Fowling felonious fishing felons

[Backwater Eddy]

Although the majority of people who fish are upstanding individuals who respect others property, some do not. I have been ripped off a couple of times. Once a smash and grab from by vehicle, and the other time electronics walked off into the night.

What methods do you as use to slow down these low life creepers?

One simple one I will share is MARK EVERYTHING with a permanent maker after you etch it first lightly with an awl.

I also make a point to lay out my gear and photograph it for insurance purposes, an inventory is also very helpful, and I found that out the hard way!

I had the insurance company say; with out a detailed inventory as well as pictures for all the gear, I was SOL. They said sorry, we couldn’t cover the loss.

I now keep all my tackle receipts.

Thanks,

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[targa2]

I had stuff ripped off right outside my door twice while I was sleeping. A security guy showed me how to rig up a siren inside my house. You take a "feed" off a security light's motion detector and run it to a switch and then to a 120 volt plug. Buy a 120 to 12 volt converter and hook the raw wires of it up to a 12 volt 20 watt siren. Put the siren in your ductwork and set the length of time the light stays on when triggered to 3 minutes or so. I park my boat and snowmobile under this light and you can't get within 30 feet of it without waking me up. A big aluminum bat is a nice addition to this ensemble.

[Goldpig]

Once had someone steal over twenty loomies right out of the garage at our cabin. That was definetely a sickening suprise in the morning.

[Reels]

Going back around 15 years, we camped at a place in WI were everyone left their gear on the boat. Woke up one morning and all the rods were gone, left the tackle boxes, but emptied the drawers.

Very sick feeling and a long drive home.

I dont know the answer, I read earlier this week, someone on the board got thier onboard charger stolen. I cant imagine it, but if someone wants something bad enough, they are going to get it I guess. But your right, we shouldnt make it easy for them.

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[Doc_wi]

Just to let you know that there is still a good side to human kind. In the process of switching gear back to my vehicle in the parking lot of a place called "The Bar" in Oshkosh late in the evening after fishing a tournament, somehow my two tackle bags got left in the parking lot. I first noticed that I didn't have them when I went to take my gear from my truck and put it back in my boat the next day. I thought they were gone, history, 5 trays of cranks and 5 trays of jigs and rigs gonesville. I had a frined who drove up from Milwaukee to fish so I figured why cry over spilt milk and headed for Gander to get some new cranks and go to Bago to forget it. After stopping at Gander Mt I get a call from my wife and she gives me the name of a yong man who had left a message that he picked up my gear. I called the number and was 4 blocks from where he worked, stopped in and got my tackle bags back and was on my way to the boat ramp. He refused any reward, money, fishing trip, dinner and just said that he ws glad I got my gear back. Topped off the day by catching and releasing about 50 walleye trolling out on Winnebago.

[Backwater Eddy]

Good story Doc. That is also the reason I mark my gear, I can be forgetful too from time to time. A lot of people will go out of their way to return a lost item if they know who to return it too.

I have a good friend Jimmy J who has a great story about an old thermos and its adventures, it always finds its way home. Lots of good folks in the world too.

:)

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