Had a tourney last weekend. As I was hooking up the boat I noticed my Hummingbird 997 was no where to be found. Well I thought I might have misplaced it so I fished without for the day. I tore up my garage, went through all storage in my boat and decided it was gone. I got the bright idea to check Craigslist and low and behold there was one on there. This wasnt a huge coincidince since many people have graphs for sale. This one happened to be in my home town of Springtown and looked like it was taken in the pistol case I used to safe store it in. He also was asking $1000. So he obviously knew what he had. Anyways if you bought a Bird from a guy in Springtown and want the rest of it I will sell it to you also. I have the GPS puck and side imaging transducer I will sell .
I have good INS. so i will get to replace it. Would yall go with the same one and then do the upgrades in 2 months for down imaging or wait for the new ones to come out.
Signed PO'ed in Springtown

It'll probably take 2 months to get a settlement,..I'd wait..who knows maybe the guy will go down on his price, and you can get your old one back too,..good luck.

I would call the guy and go meet him! And he would be humming a different kind a bird ( Jail) if he is the one that took it. I hate a thief

ummm i'm guessing the guy took it down? didn't you get the police involved once you found it?

man that sucks rut, i heard about that the other day at the meeting. that guy will get whats coming to him.

how much do u want for the puck and stuff, i need it for my new SI??? JK.

Humminbird should have your serial number from when you registered it as well to prove it was yours.

That sux, sorry to hear about it. Hope the P.O.S. gets what is coming to him.

Wow, if I was the insurance company this sounds more like you've set it up and cashing in on it! You didn't mention any police involvement, or try to investigate. Just oh well and let the insurance pay off. Wow.

Sounds to me like he's getting the shaft from both directions and is just fed up with it all. I've had stuff stolen out of my truck before and it can be very frustrating. By the time it's all over months later, and how little is done about it, you almost regret reporting it. I actually know someone who had a car radio stolen when I was in college. He found it at a local pawn shop and had the serial numbers at home to prove it was his. He called the police and they suggested that if he want that specific radio back, it would be quicker and less paperwork to just go purchase it from the pawn shop. That sux!!! Unfortunate but true story.

He also may be looking for the fastest way to get his boat ready for upcoming tournaments. Insurance can be as little as a few weeks, and anything else is much much longer. When your the victim, sometimes you just want the fastest resolve to get your life back to normal . . . . . can't blame him for that.

I get it. Didn't think of it that way. I would just be careful, cause an insurance company can be real easy to deny you for the simplest thing too. Come to think of it, you would need a police report for the insuance company anyway.

I would have called the guy on craiglist, and checked the serial number. If it matched

Sorry to hear that Rutster.If you find out anymore info,let us Westomess guys know who the S.O.B is.

Yeah that suxs man. I would call the dude and check the serial numbers with yours and if they match call the cops!!!

I hope you don't have State Farm. When all my rods and reels were stolen from my boat on my driveway they said that they were not covered because they were not part of the boat, but they then said if it had been skis it would have been covered, i still have not fiqured that 1 out!!!