Gear'n'beer!
Well-Known Member
Someone has been systematically emptying prawn traps at night on the inlet. Last week they hit mine 3 out of 4 nights. The night they missed had 500 and the nights they hit them had 20 or less. I have reported this to the RCMP in Sidney and there is a file # 2014-1809. If enough of us complain perhaps they will take it seriously and catch these pricks.
Everyone I have spoken to has had the same thing happen to them
If you read this whole post it's pretty common. Traps overnight is asking for problems, hell leaving traps is open for problems. Cops will do nothing, there isn't even anything they can do. Even guys caught red handed just say " I thought they were mine".... How can you even dispute that? It's not like its in the criminal code.
The only answer is to sit on your traps or keep an eye on them.
Good luck but cops can't and will not do anything......