St John River Thieves

As I was headed out to the boat this morning I noticed a deputy in the campground and realized he was doing. A theft report for the neighbor
I wen to my boat and. Noticed Four combos and three boxes/beads missing. Rough guess of $1100 missing
Acc Crappie stick 12 footer
2 BNM Sam Heaton 10 footers
Ugly stick carbon 6’10” medium light
3 cadence reels and a green lews Mach 200
two soft Plano bags one blue and one camo with various baits including bass assassin and pick jigs. Some jigs lead head and some custom painted

Also a soft bag of trout magnet plastics with jigs.


20 years of traveling like this and never has happened leaving boat in nearly vacant state parks and stuff In The boat in Illinois.

Dont. Want to be a downer but please keep an eye out for the stuff.

even if the people got arrested right now probably nothing would happen as I would have to come down for court which would most likely get continued repeatedly

The neighbor had five rods taken possibly bass pro brand rods

On positive note deputy was a really nice and interesting guy

Sorry for your loss. I hope they catch the thief and your get your stuff back.

That’s terrible, sorry it happened to you.


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That sux. Keep an eye out on FB marketplace and Craigslist snd you might find them.

I hate a thief and a liar. The thief is the lowest form of like on our earth. Man! I am so sorry that you lost your stuff here in Florida, of all places.
If you need to borrow some equip. while your here, let me know.

Sorry to hear about your loss. That’s a small community, hopefully the SO can get early lead and recover your property.

What campground?/Lake?/Town?/ County? Need to know where to keep an eye out for your gear.

Was at Paramores camp in Astor a nice place and our second time here. Usually don’t keep boat in water at places. Like to park it next to camper at night to keep an eye on things
I luckily had extra stuff and thieves picked and chose what to take in boat leaving half the rods

sorry to hear about this. Hope they catch the low life.

Sorry to hear of this, basically in my backyard. Too close to home. Sorry they got your good stuff. As Chucker said, I have some stuff if you need it. Hope they get the fools.

Sorry for your loss .....
They don't get mine cause I never give em a chance,
have "always" been "better safe than sorry".
perhaps from now on you'll practice these values too .....
Learn hard, but ...learn well ........

On a positive note, if caught, Florida is very good at accepting virtual(phone) testamony while being sworn in by your local sherriff office.

Don't like hearing this. Going to be staying their for a month in January. Have a uncover dock rented for the month. Guess I will be takin all my equipment out every night . That SUCKS! Hope they catch the thieves!

Hope they are caught.

Sorry for your troubles. Just can’t stand people like that.

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Originally Posted by Gizmo1

As I was headed out to the boat this morning I noticed a deputy in the campground and realized he was doing. A theft report for the neighbor
I wen to my boat and. Noticed Four combos and three boxes/beads missing. Rough guess of $1100 missing
Acc Crappie stick 12 footer
2 BNM Sam Heaton 10 footers
Ugly stick carbon 6’10” medium light
3 cadence reels and a green lews Mach 200
two soft Plano bags one blue and one camo with various baits including bass assassin and pick jigs. Some jigs lead head and some custom painted

Also a soft bag of trout magnet plastics with jigs.


20 years of traveling like this and never has happened leaving boat in nearly vacant state parks and stuff In The boat in Illinois.

Dont. Want to be a downer but please keep an eye out for the stuff.

even if the people got arrested right now probably nothing would happen as I would have to come down for court which would most likely get continued repeatedly

The neighbor had five rods taken possibly bass pro brand rods

On positive note deputy was a really nice and interesting guy

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You was way over due!!!!!! If you had years of no theft chalk it up to the dirty south, Here in my hood they'll steal the air out of your tires and come back later for your vehicle!!! Merry Christmas at leat you didn't catch them in the act and get into real trouble.

I hate to here that, but now days its become more prevalent. My wife and I have fished St.Johns in the Aster area for 5 straight years, our first year we stayed at Palamores and the same thing happened, soon after we got there we noticed a policeman talking to people there, and found out the night before someone stole poles and tackle off of docked boats. Since then we now stay south of there and really enjoy our new fish camp.

So sad, so sorry for you, I hate crooks!!!

Sad to hear about the thefts, BUT, had a major problem at Santee Cooper Lakes every year when I lived there with thieves going out at night and pulling stainless steel props from boat owners on the lake that left their outboards tilted up at their docks. One night, 50 props were taken. So, make it a little harder for the thieves and keep your prop under water when stored at a dock.

Uncovered slips there didn’t have power. They previous slips burned up due to a boat fire. Those slips are close to sidewalk. I actually bring a wagon the kind from Home Depot with heavy tires that way you can get your stuff back and forth
I used to unload boat every night at okeechobee and put prop load on that was like an old steering wheel club along with A tongue lock
Prior to this trip I spent hours loading the boat up. Gonna come up with a new system for future trips
I try to avoid places that don’t let you keep boat at the campsite for this reason

Hate to hear this, but thanks for the heads up. My folks just rolled into Astor last night. Their 22nd year I think of going there for the winter and they and myself have been very lucky so far.