GRAPEVINE LAKE BEWARE - I have been robbed of all my tackle and a decent rod/ reel set up from Scott's Landing. Cameras do not show anyone walking out of the gate with it but there are no cameras on the slips located at the rocking dock..meaning a fisherman has broken the "bond" and stolen from another by coming in via the water and breaking in my locker. What kind of person does this to another fisherman knowing good and well when they saw some of the lures from the 70's in there that those probably were "special"..those belonged to my step dad and the guy who taught me the sport that is no longer on this earth. I got a question, why do people think that they can sneak in or pull their boat into an empty slip knowing that they are not members of Scott's and crappie fish? I was raised better than to mooch off those that pay and I mean pay allot when it is all said in done to have a slip, boat payment, insurance - this is not a cheap deal folks so what gives you the right to just come on in like you own the damn place? And the answer is NO for any of you thinking that maybe another member might have done this because we have all known each other for years and out of 20 slips in there only a few of us even fish. I guess i got to comfortable with leaving my tackle behind but it is a damn shame to say the least!! Let this be of notice if you are on THE VINE - WE HAVE SOME REAL JACKWAGONS ON THE LAKE NOW!

I do sympathize with you. Unfortunately, there are thieves everywhere. It doesn't very many bad people like that to screw things up for the rest of us.

Sorry to hear, i hate a lowdown dirty thief

Yep back in the early 70's my grandpa bought a lakefront place on Livingston. He for years he would keep all his tackle in the boat and everyone else did as well. I was a very tight community. Then about the mid 80's stuff started coming up missing and by the late 80's no one could leave anything in their boats any more. It sucks that it has come to that, but it's been going on for a long time now. If you leave anything of value in the boat don't expect it to be there in the morning. It's so bad in some places I put my tackle in the truck if we go in some place to eat and I can't see the boat.
Sorry for the loss.
John

Boat ramps, boat storage facilities, and marina tend to draw thieves.............

Same thing happened to me about 15 years ago on The Vine. I had an old tackle box that was my bank fishing box with lures I had since I was a kid. Some sleezebag stole it when my back was turned 25 feet from where I was fishing. No amount of money can replace the memories contained in that box and the tackle.

I had my tackle stolen from my boat while attending a work get together/picnic at the bank presidents ranch outside of Emory years ago. We had to park our vehicle and boats in the hayfield (cut of course) as you enter his property, then walk around a treeline to the house and tank area so they were out of sight. Left and went to Lake Fork with plans to fish the rest of the weekend but all my tackle was gone out of the boat. My wife put out fliers and passed the word around the office to see if anyone would come clean or provide information but nobody seemed to know anything. The next year we went to the same company picnic. I didn't take anything this time. Was walking around the tank while other were fishing and found 2 of my tackle boxes, lol. Apparently some kid stole them the prior year. I talked to the parents but it didn't get me anywhere, even though they had no idea how the kid came up with the tackle since the Dad didn't even fish. Rather than start an argument, I moved on since I couldn't definitively prove anything (didn't have my name on anything, including the boxes or rods/reels). Lesson learned.

That has been going on for a long time, and I highly doubt it was a fellow fisherman. Thieves can paddle into a boat house unseen and steal whatever they want. Where they get caught is the marina has their own security and the thieves use a flashlight which gives them away to the security folks.

Thieves come in all shapes and sizes but I really doubt it was a fisherman. It might be kids like in Scott's post or it could be worthless local meth heads.

Sorry to hear that. I had all mine stolen while in college. They broke the lock on my trucks toolbox. Took a long time to reload.

Sorry for your loss. I will blame Kayaks, none of this happened before Kayaks. It's all their fault.

And meth.

12' long john boat could make these stealth boat house visits too. This was happening long before kayaks were popular.

You're wrong. No one was cruising the canals and boat slips in a dang Jon boat. Theft at the coast sky rocketed with the popularity of Kayaks. In and out with out a sound.

has anyone seen bigfoot lately?

Actually I have. Saw one on my way to Lake Palestine just a couple of days ago. Took picture but it didn't come out very well as I was in car and it was very early in morning and foggy. I know where it hangs out though and should have a better pic soon. Be on the lookout when you get near Frankston.

So somebody took all your gear from you? From you while you were in possession of it? Damn, never heard of somebody being "ROBBED" of fishing gear.

