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Sweetwater · 08-31-2010, 08:39 AM

I was fishing around the SW Corner on Monday monitoring ch16 on the VHF when I hear a guy calling the Coast Guard to tell them that someone tried to steal his anchor and anchor ball. Evidently he left the ball to chase a fish and when he came back, his ball and anchor were gone.

He then sees a boat that appears to be fleeing the scene and he chases it down only to spy his ball in the other boat’s cockpit. At this point the thief throws the ball and anchor overboard and takes off. The guy gave the name of the offending boat several times over the radio but I won’t mention it here since I wasn’t an eyewitness to any of this and would not want to slander an innocent person. But if true, what kind of lowlife would steal someone’s gear like that?

08-31-2010, 08:39 AM	#1
Sweetwater Ruled only by the tide iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Truro Posts: 801	Ball and Anchor Thief I was fishing around the SW Corner on Monday monitoring ch16 on the VHF when I hear a guy calling the Coast Guard to tell them that someone tried to steal his anchor and anchor ball. Evidently he left the ball to chase a fish and when he came back, his ball and anchor were gone. He then sees a boat that appears to be fleeing the scene and he chases it down only to spy his ball in the other boat’s cockpit. At this point the thief throws the ball and anchor overboard and takes off. The guy gave the name of the offending boat several times over the radio but I won’t mention it here since I wasn’t an eyewitness to any of this and would not want to slander an innocent person. But if true, what kind of lowlife would steal someone’s gear like that?
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