera lens, especially if you have an ultrawide option. But with the coiled tether and a couple little carabiners clipped to your PFD, it has worked fine for me and kept my phone out of the drink more than once. You can see the tether connected to my NRS Chinook PFD in this bass selfie.

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All that said, I have recently picked up this cheap case that has a tether attachment point built in. I plan to use it just like the YakAttack cage style one with the tether and carabiners. But hopefully it will be a more secure (and less photo blocking) option even if I'll have the annoyance of switching my phone cases every time I want to use it. If you don't mind spending a few more bucks, @Tim L's suggestion about the OtterBox cases with their built in tether attachment point is a smart way to go. OtterBox makes good stuff and there's likely an case option that would work for both everyday pocket carry and fishing uses.
 
One note about the Nite-Ize version that @Zak and @Northern use is that they seem to have a fair number of "this breaks" reports about the cloth attachment loop that sticks out of the phone. Photo below is from one of the Amazon reviews.

I'm generally a fan of Nite-Ize stuff, but I might skip this one.

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That's not the brand I use. Mine are some generic Amzn brand. I've had it on for literal years; tethered during fishing 75-100 days per year, and chewed on by countless of my daughter's foster kittens, who find the tab irresistible for some reason. Same kind on my previous phone with same results.
I've broken a few of the phone-cordy tethers, but not the tab or ring 🤷‍♀️
This one, last purchased & installed in '22, according to my amzn account!
 
Screen shots of your license(s) off your cell phone, print to scale on phone, laminate, placed in glassine envelope (narc talk 😉for zip lock bag) placed in slide zip pocket, vest or chest pack.
Weight: 15/20 grams vs phone +/- 250 grams
Buoyancy: Z/L Bag: + Phone: ——— slightly neg
Cost: ZL Bag et al: $10 maybe. Phone: Somewhat 😢 higher depending on model

Cost of phone does not include “insurance for the life of the phone” that’s a knee slapper itself. Try to prove you didn’t just drop it but dropped in 62’ of water. Hmmmm.

I know you fish quite often, for legit reasons, out of your pontoon boat…..wait one,…my bad..on, I repeat on your pontoon device (off is not good) so you may have a secure area to hold said POIDH device.
C’mon Up, unburden yourself of all not needed devices. Release your spirit so it can live free. You can do it.
The water beckons. It doesn’t need to be polluted by more man made devices. Open your mind to the vistas available to us by nature. We’ve already done enough harm to nature, haven’t we? Don’t steal the spirit of that 28.62” 8.34 lb Cutthroat by capturing an image and sharing it with the world. Think of the trout’s embarrassment when his kids see him on the interweb and he has to explain why, why this happened.

All in jest my friend, if it feels good, Do It.
Good ideas there, but not many worries with the phone these days . I traded my pontoon boat for a Lund fishing boat ,phone just stays in the glove box, or on my person . It may get dropped ,but it would be on the floor of the boat . :)

I am much more worried about dropping my remote for the MinnKota trolling motor . I take a lot of caution it has a lanyard , running I- pilot sorta need it around my neck , for a course correction , but anchor lock I can just put if off to the side ,so I don't accidentally push a wrong button ,and wonder why I am off that good fishing spot . ;)
 
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