jlbassin
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Everyone,
I spent hours packing our boat for vacation to Leech Lake for a week and last night someone stole our 2003 18.5 ft Crestliner Fishhawk, black with Khaki, 2003 model, Yamaha 115 4-stroke. It has a Lowrance LCX 17M Ram mount, Minnkota 80 thrust on front, Karavan Trailer, pretty common Fishawk color scheme and trailer, but it stands out as There are smallmouth and Largemouth stickers on all sides, and a big one on the driver side of boat and on back of boat. There is a G-loomis logo/sticker in Red/White/Blue on passenger windshield, and a Jimmy D's River Bugs sticker on Driver's windshield. The cover/step on boat passenger side, (car, driver's side) will be pretty damaged as they smashed it against a tree when they drug it out of my driveway and the light was ripped off! I had 2 carrot stix rods with $100 reels on both, 2 G-Loomis Bronzebacks at $250 a piece with $150 Diawa Reel on one and a $100 prodigy reel on the other, 1 Lamiglass 7ft crankbait rod $150 rod, $150 old style curado reel, 6.6ft St. Croix casting rod with same Curado, Spider wire rod/reel baitcast set up, both my son and daughter's ugly sticks, plus every single piece of tackle, leatherman's tools, knifes, fishing licenses, tons of rapalas, spinner baits, etc. I do not have one piece of fishing equipment that wasn't in that boat. Kids bikes, 5 yr old boy Black/Silver/Red looks like a dirtbike/motocross looking thing, all our golf clubs, suitcase full of my son's and daughter's clothes.... I could go on and on but PLEASE when your at the landings and on the lakes around the state like i was going to be, please look at trailers in the lots and boats on water for what I am missing and call 911 and then me on my cell phone 763-258-4615.
I appreciate it greatly as I have lost a great deal here!!!
-Jeremy L.
Edited by Briank (07/04/09 12:13 AM)
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trumar
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Not sure what to say about this....So sorry to hear of your lose  In what area was it taken from ? .
I am going to the river (upper end of pool 4 ) for the week end ,I will certainly keep my eyes open in that area..
Again, sorry to hear such sad news, hope all turns out well in the end.
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"When it comes to family-Sometimes it not all about fishing" ~Trumar 2009
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Pete Bauer
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 That’s horrible! I hope your able to recover your stuff
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James Holst
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jlb
I'm sorry to hear of your loss. If you have a photo or two of your boat, please post those photos. A picture is worth a thousand words and will go a long way to helping people ID you rig.
If you have any issues posting those pics just email them to james.holst@in-depthoutdoors.com and I'll make sure I can get them here online.
Again, I'm sorry to hear this happened to you and your family.
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James Holst - In-Depth Outdoors TV Host
IDA Guides Guide Service
Ph. 507-271-0362
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chomps
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where are you at or what region? I'll be sure to be on the look out, but not sure if the low lifes are headed this way.
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Pete
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walleyeben
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That is outragous!Hope you find her and your gear!Sometimes I wish boat trailers had License plates!
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jlbassin
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I live in New Hope, MN
License plate on Boat trailer is 4868CDT
I will try to figure out photo!
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sos
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Sorry to here about your loss i will be on lake pepin for the weekend i will keep my eyes open.
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Jeff Jensen
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That makes me want to puke! Hope you get her back with all of your gear. GL
BTW.....What did the authorities have to say?
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Stuart
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Best of luck to you,very sorry to hear of your loss.
We all will keep our eyes out for your boat and gear.
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Hot Runr Guy
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Quote:
I live in New Hope, MN
License plate on Boat trailer is 4868CDT
I will try to figure out photo!
Jeremy, I took the liberty of also posting your notice over on Walleye Central. What is the hull registration #, in case somebody see's the rig on the water?
HRG
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jlbassin
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My Hull says MN 0968 JN
Authorities have it registered with DNR and you know drill, if something shows up Yeah, otherwise working on replacing it all with Insurance!!
One annual vacation for one week, those memories don't happen this year for kids!!
