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| Do you leave your gear in the boat over night when you stay at a resort? If you don't what do you bring back to the cabin, everything or just the rods & reels? Some cabins are a long way form the dock & some not so much but I've heard stories about stuff getting ripped off. |
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| Bring everything in that u value. You here way too much of stuff getting stolen |
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Location: sun prairie,wi | i agree with jkslayer135... |
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| the time you dont bring it back with you would be the time you wished you had! |
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| I lock up my fishing and diving gear in the truck. The cabin is quite a trek from the dock, but I can drive the stuff down at least half way.
Every year, that hill seems a little steeper, and the gear a bit heavier. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Not hard to just take one rod and a Suick back to the cabin  |
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| I guess it depends on where you are staying. For the most part the only overnight stays I have at resorts are in Cadada.
And the resorts are isolated so if something got stolen it would've had to be from someone staying at the resort.
I doubt anyone staying at a resort is going to steal something from someone at the same resort. I suppose it could happen, but I don't worry about. |
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Location: Appleton,WI | i bring a duffle bag,put baits in a few small clear boxes and 5 mins your baits and gps,finder are in the duffle bag and poles in one hand and your off or use a back pack lot easyer than replacing baits.
makes for a long week with no gear.
Edited by MuskieE 7/18/2010 10:07 PM
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | I leave my gear in the boat 95% of the time.... But I fish N.Mn. and people just look out for each other more than the southern muskie range..... I also cover my boat and if your on any of the resorts on Vermilion, you really don't have to worry that much.
I worry more when I drive to town and stop for dinner and a few drinks, or Walmart/Target, that someone might steal stuff out of the boat.
Jerome
Edited by Top H2O 7/18/2010 11:37 PM
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| I have to agree with top H20....I worry more about people stealing my stuff in a parking lot such as wal-mart than I do at the lake.....there are too many lowlife people just hanging out around there, looking for anything of value to steal to sell for drug money or whatever. My buddy was at a wal-mart and ran in to get some stuff really quick, when he came out a guy was leaning into the boat and when confronted, played it off like he was just checking out the boat. Now I don't know about you, but I don't just go leaning into someones boat in a parking lot when they aren't around. Good point h20! |
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Location: Hopefully on the water | I tend to be overly optimistic or something like that that it won't happen to me and trust people too much (especially sportsmen). I leave everyting in there all the time. My dad got ripped off years back up north and he is overly cautious with his stuff. I guess I would be if thathappened to me also. ASs far as parking lots I try to make the stops as quick as possible or park the rig and sitt inside somewhere where I can have a view of the boat and truck. It is just the comfort level you have. I should be more cautious at times. |
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Location: Canada | A bunch of us stayed at a resort earlier this year in the Kawartha's where we could dock our boats just at our door step. I think the only things left in each of our boats was our nets. Everything else, all rods, tackle and electronics (the ones that are worth something) all came upstairs for the nights we stayed. |
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| weve had this discussion many times over the years but Ive never heard of anybody actually catching somebody in the act of looting a docked boat,,,anybody have any stories,,,its a crime their gonna get away with because its just too easy,,,if they can steal lower units off docked boats like on Mile Lacs they can sure grab a tacklebox with a handle in a second,,,I always remove stuff. |
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| I've had stuff "missing"only to find it in a friends boats staying at the same resort.
Now I make sure I am the last one back in camp and sleep with the hot bait
under my pillow.
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Location: Sycamore, IL | We always put tackle boxes and other stuff that won't fit in compartments in the back of the truck when stopping for a meal or walmart, ect...we take everything inside over night when staying at hotels...has anyone tried a locker bar type security system for securing deck hatches/compartments? I hate that we even have to think about this stuff, but it would kill me to loose some of my gear...
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Location: Columbus, Georgia | I grew up and spent practically all of my years in some of the country's biggest cities (Chicago, NYC area)
"Move it or lose it" takes on an ominous tone when the subject is my Musky tackle.
My boat looks as if it has been stripped by vandals when I am not in the boat. No graphs, no tackle. Nothin'
I'm not even in the mood to purchase a new bump board when some yahoo decides he needs one at my expense.
Everything's in the vehicle when pit stops are necessary unless there is a sentry on duty.
Mother taught me it's better to be safe than sorry ...
Edited by cjrich 7/19/2010 6:08 PM
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | depends on where I am staying....someplaces I feel my stuf is even safer then in my house or garage at home |
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| my dad and i made a locker bar. one bar covers all 3 front compartments. probably wont keep a determined thief out, but would make things more difficult. i originally didn't like the idea of permanent rings on the boat floor, but i don't notice them now. only place we've used it is up on lotw, because that's the only place we leave the boat in the water. we take the lowrance, 8'6" rods that won't fit in the locker, net and box out. I also take the stuff out when staying at shady motels. |
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| When I am staying someplace over night, the tackle boxes, and musky rods come back to the cabin. I will leave some bass stuff, and the kids rods. My son asked me why I was doing it once. I told him to take each combo, and multiply it by $200. Then take each bait in the tackle boxes, and multiply by $15 (average). Then think about having to take a day to replace it while on vacation. Oh yeah, and don't tell Mom this math formula, or I am a dead man. I don't want the headache of trying to replace it all. |
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| I usually take the rods & reels and leave the lures and electronics in the boat when I'm at a resort in northern MN in Canada. I leave it all in the boat. So far not problems maybe I'm lucky or they haven't gotten around to me yet. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | If I stay anywhere overnight, it comes back in the cabin or hotel with me. Period. It's not worth the risk, IMO. Even if it takes a second trip back down to the dock, is it really worth having all of your gear stolen...? |
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| Everything comes out including rods, bait boxes and electronics. The young thieves love coolers with a few cold ones it! |
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Location: God's Country......USA..... Western Wisconsin | I know that this is not the real solution, but the Skeeter FX20 I have been running has a coded keypad that electrically locks all the compartments and turns on the standard alarm system. Pretty cool feature on a boat. All cars and trucks have electric locks why not boats as well. |
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| Hi,
I was fortunate to have a home on a sweet muskie lake in the west Metro for 9 years. Lund in a lift, when we went out,I had everything in a garden cart. Box, flashers, 8 rods, drinks.........Across the street, go fish, back into the cart and into the garage. Nothing lost.......A friend asked if he could put a lift and his boat there, I said sure. He left his rods in his boat and they were gone after 2 days!
