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Ya Friday night did not go too well, 12 or so years of many solo night fishing outings and never an issue. Some of the folks i have fished along side were not the typical types many would fish next to but never had any problems, in fact, some of the best nights were those. Friday night/Saturday morning was a different one. Between 12:45am and 1am, a young teenager who was overly curious with my rod and reel greeted me. He grabbed it, started fooling around I asked him to put it back, and he was laughing and slurring. I grabbed it off him and he punched me in the chest. I pushed him back and told him to F' off... put the rod back in my truck and another kid jumped on my back. I tossed him to the ground and when i was finished with him another teen flipped his wrist and what is stupid was i knew what he had, I had time to react but stood there like a moron. So across the face i get whacked with a blackjack and they made off with my tica dolphin 10' saltiga blast 4500 my large skinz bag and my small canyon bag along with my lunch cooler.
For me it was rather embarrassing and very humiliating, usually i carry my neck knife but that was at home, as i left work and probably a good thing in a weird way as I probably would have killed them. Did not talk about it as i had a few friends check the local shops and keep an eye out. There was a moment where i had thought about dumping majority of my gear. After a some thought, i came to deciding not to let this incident discourage me but to make me smarter and safer.
I am ok other then some bruising around my eye and some broken capillaries but it could have been worse... another 1/4" and it would have hit my eye or it could have been a knife or a gun.
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