crab and pot thieves

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

oh yeah that is in no way to be considered proper legal advice.  Just a way to stop pot thieves.

Im sure there are some real upstanding citizens stealing crab gear.    I don't see anything coming of a suit.  Most of these low lifes are gonna have extensive backrounds and a jury would probably not grant them squat.  But it definitely should be considered before attempting.

[bear hunter]

I had my pot stolen years ago over in Everett out on the west of hat island. I will never put my number on a pot again. The punk that stole my pot called me and left over 50 messages in a year and a half. I finely changed my number. I call the Police but and the Game Dept. but nothing ever came of it. The guy and his friend would thank me for the crabs. He treated me if I didn't answer the phone and said he didn't want people like me on his waters. weeks later after I drop the other pots. I get a message and the little *censored*er said that for the crab and that I didn't learn the first time. I thought he was full of *censored* but he named all the bait I had in the pot.  *censored*er I called the Game Warden and they said just fish some where else. We shouldn't have to be pushed off the water because of ass holes like this. I need a camera that is waterproof and will send a video of the *censored*s pulling the pots. This way I might have a face and boat I can start hunt for.  He's glad I never found him or I might be in jail. I leave my pots out all night. the only time I get picked is during the day time. If I drop them off during the evening and pull them in the morning the pots are full. I left them out last Saturday and pots are full in the morning. I took a friend out around 4pm to try and get him same crabs. 0 crabs out of 4 pots over 8 hours of soaking. Re dropped them came back after 10 hours we had to let 4 limits go. I did noticed the pots didn't look right. I placed them 20 yards apart but a couple of them were 60 yards away and not in the same spot. I don't know but a buddy told me to zip tie the doors so the punk would have to cut it open. I might just do that at least this will get rid me thinking is it a bad spot or was I picked over. Will my season is going good I hope ever one else's season go's the same. Plus I don't even like crab I give it to all the mu family and friends. I just like getting out and have some fun but some people just like to rowan it for others.

[singleshot12]

  Sounds like you're dealing with a racist crab thief bear hunter   Also I think a lot of the thieves are just plain jelious and lazy. and they're too stupid to catch their own crab

[Encore 280]

I usually sit on my pots and don't leave them over night. I'm thinking though that I wanna screw with the thieves and put a cinder block or two on the other end of a buoy just for *censored*z and grins. I'd like to see the look on their faces when they pulled it up and no pot there!

[gasman]

I usually sit on my pots and don't leave them over night. I'm thinking though that I wanna screw with the thieves and put a cinder block or two on the other end of a buoy just for *censored*z and grins. I'd like to see the look on their faces when they pulled it up and no pot there!

Now that would be funny Larrry 

[vandeman17]

I usually sit on my pots and don't leave them over night. I'm thinking though that I wanna screw with the thieves and put a cinder block or two on the other end of a buoy just for *censored*z and grins. I'd like to see the look on their faces when they pulled it up and no pot there!

Now that would be funny Larrry 

Need a sculpture of two hands giving the bird hooked to the buoy or something. Hook up a paint bomb like they do on cash at banks so when it comes up it blows up and everyone will know they are pot thieves. 

[GEARHEAD]

was out at REDONDO Monday..........four trailers in the lot, but about fifty pots scattered about, and several old bayliners filled with russians, just sitting out there, watching........decided not to fish and camp ontop of my pots. i have had no problems, that i am aware of, but that place has a reputation for getting hammered by theives. last year saw a boat of these guys leave the dock with trout rods, and no traps...then later saw as they returned with a cooler filled with crabs, just makes ya go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Encore 280]

I'm gonna do it either tomorrow or this weekend. I've got some junk line laying around and some blocks, Oh yeah baby!!!!!

[johnsc6]

I believe the vast majority of stolen pots are due to operator error.  Not enough rope, don't know squat about tides, no depth finder, etc, etc.  11 years at it and I have never lost a single pot.  I have a minimum of 50-75 extra feet of rope margin at all times.  I've left them unattended the vast majority of times.

[bear hunter]

 

Sounds like you're dealing with a racist crab thief bear hunter   Also I think a lot of the thieves are just plain jelious and lazy. and they're too stupid to catch their own crab

[lokidog]

I've put these notices on a couple of my bouys:

Danger razor blades in line below, do not pull!

If you can read this, I can see you in my rifle scope!

I've heard the biggest response when being confronted about stealing crabs is "no speaky english...."   

I talked to one guy on Lopez Is. that set his pots, rowed back to the dock and watched a half million dollar yacht pull his two pots and motor away, so it's not always the butt whipe in the little crap boat either.

I won't leave my pots during the day on the side of the island that has a State Park across from it, too many problems in the past, and these are people with big fancy boats, just lazy arses.

[smdave]

I lost a pot last year to thieves. 50-60ft water 100ft of rope. Had three pots in a row spread out the middle one was gone at 7am when I got there. Water was flat calm, it was the middle pot the eel grass pile was still in the water where the buoy was. The other two pots were empty.

The one missing was the nicest of the 3.

[Encore 280]

I'm gonna write WDFW on the buoy today and send the cinder block to the bottom. Maybe F&G will pull it!

[hookedonquack20]

One time I had thieves steal my boat and my crabpots .

[Mfowl]

I just gave a guy his pot back yesterday that I found a drift in the middle of the Sound back on 4th of July weekend. While fishing the Kingston area yesterday we saw another pot drifting in nearly 300 fow. We would've grabbed it but we had the DR's down. Another boat in the same area snagged their DR on a pot in about 250 fow right in front of us. I agree with other poster's that most missing pots are operator error and not theft.