stolen tackle,

[iceknight]

seems the fellahs i caught on saturday night i should have broken there fingers when i had the chance, today i went out to boat figuring i should get everything out.. i had countless tackle boxes hidden under the bunks. but i was too late, all the bunks were turned up, and everything gone!

as lists,

1x seahornet speargun 1 meter, no sling.

plano tackle boxes around 4 from memory,
black magic tackle bag

the plano boxes contained hundereds of 7766 mustards. in sizes from about 2/0 thru too around the 10/o size from memory, also large torpedo swivels, countless 14/0 7699s, 7691s, 7690s. ranging from 12/0 to 16/0.

the black magic bag contained dozens of large skirts, and large rapala cd series,

most skirts were pakulas and some citer mixed in, also large lumo soft squid,
the boat was also loaded with jerry cans. 20lts of fuel in each, these remained untouched. which points to young teens to me, probabally the ones from the other night getting even,
the neigbour seen 3 people at 820pm last night. 2 were in the boat with torches, and one standing by, the one standing by was a big boy apparently ( prob there back up for this time if they were caught) he dident think anything of it untill he seen me today seaching the boat, as he said he thought it was me and a few mates getting ready for a early morning fish, as i tend to do,


anyways to cut a long story short, will be calling the police in the morning for advice. as im not too sure weather tey can finger print white fibre glass?

If anyone is around the rothwell/ redcliffe area and sees any of this gear in a pawn shop or similar. or gets offered anything like this for sale, please PM me instantly. As now im really keen to catch up with these fellows indeed!

[wilcara]

Mate you must be so p!ssed off... sorry to hear it. Good luck. I keep a pretty close eye on ebay etc for tackle etc so will keep fingers crossed for you.

[Local_Guy]

that sux mate, hope you get your gear back or find the guys who stole it and send them to david jones locker.

BYW i think you spelt "porn" wrong. lol.... pawn....

[-spiro-]

those theives must have some guts hey coming back..

[dazza]

bloody theves,
if you do catch them, and they end up with a few bruises and a bit of skin off, there are 5 magic words you need to use,
" well officer, if was dark and i saw something in his hand, (i do have knives etc in the boat) which i thought it was a weapon, "I FEARED FOR MY LIFE" so took reasonable steps ensure my safety
be very careful though, that you don't wear an assault charge
nothing worse than knowing some dirty thief has been through your gear
hope you get you gear back
cheers
dazza

[wombie]

bad luck mate little shits got nothing better to do

Paul

[Fishbait]

Maybe keep an eye out in the local paper for sale section also - they might try to offload there too. I hope karma gets them back - that will teach them! All the best in getting new gear mate.

[finga]

The question will be asked.
Why leave all that gear in the boat especially seeing you've already had visitors ?

That's like leaving your wallet in the consul of a convertible

[wilcara]

Tackle boxes under the bunks... fair go. My boat is full of crap.

[finga]

Tackle boxes under the bunks... fair go. My boat is full of crap.
Then don't be shocked, surprised and peeved when it goes bush.

My gear is reasonably safe. Under the house with pooch watching.
Won't go rusty there either.

Prevention is a bucket load better then cure

[iceknight]

Yeh it usally doesnt live under the bunks. Its more my fault for leaving there between trips, But then agian its my boat, why should i have to strip it every trip, I should be able to leave everything in it.But i guess in this world its just impossible.

On a brighter note.... Now i have an excuse to buy more and newer gear :D

[wilcara]

Jeez its not as if you left some game rods/reels sitting up in the rocket launcher or something. If you can't leave a tackle box out of view, under the bunk while parked in your own driveway, without being accused of "tempting fate" then I give up.

[finga]

Jeez its not as if you left some game rods/reels sitting up in the rocket launcher or something. If you can't leave a tackle box out of view, under the bunk while parked in your own driveway, without being accused of "tempting fate" then I give up.
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Wasn't exactly a round Alvey tackle box was it ::)

[TheRealAndy]

That sucks. I am lucky, my boat just fits in the garage. Begs the question though, if someone stole my big tackle box i would be down a good $1000, would insurance cover that?

[TunaKing2008]

keep a eye out on ebay!! you will be suprised what turns up on there i saw my tiagra rod and reel for sale 2 weeks after it went missing from my boat whilst waiting in line to launch, needless to say i won the auction collected the rod and reel and didnt pay a cent for it!!

[finga]

keep a eye out on ebay!! you will be suprised what turns up on there i saw my tiagra rod and reel for sale 2 weeks after it went missing from my boat whilst waiting in line to launch, needless to say i won the auction collected the rod and reel and didnt pay a cent for it!!
Did you report it to the boys in blue?

[iceknight]

TunaKing2008, I cant believe a fellow fisher would do that to another at a ramp? or was it just bogans hanging around the ramp? either way its getting bad, Just as well you got it back, Im not sure what id do if my big rods got stolen. More then likly go door knocking till i got it back haa!

[Jeremy]

bugga, alot of stuff to get stolen. Expensive to replace. Hope you had insurance.

Jeremy

[TunaKing2008]

police where no help as usual but when i thought about it i did remember seeing the guys hanging around at the time. hope you find your stuff i got lucky last time but its taught me a big lesson all my gear when im not in the boat is stored locked inside the cabin or locked and hidden inside my house work to hard to hand it to theives

[iceknight]

insurance lapsed 2 weeks ago.. so they wont cover it i guess, be renewing it this week tho ::D

[Kleyny]

keep an eye out in your local second hand stores.
Most of them take details of the seller as this is an easy way for these pr!cks to off load the goods.

neil