dock thief lake barkley

Guys-

Just wanted to let you know that my Lund fishing boat was stripped at my boat dock on Eddy Creek near Holiday Hills.

I have a house with a dock down there. I live in Newburgh, Indiana.

Wednesday I received the registration and operating manuals in the mail from a gentleman in Princeton. He found the tackle box these were in floating in the water near Coleman Bridge. He was kind enough to dry the paperwork out and mail it to me from the address on the registration. Thanks.

I thought I've either had those out and they've blown out, someone has stolen my boat, or someone has stripped the boat.

I got here Thursday night and found 7 poles and reels stolen from the locked rod locker, the Minnkota Power Drive V2 trolling motor (70# thrust) and connected humminbird 565 bow mount sonar, the starting battery, and the AM/FM cd from the dash gone.

They even took the cold weather clothes and transom straps from the other rod locker.

The trolling motor has everything- it is 70# thrust with ipilot. If you see or hear of one of these were it doesn't belong (like on a 12' jon boat) PM me. The serial number is J089MK01715.

The transom straps have "Henry's Marine- Chicago, IL" monogram on them. If you see a boat at the dock latching down with these, you might be wary.

Thanks

Brook

I will watch for these items. You cant have anything anymore without it being under lock and key what a shame.

That sucks - sorry to hear. I've learned the hard way not to leave much in a boat, even under lock and key. Guess you've now learned the same lesson.

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. This day and time, with the wealth of "meth monsters" around, you can expect anything you own to be targeted. An unoccupied house and dock are easy targets to those who watch for such. I personally think we should be able to booby-trap our belongings with thermo-nuclear devices so the thieves will only steal one time.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I've decided to offer a $500 cash reward for info leading to an arrest.

The Ipilot might throw somebody for a loop and send them searching for information. I still have the controller. It was around my neck when I left last Saturday.

I'm going to put an ad in the Eddyville newspaper and signs up in local bait shops etc.

Hear anything PM me.

Thanks again.

Jim

Might have the local police contact Minn Kota and Humminbird with the serial numbers and models of those items. I doubt it will lead to much, but you never know. They might take them in for service at some point and lead you back to the thief.

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Originally Posted by mrdux

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. This day and time, with the wealth of "meth monsters" around, you can expect anything you own to be targeted. An unoccupied house and dock are easy targets to those who watch for such. I personally think we should be able to booby-trap our belongings with thermo-nuclear devices so the thieves will only steal one time.

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Let's use a small neutron bomb so only the thief gets fried but the equipment is still good!

PS Sorry to hear about the theft. they hit on both lakes.

watch e-bay and the like for these items to be on sell. they will try to sell them somewhere. sorry to hear this as it is sad for everyone.

You might want to put a camera somewhere near your boat even if it is a wildlife camera it just might catch these lousie piece of crap , Hope you catch them and I would contact Humminbird and minn kota .

I tryed the camera deal. Won't work unless the air temp is probally below 50-60 degrees. Works on infra red. Had a lot of tools stolen out of a building on 10 acres. Spent $500 but it would not take pictures when the temp was high. Check on security cameras that will work at all temp's.

Let us know if you use something like this.

Chuck

We have 3 Cuddyback cameras at our hunting cabin. They work no matter the temperature. They are trained on the doors at the cabin during non hunting seasons. They paid off 2 years ago. No problem getting 2 men prosecuted.

Mine is a cuddyback, but I could only get it to trigger when 3-5 feet from it in 82 degree weather. I feel that it is a great deterrent to theives. I will try some tests again.

Thanks for the input.

Chuck

Moultrie has a camera that will send pictures to your e-mail address , can be set to send 2 times a day or on every picture . Even has a gps location if it is stolen you can track on the computer and find the thieves .

Keep checking craigslist in your area! Sorry to hear that!

When we were at the Moors a few weeks ago, one of the other fishermen warned us to disconnect our electronics at night because a boat had been stripped of theirs the night before! No fault of the Moors folks, just sucks that there are jreks out there that will do this and scum that will buy this stuff from them!!!