Fished in Bamfield for 15 years with no problems.Hello friends,
I am boating to bamfield this August and rented a cabin down grappler. Has anyone had any problem about people stealing gear/riggers from boats? Safe to leave my rods and riggers on the boat during the night or should I bring them into the cabin.
Cheers
Or Hali bait lolthere is unfortunately a pair petty thieves around. she and he (travel together) and usually steal small easy items, nets, tanks, beers and empties. etc.. put your rods and down inside the boat. As far as i know they have never stolen a rigger or gps unit.
we have never had any reel problems with them. they have been warned by locals that they may be turned into crab bait.
those are the furry brown bandits!! stinky minky. oh, you meant them as bait.. i thought maybe they stole yer bait! ha!Or Hali bait lol
They work better for Hali if they're still moving...Or Hali bait lol
but we are posting about bamfield.. not so much there in the way of thieving. because there are no cops, we police ourselves and the thieves know it.. . believe me it has happened in the past. getting tied to a tree at the edge of town until the cops show up, can be uncomfortable.I never chance anything. Electronics, gear, riggers, swivels - all if it comes into my house every time. Never leave anything in my boat except my net, but mainly because I want a new one so would not be sad if it was swiped.
The way I see it, if it takes 15 minutes to move all my gear in and out each fishing trip it is worth it. Even cheap fishing stuff is expensive to replace! Forget about riggers and electronics.
If my gps/sounder was stolen, as if my wife would let me replace it - I'd be back to the olden days of charts. LOL
Yes, the locals used to take care of business in Tofino back in the day toobut we are posting about bamfield.. not so much there in the way of thieving. because there are no cops, we police ourselves and the thieves know it.. . believe me it has happened in the past. getting tied to a tree at the edge of town until the cops show up, can be uncomfortable.
I get that, just saying, spending 15 minutes can almost eliminate any chance of theft, so for me, no mater where I am, it is worth the bit of effort.but we are posting about bamfield.. not so much there in the way of thieving. because there are no cops, we police ourselves and the thieves know it.. . believe me it has happened in the past. getting tied to a tree at the edge of town until the cops show up, can be uncomfortable.
been doing Poetts/Bamfield for 40 plus years , we have thousands of dollars in gear on our boats , never heard of one incident , bad luck on the clips , theres always a jackass around i guess , Poetts Store/Breakers has plenty of tackle and hardware when called upon... Overall , the area from Poetts to Bam are pretty safe imo ... no need to lock up your gear every night imo , what a pain that would be.... ive left my wallet on the dash dozens of times , never touched....I take it all out. Was at Poett's once and someone decided to take my nice downrigger clips.
DR are all security bolded bases but the riggers come off everything comes out of my boat.
At home the kicker comes off every time. Big PIA but I don't want to buy a new one because someone decided they deserved it more than I do.
Maybe because I am a Yankee....It was a bummer.been doing Poetts/Bamfield for 40 plus years , we have thousands of dollars in gear on our boats , never heard of one incident , bad luck on the clips , theres always a jackass around i guess , Poetts Store/Breakers has plenty of tackle and hardware when called upon... Overall , the area from Poetts to Bam are pretty safe imo ... no need to lock up your gear every night imo , what a pain that would be.... ive left my wallet on the dash dozens of times , never touched....