Baron Honda outboard( 2 elderly fellas) very silly
Not into name and shame. But here goes . They launch at point peron every morning. Even yesterday. Driver of boat larger fella. Deckie slimer build Tatts on lower arm. Very nice Stainless steel pot tipper ( full size). The area they where pulling pots this morn at 5.35 am. And undoing bridals and putting new ropes and floats on and moving them to new location. Do not belong to them. I know for fact. Everyone there are people I know very well. Sad thing is definately locals. If anyone on site happens to know these lovely gentle men . Give them heads up , put original floats and ropes back on. And return them to location within 2 days . I would hate for them to loose there boat for poaching. Put this up just in case someone knows them:):):) bad bad move. No rego numb going up on site. That numb will be going elsewhere... Age 55 plus both grey haired very sad. Should know better
ProFish
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Baron Honda outboard( 2 elderly fellas) very silly
Good move Little Johnny . Hope someone knows them & passes the message on . No need for that crap.
axey45
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Sambo84
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NAME AND SHAME STRAIGHT UP
NAME AND SHAME STRAIGHT UP
chief_of_beef87
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stuff them dob the grubs in i
stuff them dob the grubs in i have my pots off point peron and hope there still there tomorrow morning
dodgy
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Ive seen them down there.
Ive seen them down there.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
D_d_001
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too nice !
You seem to know what you are talking about when it comes to the sound little Johnny so I for one take this pretty seriously. If in fact they are poaching I would love them to loose their boat ....and car etc.
report them for sure and do the right thing by all of us.
cheers for the heads up.
uncle
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Yeah dob the in if your positive
Probably been doing it for years!
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Paul_86
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What scum bags, it makes your
What scum bags, it makes your blood boil! Pulling someone's pots is bad, but stealing someone's pots is a whole other level.
What were they doing with the ropes and floats they took off of the pots that wernt their's? Are they just dumping them back in the water to float away? Or taking them back to shore and dumping them? Just curious as I'm missing a pot at the moment, not from that area tho.
Walfootrot
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John maybe you could become a
John maybe you could become a fisheries officer lol, hang out with you mates lol.....
Nar, just Dob em in, but hard to prove unless ID is on the pots...
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
rigpig
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call fishwatch mate
mate, put a report in and at least let fisheries have a chance to check it out. If they don't get some attention from the authorities they are not going to stop their behaviour. Stealing peoples pot which cost a lot of money is a dog act..
Starbug
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Report it to fisheries...
Report it to fisheries... dont hesitate.
little johnny
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Don't have to
Report they can read.:):):) guys pot taken is mangles bay member and will be asking for return tomoz. Pretty sure they will give back. Up to him to take it from there. Mine coming out . Next few days . Dhue time. That's if pots are still there:(:(
crasny1
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No way is that enough
Yes the MB member will get his pots back, but some other poor person is now going to loose theirs. I would definitely be telling fisheries, otherwise they will keep on their merry way. Just wonder if the monitor this site. I hope so in this case.
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mcgoo
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F*ck them.. Probably these
F*ck them.. Probably these filthy bastards that knocked off the old mans pots.. $200 bucks a pop..! That's bullsh*t...
Report them...rant over
sandbar
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DOB the filthey bastards in!
Too much of this shite happening. How long has this pair been getting away with.
If they return MB's floats tehy will probably not stop and go "phew, that was a close call", and continue on their merry way.
Starbug
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This was not a
This was not a misunderstanding of the rules, or a crime of opportunity. This was a well thought out and planned exercice in stealing cray pots, and chances are it is not their first time either.
Cruise Control
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I don't chase crays so I
I don't chase crays so I don't have a vested interest but it's people doing the wrong thing like these two gents that make it so bad for everyone else.
A message needs to be sent to all of those pot thieves (as well as all of the others that continually flout the law)out there that this type of behavior will not be tolerated.
I would suggest that the details are passed on to Fisheries for them to act on. You can guarantee that they wont take action unless they witness it for themselves.
If it results in the loss of a boat and a car as well as a fine well then I would be applauding and shouting it from the rooftops. "This is what happens when you break the law".
Cruise Control
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double post
double post
pale ale
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Dont you guys put id numbers
Dont you guys put id numbers on the pots? Should be easy to investigate?
Gav475
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simple
1 confront offenders
2 make sure they cant get away
3 remove body parts
sandbar
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Post Details
So when they are seen at ramp or around town then we ( the community) can deliver some good old fashioned justice.
Dont have to be public, PM's will do
Da pirate
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Hmmmmm !!!!
