Thread: STOLEN CRAPPIE RODS!!!!

Originally Posted by callen

Where was your boat parked? I want to be sure and avoid the area. Do you need to borrow any rods while you are here? I have plenty of extras.

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Drew lives right around the corner from me in Paducah. Boat was under his carport, and they never touched his finders, and the lights were on!
Concerns me a bit since mine sits in my driveway, but completely tarped with a 24' cover.

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So sorry for you, Hopefully they are caught. I hate a thief. It's getting common now.

Probably stole them for drug money. Good luck in finding them. Keep us posted.


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Guys, you don't know how much I appreciate the advice and even offers that some of you made to help me out in my time off need. I'm definitely guilty of being a lot of things in life but being a thief was never on the list. I'm a blue collar union worker that works hard to provide for my family. So I never felt the need to take advantage of anyone else's hard work by taking things that don't belong to me.
So here is the update: Tuesday I took Erin Brewer's advice. I bit the bullet and called Monks Crappie. I place an order for some South Bend rods and Shimano reels. My thoughts were that I couldn't wait any longer considering shipping time and Wanting to be back on the lake by the weekend. So they are on the way.
I live in Paducah KY which is just across the river from Metropolis, IL (5 miles from where I grew up in Brookport IL). So I get a call Tuesday night from a friend of mine. He informs me that another mutual friend of ours (who lives in Metropolis) had just got a heck of a deal on some really nice crappie rods. 12 rod and reel combos for $100. Ding ding ding...... after a few questions I was 90% sure that I had just located my STOLEN rods. So I called the the mutual friend and he was more then willing to help me. He sent me pictures of the what he had bought. You guessed it! Now I'm 100% sure I just found my stuff!!
The guy he bought them from said he had got them from an auction,,,,,hmmmmm??? The guy just happens to be my biddies next door neighbor. Also happens to be a known "meth head"!!! So, armed with this information I contacted the officer who did the original police report. Now as of last night I have my rods back in my possession AND new ones coming in the mail!!!! What to do.......
All in all I would say I came out pretty good. The "me" of old wanted to rear his ugly head and make a trip across the river. Locate the meth head and put my hands on him just like he did my stuff. But I'm older and wiser now. I have left it up to law enforcement to proceed with the appropriate steps to see that he gets what he deserves. A happy ending, for me at least!
Again, THANK YOU to everyone who cared enough to lend a hand!!!

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Great news.

Sadly, I would venture nothing will happen with law enforcement past the fact you got your tackle back. Many of our communities have become nightmares because of drugs and the maggots of society who no longer fear punishment because many times there is none for their crimes.

great news

I am happy you got your rods back. Too often stolen items when recovered are kept by the police departments as evidence and the victim is never notified when the items are available for return. Then they end up in the police auctions. (Don't ask me how I know this.)

So glad you was able to get your stuff back.
LittleJohn