Now I have heard of somebody having their boat "BURGLARIZED", but more common is "THEFT" since the boat has to be in the water for it to be considered a "Burglary Motorized Vehicle."

I am confused now. Can we just call them all heists?
It has a good ring to it.

Meth heads in stolen kayaks pulling Walmart blow up rafts that they throw the gear in.

Sorry for your loss. Something like that hurts a little deeper because of the level of disrespect associated with it.

can't tell you all the stuff stolen from my Dad's backyard on Lake Arlington
motors - jon boats - tackle sitting on the dock

1 time, we had a transom lock on a little 5 horse Johnson motor
they unlocked it & then put it back on
minus the motor of course
that 1 pi$$ed me off

I'm wondering why the op thinks he owns the water in his slip.

I think he meant someone pulled in, got out of their boat on the slip and then broke into where his geared was stored

I dont own [censored] when it comes to a slip..i lease the space..i do own everything in it and around it..your remark about owning the water comes from most of those out there that feel they can do whatever they want when it comes to being on the water..when you lease a slip you have the rights to the area and no one else can just pull on in and make themselves at home!

do you need any tackle? I can dig through my stash and find you lots of soft plastics, if you need it.

Good Job ronnie

I have a lot of plastic you can have also, just PM me if you need

I write this to let everyone know that 3/4 of my tackle was returned late last night..the local avid Grapevine fishermen came to the rescue and i will not mention their names..after group texts and phone calls were made a blocked caller came through and came clean..after a wild goose chase of where it would be finally it was left at the lake behind the dumpsters..all i know right now is 2 guys that have been fishing our slips decided to steal from me..yea they are avid fishermen with from the description of having decent bass boats..they have till the end of the day to return my plastics and top water baits or the police will be called! Thanks to Scott's Marina for taking down boat numbers and the good hearted area fishermen on The Vine!

You are a good dude! i hope the good Lord continues his blessings on you!

great news!

Told you they were kayaker meth heads.

The way he put the high noon deadline on bringing his plastics and top waters back is getting me excited. This needs to be a straight to DVD movie.

Read his op. He talks about people crappie fishing the slips.

Had stuff stolen from me happened about 15 years ago to me. I pull into the park between silverlake and the dam, for some reason the name has slipped me. I had 4-5 rods in the back of my truck as well as a net and tackle box. I took 3 of the rods and the tackle box down the hillside to fish. Two guys fishing on the hill saw me. They got up and left shortly after I went down. Came back up to find they grabbed my other two poles and net. They were in a red truck. I swore if I even saw them again, a rock was going threw their windshield.

Sorry for your loss. But I also hate people that think they own the water. you might own/lease a dock. But the water it's on you don't.

I'm so confused

Lol

I'm confused. What did he say in his posts that leads you to say this?

Did you read his post. He ranted about people fishing the boat slips. Says it is mooching of the people that pay for the slips. Idiotic

My ex FIL used to have a place on Tawakoni. The one time he forgot to cut the power on the boat lift he got hit. Came out the next morning and the boat was down on the lift with the 150 Johnson missing off the back.

Huh. I read it as complaining about folks who pull their boats into someone else's private boat slip. If that's my boat slip, I've paid for the exclusive occupancy of that space. Anyone else pulling their boat in is trespassing.

Now if someone pulls up outside of the boat slip and casts into the slip to fish, no big deal.

By law as long as they do not tie up to the dock they can fish all they want.

Did the shoot out go down at high noon!?

PS legit kayak fishermen are good folks. Some are kinda DBs but in my experience with the kayak "community" they are not theives.

That said, there are certainly exceptions to every rule.

Kayakers glide thought the water like thieves steal the night. (I think I need to stop drinking now)

You take that negativity elsewhere.

Well did the thief return the ill gotten swag?

Or did you have to call in the sheriff and his posse on em?

Kayak people are the skate boarders of the fishing world.

Well, Dan wears Vans, so that makes sense.

I thought he wore DC

My mistake. I think you're right.

DCs man. Not Vans.

DCs or Sketchers.

They are just as good on the rudder pedals as on a deck (sk8 board deck).

Coyote corrected me on your shoe choice. My bad, no disrespect.

Vans are for Qs. Now DCs totally different.

You are absolutely correct.

Vans are for Q's

DC's are for trannys

Gtfo my state