Come on Johnny boy !! Ya should've piped up at em !!
like others said probally been doing it for years !!! Hey I was
gonna go down the old did you get photos they could be nice
blokes shit like this closes the season !! But I've already cracked
that one !! Ha ha ha !! Yeah f
little johnny
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Lol pirate
All under control. I have been waiting for ya
meglodon
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For the benifit of all
I have the view that for the benefit of all those who put a lot of effort time and money into pursuing the sport of fishing for crays these sorts of people must be reported to the fisheries dept. ASAP
It is far better that Fisheries deal with them than they suffer some instant justice (not that they don't deserve it IMO)
This is not a crime of opportunity from the way you have described it, taking rope and floats out to change them over on some one else's pots is a planned crime, it's premeditated and how many times have they done this before.
What they have done is stealing, simple as that.
And they are bloody thieving scumbag bastards
How many post have been put up by people who have had their gear knocked off, too many that's how many. There is one F/W member who has been forced to give up his simple pleasure of catching a few crays having a couple of coldies with his mates and telling wild fishing stories why, because his gear has been knocked off and it has broken his spirit to continue to supply thieving bastards .
As they say in the pictures, just do it.
NORUN NOFUN
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If I had known who owned the
If I had known who owned the pots, I would have taken photo's ( boat, person(s) and if possible, the floats that were removed from other pots and confronted the pricks, made them retie ropes, drop pots back in and given evidence to fisheries.
Pricks like this need to be confronted - I really don't get this thread at all !
But, that's just my opinion and others will probably disagree
little johnny
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It has been. Reported
Keep pants on.( comment back to him .can't do much in this situation but we will keep an eye out ) lol. Back to original .best of asking for pot back.( nicely ). If you don't get post no fun that's your prob. Just a warning to people keep eye out on mates. Family pots. Some people still think okay to put there own I'd on your gear. F:$ k me next time I want warn at all. Try prove this one unless you seen it impossible . ( so they are correct hard one)Not everyone has go pro running every trip. Or crash cam.
meglodon
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There is nothing like
There is nothing like an angry man standing in a boat next to you, pointing a parachute flare at you to make you see the error of your ways.
Dale
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I reckon I saw those 2 old blokes this morning around 09:00, they had just put the boat on the trailer, they gave me the evil eye as I drove past too. Don't know why I noticed them, maybe it was the evil eye. They'd be on my dash camera too.
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karlos 22
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I think you did the right
I think you did the right thing Johny posting it on here the way you did, there is a lot of us that launch at point peron at all different times and now everyone knows who to watch out for. Fisheries were there this morning at 7am but only getting gear off their boat not checking cray catches or pot ID's as there is hell of a heap of boats bringing pots back in which I thought they would monitor.
barracuda
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Nice
Good on you Johnny your a good bloke for what you did and how you handle it
fisheries are pretty busy this time off year
collin g wood
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.
Probs selling catch aswell
Jason P
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Good on ya for dubbing that
Good on ya for dubbing that scum in. Hopefully they get what is comming for them.
DM306
scano
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Your a nicer bloke than I am johnny
If I knew someone was doing that to pots of a person I know, it would be cordless drill to the sidewalls of their car tyres and their boat trailer!
Scum like that should be forced to caugh up the cost of replacing gear themselves if they are taking others cray pots, which as mentioned are about $200 each as it is
scano
hezzy
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johnny , keep us posted on
johnny , keep us posted on how this goes , lol
sure most will be curious as to the result here
another good example of why your pots should have your gear ID on them
hezzy
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evil flourishes when good men do nothing
ranmar850
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I bought a cheap router--gear ID on pot
Cheap GMC thing,maybe $40 bought it years ago just for the purpose of engraving my licence number in the pots' timber front frame,used it on hundreds of pots, still use it for that purpose on the amateur pots.
hezzy
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so any update/result yet
so any update/result yet ??
hezzy
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evil flourishes when good men do nothing
uncle
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As above
Any movement John
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big john
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Yep
Was any rough justice served out? Were the dodgy pot floats removed?
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little johnny
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Under
Control
sea-kem
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I hope so Johnny, that is
I hope so Johnny, that is just a pure dog act. Doesn't surprise me though with the amount of cunce around at the moment on and off the water. Mine were raided last week, I know that for a fact too. Pots don't sit in the water for nearly two weeks and have pristine clean ropes and be devoid of crays I know were in there. It seems the older generation are the main culprits at the moment for this kind of thing, what gives, do they think they are owed or something.
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sandbar
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sorry to agree Seakem
think you hit the nail on the head with the "older generation" theme. Really hate to say it.
Too farken bad if I upset any1 with this comment.
uncle
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Don't tar all of us
Its that usual 5 percent
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sea-kem
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My apologies unc for any
My apologies unc for any offence, you are definitely not who I'm takng aim at. It just seems to be people who should know better that are getting done lately. A very frustrating week for me on a few fronts and I need to vent lol
Love the West!
uncle
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ha ha no offense takin Andy
Theres bad arses in every generation is what Im saying
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sea-kem
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Love the West!
little johnny
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Pension cuts
Turning them to crime:):):) or Alzheimer's :):):). Can't remember which is there's :(:) lol
sandbar
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That old chestnut
good call, i will try remember that, if i dont get alzheimers