Thread: St John River Thieves

On a positive note, if caught, Florida is very good at accepting virtual(phone) testamony while being sworn in by your local sherriff office.

Don't like hearing this. Going to be staying their for a month in January. Have a uncover dock rented for the month. Guess I will be takin all my equipment out every night . That SUCKS! Hope they catch the thieves!

Hope they are caught.

Sorry for your troubles. Just can’t stand people like that.

Originally Posted by Gizmo1

As I was headed out to the boat this morning I noticed a deputy in the campground and realized he was doing. A theft report for the neighbor
I wen to my boat and. Noticed Four combos and three boxes/beads missing. Rough guess of $1100 missing
Acc Crappie stick 12 footer
2 BNM Sam Heaton 10 footers
Ugly stick carbon 6’10” medium light
3 cadence reels and a green lews Mach 200
two soft Plano bags one blue and one camo with various baits including bass assassin and pick jigs. Some jigs lead head and some custom painted

Also a soft bag of trout magnet plastics with jigs.


20 years of traveling like this and never has happened leaving boat in nearly vacant state parks and stuff In The boat in Illinois.

Dont. Want to be a downer but please keep an eye out for the stuff.

even if the people got arrested right now probably nothing would happen as I would have to come down for court which would most likely get continued repeatedly

The neighbor had five rods taken possibly bass pro brand rods

On positive note deputy was a really nice and interesting guy

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You was way over due!!!!!! If you had years of no theft chalk it up to the dirty south, Here in my hood they'll steal the air out of your tires and come back later for your vehicle!!! Merry Christmas at leat you didn't catch them in the act and get into real trouble.

I hate to here that, but now days its become more prevalent. My wife and I have fished St.Johns in the Aster area for 5 straight years, our first year we stayed at Palamores and the same thing happened, soon after we got there we noticed a policeman talking to people there, and found out the night before someone stole poles and tackle off of docked boats. Since then we now stay south of there and really enjoy our new fish camp.

So sad, so sorry for you, I hate crooks!!!