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Mike W
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That sucks. Hope you get it back or the guys that took it fall out and sink. Cant even imagine the day you are having today. Ill keep a eye out for it.
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Mike Westman - www.HomeTownplumbing.net
Your twin cities plumbing experts!
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Nic Habeck
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Jeeez. Hope you had good records for the insuranc. Can't believe someone would resort to that. Going to update my list of what I own, have been hearing a lot of theft stories lately, but the whole boat. I know what I would have been doing....   
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Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught. ~Author Unknown
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vikefanmn77
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It seems impossible that someone would get away with stealing a boat. Im certain you will be reunited with it soon... 
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Fishbizbob
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Jeremy,
Sorry to hear about this
I'll keep my eyes on this weekend down here in Iowa. I hope they catch them and then let you have them for about 20 minutes in a very dark alley!!!
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Tight Lines,
Bob Gillispie
Custom Jigs & Spins Inc
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BFishn Tackle
www.bfishntackle.com
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wkw
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Boy, that really sucks ! Sorry to hear about your loss.
We'll all be looking. This site has alot of people on it that cover a HUGE area.
Keep in mind guys, these low-lifes probably have those stickers peeled off by now, etc. I can't imagine they would be dumb enough to use it on the busiest water week end of the year, but they probably will.
To: Whoever stole the boat,
You can run, but you can't hide from a bunch of PO'd outdoorsman and women.
WKW
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Outdraft
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I'll definately keep an eye out hear on the river,makes me sick to hear a story like that, if you can get a pic. posted i will print it off and post it hear at work, we see the boats nice and close
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Czech
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That really sucks, I can't believe that people would do this. Know that you have many eyes on the road and water here, let's find these guys and put the them in jail. Or worse.
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millerman
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Very sorry to hear that! Eyes will be on the lookout for you and your families stuff!
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James Holst
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Here's those pics. I was traveling all day and just got the laptop fired up. I REALLY hope they nail the creep that nabbed your rig.
Edit: the wireless I'm on times out before I can upload it is Soooooo Slow! I'll have to find another way to get them on here.
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James Holst - In-Depth Outdoors TV Host
IDA Guides Guide Service
Ph. 507-271-0362
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Steve Plantz
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I will be waiting to see those pics. I posted this link on Facebook and also emailed the link out to friends who live in the twin cities area, if everyone that reads this does the same maybe we can help catch this jerk.
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Steve Plantz ~ IDO Management Team
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Briank
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Pics here again in case they weren't seen in the first post.
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Briank's Trophy Catfishing and Sturgeon Adventures
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AndyB
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That is sickening Ive written down your boat info and #s in case I see these jack  's out on the water with your boat. Sorry to hear this.
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chippee
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wow that really sucks, I'm probably to far away but will keep my eyes peeled, I would also keep an eye on area classifieds... craigslist... etc, as they may just be looking to turn it for cash versus actually using it.
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Steve Plantz
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Jeremy I contacted some of the News stations in the Twin Cities and Maggie Newland from channel 5 replied back to me and wants to do a story on this she should be giving you a call sometime today.
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Steve Plantz ~ IDO Management Team
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hookem
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Wow,sorry to hear about this. The people that did it must not have a brain. I can't imagine how they think they will get away with it. I too will keep my eyes open. With all the sportsmen & women out there watching for it,I'm sure it will turn up.
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Steve Plantz
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Jeremy, Jeffrey DeMars from Channel 11 also replied back to me and would like to talk to you he left a message on your cell.
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Steve Plantz ~ IDO Management Team
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James Holst
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Great work Steve! 
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James Holst - In-Depth Outdoors TV Host
IDA Guides Guide Service
Ph. 507-271-0362
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hoistafish1
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I'm worried with the state of this nation, that this kind of stuff is going to be the norm. Sad day when you have to fight to keep what is yours! Sorry to hear about your ordeal, hope they catch these low life's and you get you stuff back.
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WarrenMN2
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Two thoughts. One is when some one offers you equipment that is too good to be true, remember you might be encouraging this.
