Members yodasplash Posted July 17, 2013 Members Posted July 17, 2013 Wanted to put this out to everyone so they can take precautions. Had my boat in front of the house in SW Springfield, as we are preparing for a lake vacation. Sometime between last Saturday and this evening, someone stole the gas tank out of the boat. Not a little 5-gallon tank, the big 20-gallon tank. Cut the hoses and wires to the fuel gauge, but they left the batteries, trolling motor, rods, and tackle, and the fish finder, oh and their knife. I work from home, and have a view of the boat and never saw anything out of the ordinary during the last couple days, so it had to have been late at night. .
RSBreth Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I'd look for another boat of your same model - they just got a replacement gas tank it seems.
Members Crawbug Posted July 17, 2013 Members Posted July 17, 2013 This has been a troubling summer at the Rock in terms of thievery...We keep our boats in Needle's Eye Boat Dock and have had a lot of problems. Looks like the good 'ol days of leaving tackle in the boat without worry are over. Water Patrol told us there has been a big problem with joyriding too. We were a victim of this a couple of weeks ago. Many of the boat covers were peeled back and vadalized during the middle of the week. A couple sustained serious damage to their ignitions from tampering. Our Cobalt was found floating near Green Shores. Luckily the only damage was a broken speedometer. Needless to say...We don't hide the keys in the boat any more. I know a lot of the forum members trailer boats and ramp in every time, but if you keep your boat on a dock be please be aware of this growing problem. Most boat docks on Table Rock are PRIVATE and clearly posted as so...If you don't have a boat in a dock or permission to be on it, you are trespassing.
Old plug Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 It goes on everywhere. A lot of ock owners up here have spy cameras on there docks.
Members Ultralance12 Posted July 17, 2013 Members Posted July 17, 2013 This has been a troubling summer at the Rock in terms of thievery...We keep our boats in Needle's Eye Boat Dock and have had a lot of problems. Looks like the good 'ol days of leaving tackle in the boat without worry are over. Water Patrol told us there has been a big problem with joyriding too. We were a victim of this a couple of weeks ago. Many of the boat covers were peeled back and vadalized during the middle of the week. A couple sustained serious damage to their ignitions from tampering. Our Cobalt was found floating near Green Shores. Luckily the only damage was a broken speedometer. Needless to say...We don't hide the keys in the boat any more. I know a lot of the forum members trailer boats and ramp in every time, but if you keep your boat on a dock be please be aware of this growing problem. Most boat docks on Table Rock are PRIVATE and clearly posted as so...If you don't have a boat in a dock or permission to be on it, you are trespassing. Hehe. So you are crawbug huh? Is this C or B?
motoman Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 I've heard of guys buying trailcams and mounting them near the boat. - I have one of those long, plastic coated, cut-proof security cables I use to run through the bow eye; then padlock it thru the dock. Yes, with enough effort, it could be cut; but thieves/punks are usually lazy; my hopes are they will just mess with a boat in the next slip. So far so good.
Members Crawbug Posted July 17, 2013 Members Posted July 17, 2013 C...You better be down this wknd. We should do some night fishin!
Rodmaker Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Wow, It must be FUN to cruise around in your boat using stolen gas tanks,fishing equipment and boating gear. Sometimes I wonder how people sleep at night. For years I always left my gear in boat. I am coming down in August for 2 weeks and use a private dock at a resort. Same place I always go for years, never had a problem. Always left all my gear in boat. All my rods are custom built, build them myself, I certainly dont need those ripped off! Guess l'll have to be more diligent.
Members DoctorJJ Posted July 18, 2013 Members Posted July 18, 2013 Man I hate thieves!! I'll be careful with my boat and belongings this weekend.
Tfsh4bass Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 I hate thieves also which is one of the reasons I really enjoy selling security systems. I think I have sold around a dozen camera systems to docks up in the Lake of the Ozarks area that were having issues this year and several lake homes. If anyone ever needs a quote on a alarm or camera system I would be happy to help.
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