Killie THIEF - Please Stop (Oceanport)

[Arbutis]

I live in Oceanport and launch my boat at Blackberry Park. This has happened several times now so I thought I would just throw a post up - for what it's worth.
I work hard during the week and I put a killie trap out EVERY day and put the killies I catch into a yellow bait bucket as a holding tank. This week I finally accumulated a nice number of large killies so that I could take my kids out Saturday morning for fluke fishing in the river.
Every day I check the trap, cull out the little ones, save the big ones in the holding bucket, re-bait, feed the killies in the bucket.

This morning - around 8:30am I was all set to go out with the kids and as I launch my boat I check the trap and the bucket - - - it was pulled by someone and completely emptied! The bucket and trap were left empty on the bulkhead out of the water.

Sometimes kids will pull the trap here and play around with it - but I had re-baited this last night and found it emptied early this morning. No kids were out this early. I was FURIOUS ! Not only about the stolen bait and the time it took me all week to gather the nice big killies I like to use - but for the disappointment in my kids who were looking forward to some fishing with dad on the weekend.

To make it even worse, I re-baited the trap and put it out to start all over again. When I went to check it a few hours later it was GONE completely. WTF?

Whoever this A-hole is, I hope you read this post and feel like $hit. Stay away from other people's bait buckets! If it's not yours, have some respect and leave it alone.

[Billfish715]

You might have stumbled onto someone's turf but more than likely it's the local kids. It is in a nice neighborhood but it is a public park. We've had killies stolen from alongside our boat in a private dock/condo complex on Branchport Creek. I've had them stolen from shallow water on an island in the Shrewsbury that was only accessible by boat. The crabbers are out and about so no bulkhead is safe to leave anything. Why did you leave it there? Whoever is the thief does not read this board.......guaranteed.

[arat]

The guy is a total a hole but you should know better than to trust people when no one is looking. Many will screw you every time. This is just one more example of that.

[Bass_Appeal]

My uncle has his boat moored at a local marina and left his net in the pole holder , well one morning he went down to go out fishing , no net on the boat ! Thinking someone stole it , bought a new one. Went down the next morning and the old net was there ! Wtf ....he said something to the owner of the marina and a guy actually left a not saying he borrowed the net off so and so's boat ....that so and so happened to be my uncle ....the balls of people , he didnt even know my uncle went onto his boat took his net and used it like it was no big deal !!

[kmaty]

Funny was there last night at a last ditch effort to get some candies there was nobody around the baseball feild area didn't see nor would i care for your killies...i will def keep my eye out tho as im in the area...somany better spots and what do you think would happen in a public area?!

[shrimpman steve]

People are dbags

[Billfish715]

I've made my own killie cars from wood and galvanized mesh. I've made them out of all wood. They work very well but are visible.....not as much as a yellow bait bucket, however. Try sealing the ends of a killie trap with bottle corks to keep the bait from escaping. The cork or rubber stoppers can be taken out so the trap can be reset. Or, you can take an old trap and pinch the wire funnels closed. Attach a line to the clip as usual, add the killies, place a small piece of bunker in with them and lower the trap into the water. Tie a small stick or twig to the end of the line to mark it. High tide is best. The trap and its contents remain hidden; the bait stays alive; and you can retrieve it by snagging the line with a weighted treble or long pole. You can do the same at your boat dock if there are incidents with empty or missing bait containers.

[Arbutis]

Here's my new and improved killie trap and holding bucket. Hopefully this will do the trick. I refuse to move my trap from my local boat ramp location.

[Captain Rich]

Originally Posted by Arbutis

Here's my new and improved killie trap and holding bucket. Hopefully this will do the trick. I refuse to move my trap from my local boat ramp location.

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You are assuming the thief knows how to read

[jiggingworld]

Originally Posted by Arbutis

Here's my new and improved killie trap and holding bucket. Hopefully this will do the trick. I refuse to move my trap from my local boat ramp location.

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that's very funny,

I kept my boat in Browns Boat yard for 7 seasons, my rods,reels,v nets, etc.. kept in the boat, never had any issue at all.. I guess it depends on area..