You can get a folding garden cart at Northern or even a nonfolding one can go into a pickup or the boat and roll your things down to the dock. I hate having people steal from me.
Boatless in Minnesota |
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | At home everythings in the boat covered ( most the time) up north on vacation I leave everything as does 99% of the rest of camp, around my home lakes or traveling I don't leave sight of it if it's not covered or my partner stays with it. |
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Location: Ames, Iowa | "At home everythings in the boat covered ( most the time) up north on vacation I leave everything as does 99% of the rest of camp"
I agree with Shaley. I have a seasonal at a small resort N Minnesota (10 years) and in 17 years of being up at 3 resorts I have never heard anyone complain of theft from a docked boat. I have never heard of any theft from a resort at all. I have heard of thefts from cabins on the island and farther away from camp during the winter and spring. Locals? Someone else said that everyone seems to look out for everyone else at resorts and camp. I agree. |
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| Guess I'm a little surprised to hear no comments on using a Lok-R-Bar. All the bass pros who travel constantly and stay in metro-area motels use them with confidence. I actually have two on my boat. It's a solid steel bar that fits inside a steel pipe and then anchors in two receivers inside each of the gunnels held in place by a padlock. It will cover the rod-locker door and two big compartments where you can stow the expensive gear including your locators. I even have one-upped the bass guys by learning that if you put the bar through the center of your musky net before attaching the lock, that it will protect the net too. It's also a great way to secure the net from being blown out of the boat while being towed. Marty Forman |
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| It is all relative, a pad lock will not stop a thief, it may deter your opportunistic passer by though. I run into this more with my mountain bike than fishing equipment, but when you have thousands of dollars at risk...better safe than sorry...BR |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | I was at Sears yesterday and picked up a handy tool for carting all those big Muskie boxes down to the dock. Its a foldable hand truck and only costs $30. It's big enough to carry three tall tackle boxes and folds up and can be easily stored out of the way on the boat. I'm going to put it under the deck. Of course, one will want a bungy code to help hold the boxes on.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00987615000P?prdNo=1&block... |
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Years of fishing regional & national tournaments gave me a big outlook on this subject. It all boils down to where the boat is in relation to where you are. Locks & bars and everything out of sight is good. But if they know it's there they may come after it. While at the awards banquet one of the guys had someone take what appeared to be a hachet to his rod locker to get his depthfinders and tackle out of there. I always stripped my gear and had everything out of sight before I came to the parking lot or boat dock. Compartments were locked. If I could I backed my prop right up to my window. If you leave it laying around someone will be drawn in by the glitter. |
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| The old saying goes "locks only keep the honest people out".  |
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Location: North Central IL USA | When i travel with the boat, rods and electronics stay in the truck. Once I'm at the resort I go to in the UP, I'll leave the graphs and some rods on the boat overnight. I'm usually bringing some rods up to the cabin after the evening fishing to re-rig for the morning. |
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Location: Onalaska, WI | "'ve had stuff "missing"only to find it in a friends boats staying at the same resort.
Now I make sure I am the last one back in camp and sleep with the hot bait
under my pillow."
Hey Capt. have you ever inadvertently pierced an ear (or any other body part) sleeping with a hot bait?
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Location: Minnesota. | I'm with TopH20. I fish no. MN. each season and stay at some resorts and they've said the resorts don't have trouble with stealing. I also cover my boat 99% of the time, 'cept when it's pouring out.
Isn't it a shame that people that enjoy the good things in life even need to worry about this? Think of just how good it would be to know you don't need to keep everything under lock/key...and not have any concern.
Jeremy...a hopeless dreamer but also careful. Pity!! This stuff really sucks. |
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Location: Nordeast Minneapolis | Unfortunately for me, during the fishing season my boat lives in my driveway here in Minneapolis. I usually cover it, but not all the time. I do take all the gear and electronics out, but have always left the seats in. Over the winters the boat lives in my dad's storage garage in northwestern WI.
This past spring, my dad decided to bring my rig in to the local service station to have them replace the trailer tires/boat batteries/etc. Really, really nice surprise... Unfortunately for me, the service station left the boat outside overnight, and someone else decided they really needed my Alumacraft boat seat from the back of my boat.
You may think your gear is safe 'Up North', and most of the time it is... but remember that a larger percentage of the folks up there know what this stuff is worth. And it's a lot cheaper to spend a little time to secure stuff than it is to replace it. Just thought I'd share my lesson learned. |
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