Lets get the spring and summer fishing reports going in this thread.
Cheers All,
The amount of 'thieves' in the Nanaimo area is unbelieveable! Last year I caught them at two different
times with my gear in a boat and had guests aboard to witness. Yes...it is nice to get your gear back
without losing it but a person should be able to drop traps and be comfortable knowing they will not be
touched! I now take pictures of all vessels who touch my gear and turn it into the RCMP. I will also
(as of this year) be posting the information on this and another two sites to ensure others know the bad
actors in this area. However, I am not going to personally intervene as the safety of my guests, myself
and my vessel are not worth a few hundred dollars in gear and a lawyer to defend in an assault charge.
It was interesting to note that in both charters in which we caught the thieves red-handed (literally with
our red floats in their vessels) my guests had to be prevented from boarding the vessel to administer their
version of 'frontier justice'. Perhaps I should have accomodated them?