Thieving Bastages!!!!

[PolarBear]

Howdy!
I took girls and my Dad out for the opener of crabbing in marine area 13 (Nisqually) today.  We got out pretty early so or pots could have a good, long soak.  After dumping the gear my kids wanted to run up to see the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge from underneath.  We were gone a little over an hour and a half.  When we got back to check our pots, we were unable to find them.  We looked for 2 hours using the sonar in a grid pattern and checked and double checked every buoy that was near were we dumped them.  While searching, we ran into another boat that was having the same problem as we were.  The long and short, it seems that someone had been pulling pots and taking them.  The WDFW boat was hanging around when we had gotten back from our trip to the bridge but left while we were searching for our gear.  I lost 4 full sets of gear and the other guy lost the same.  What a bunch of B.S.!  My kids have been looking forward to crabbing all winter only to have our gear ripped off before we could get one pull out of them!  It just pisses me off to no end that some pricks have to pull this kind of crap!  My wife was going to buy me 2 new pots and rigging for father’s day and I talked her out of it.  I’m sure glad that I did!  Just be forewarned to stay near your gear when out crabbing!

[boneaddict]

Dang dude, that sucks.  Do you have to tag your pots like they used to make you do with traps so you can identify them as yours?  Well, I hope she gets those new ones for you now.  Man I hate that sort of thing.

[jackelope]

buoys have to be labeled with name, address, phone #.
that sucks p-bear. sorry to hear that. it's really getting that nothing is safe anymore.

[huntnfmly]

Sorry about your stuff.It sucks that people out doing family stuff cant even do that because some s.o.b decides he wants somebodys stuff that was worked hard for and doesnt want to work to get it himself.MAN THIEVES PISS ME OFF!!!
jim

[Dman]

 This is BS, I'm making some phone calls before we head out on the 30th.... If DFW can't get it done, someone else will.

[jackelope]

dman...no offense but if you can get it done with a couple phone calls, i've got about 57 other issues you can have to handle also...
 

[Dman]

 Guess you won't know unless you go out on the 30th Jack   

 You'd be surprised at how fast some people can move is you call   the right person....

[PolarBear]

Thanks guys!  D- My wife called our friend at the WDFW and got the ball rolling.  They were going to send a couple of officers that were out there to come and talk with me but we had already left and ran the boat to my parents place on Totten.  I gave my wife the desription of a suspect boat to give to the WDFW.  The other boat who had his gear stolen suspects the same boat as well.  I know that this is a real low priority so I dont expect much to come of it.  At first I thought that the pots might have slipped off of the ledge into deeper water due to the heavy current but they were weighted down with several lbs of lead and had over twice the water depth in line.  One pot was in 90' of water with a 200' line.  I really doubt that it just slipped away.  Oh well, I guess that this is a good learning lesson.  I am not ever leaving my gear unattended again!

[Dman]

 The boat I remember that boat that I believe took our stuff was around a 20' aluminum with little to no paint and a center console type set up. They were loaded down with a ton of traps, more than they were allowed for the three people on board.

[jackelope]

Guess you won't know unless you go out on the 30th Jack   

what will i find out then? or how ?
i don't get it.
i can't crab-fish till july something.
16th maybe? no july 4th.
we open up here july 4th

[Dman]

 Jackelope, pull yourself together man!! Stop speaking in tongues, where is "here"?? That be in Wa.. somewhere I assume? We just so happened to be talking about crabbing in area 13, if you didn't notice 

 I would hope you would see more law enforcement around area 13, if not, Bess may have to make an appearance soon.

 

 I'll be out on the 30th...

[jackelope]

Jackelope, pull yourself together man!! Stop speaking in tongues, where is "here"?? That be in Wa.. somewhere I assume? We just so happened to be talking about crabbing in area 13, if you didn't notice 

dude...i was trying to figure out where i'd have to be on the 30th and why. "here" is MA 9 where i crab and fish the sound at. it opens up on july 4th. in your secret squirrel method of making a statement, i couldn't figure out where i needed to be on the 30th and why. MA 13 is open now, right? so why are we waiting till the 30th?  i didn't realize you were talking about 13 because you didn't say you were talking about 13. you just said you were gonna make a phone call and mysteriously fix everything somehow. i feel like if i go out to  13 on the 30th, i might have a chance to meet the sopranos or something. you got Tony lined up for a hit or something?
 

[Dman]

 You don't have to wait on my account, I will be there on the 30th as I mentioned in the other recent crabbing post. I'm glad to meet anyone from Huntwa, but I'll understand if your a north ender only..
 The Soprano's just might visit anyone messing with my pots, if the law doesn't turn it up a notch soon...   

[sisu]

Man what is going on? Theft reports on the general discussion and now this. Has the world finally melted down?

[Ray]

Speaking of crooks... they just carted away one of my neighbors. There was also a meat wagon that carted someone away... They'd be on a roll if they just took one more of my neighbors

[PolarBear]

Well, just got 4 brand new pots and riggin'.  I'm going to give it another whirl on Friday and maybe Saturday.  I dare those massengills to swipe em now!!  I have my id burned into my buoys and name tags woven into the pots.  If someone does happen to sneak them out from under me, it will take them a while to get all of the identifying marks off of them!  Haahaaaaa!!!!!!!

[Dman]

 I'll be out Saturday starting around 10AM. Not sure where I'm launching yet, but likely around Oly.. Tides will be huge, better weigh 'em down!! They've been nailing some fish down there too I hear...

[Dman]

 Bear, I can't remember do you run a VHF? If you were out on Saturday I'd give you a shout.

[PolarBear]

Yep, I always have a vhf of some kind with me.  I'm going to hit Nisqually about an hour before change of tide until a little after on Saturday.  I am thinking about dropping one in over 200' with plenty of weight to see what happens.  I'll let ya know for sure on Friday eve if and when I'll be out.  I will be the only Skeeter on the bay!  Haahaa....  The trim/tilt unit on my  work/crabbin' boat crapped out on me so I will using the sparkley one!

[Dman]

 Ya let me know! With the minus low, I think we'll launch at Zittel's. I'll sit on channel 13 VHF Saturday. Probably try trolling around Devil's head area.

 D

[PolarBear]

I'll probably launch at Zittles as well.  The last time I launched at John Luhr the tide was so low when I was ready to pull out that it would have been close to 4 hours before I would have enough water.  I ran to my folks in Totten, had my Dad drive me back to pick up my trailer and yanked er' out at Kamilche.  It made for a long day but after having all my pots ripped off, hanging out for several hours more was not an option, especially with 2 little girls on board.

[Dman]

 I"ve launched at Zittles twice, it seems like right at 0' slack tide, there is still plenty of water to launch (I only need 1.5 feet of depth)?