The other is my boat is so unique you wouldn't make it out of the county with out some one noticing. Most of your boats look like a million others. Too bad you couldn't "paint" a large avatar on some where so a person would damage the paint job removing it, not just a fish decal.
Lost a 20hp many years ago, hope you have luck finding it. Couple of suggestions, print your picture and take it out and canvas your neighborhood. Police won't spend the time to check it out. Do a little leg work of your own. Make sure your local law enforcement tells all its people to be on the look out. This info is general not passed on shift to shift.
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plungepool
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Jeremy I contacted some of the News stations in the Twin Cities and Maggie Newland from channel 5 replied back to me and wants to do a story on this she should be giving you a call sometime today.
Great Idea Steve
Unfortunately I'm stuck at work while this saga unfolds, but I hope it works out for the best.
I can't even imagine what I'd do if this happened to me
I wouldn't even know where to start
I think I'm gonna have to take some pictures of the rig and all my gear. Then I'm gonna have to write a detailed list of all the makes, model #, and serial # of every concievable piece of equipment I have.
What a pain in the but I guess I'll just suck it up so if something like this happend to me, I'd be prepared 
Good luck
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Stillakid2
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Sounds like a classic case of either being scoped or someone who knew your plans is on the take. Any neighborhood witnesses or info? Anyone you know taking a sudden trip somewhere?
Hate to say it but these kind of thefts are rarely done for possession so let's all pray they're that stupid! Items will likely be split up and sold and not usually in obvious places. If I were to guess, your rig is 5 states away by now and resembles a fau registration. It's about guaranteed no one wanted your stuff, just the money it can bring and that's what makes these crimes so hard to solve.
I really feel for ya and I hope they turn out to be totally stupid idiots who get caught. If they're not found out, I do hope your insurance will at least replace the items lost and your annual trips can resume again soon.
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PierBridge
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Check Pawns shops along with E-Bay and Craigslist often... Criminals are quite stupid to begin with!...
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fish4fish888
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i agree with posting on craigslist and any other online classifieds, put the pics on there and anything else you can think aobut. i will kepp my out too. i sure hope that you find your stuff. i am very sorry to hear about this.
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Steve Plantz
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One more Jeremy, WCCO called me tonight around 7pm wanting to know if you got your boat back yet, they would like to talk to you also and said they would give you a call. This was the first chance I had to get back to the computer. Hopefully with a few of the stations running your story your boat will be found. Let's all keep our fingers crossed.
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Steve Plantz ~ IDO Management Team
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jlbassin
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Everyone,
I have some good news and not so good news! First I want to thank the outpooring of help and concern for me and my family from all of you, especially you Steve!!
They found our boat on Bryant ave in MPLS trashed with 2 flat tires and the 4 stroke 115hp motor hanging by 2 bolts!!
I have NO IDEA of what is left of the custom cover and all the fishing equipment inside along with the kids clothes and bikes and everything else as we still decided they couldn't take our vacation away from us and we are up in Walker, MN at Leech Lake. When I get back I will figure out all of those details and I already have made claims for homeowner's insurance to replace anything that is damaged or missing alltogether. I am sure the boat and trailer will need major repairs or replacement all-together.
My best piece of advice is video-tape and write down eveerything you keep in your boat, cuz WOW we are still coming up with stuff that was in there and it adds up fast!
Thanks again, look for a possible News story later this week.
-Jeremy
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Steve Plantz
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Great to hear they found your boat Jeremy and nice to hear you still went on your vacation. Hopefully you will come out all right with your insurance, I will be watching for the story on one of the news stations and try and post it here if possible.
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Steve Plantz ~ IDO Management Team
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old rat
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congrats on getting the boat back.. are there video cameras of the street where the boat was found? if so, the police should be able to find these fine gentlemen and turn them over to the sportsmen of the IDO fishing forum for a visit.
where we can instruct them into learning this is mine and not yours. and afterwards those fine gentlemen can spend some time talking to the Police with a "come to Jesus attitude.. "
I am sure that we could persude them and others like them the rules of touch, no touch, in very simple terms..
Good luck with your insurance carrier.. and if you have problems with them, let us all know.. so that we can pursude them as well to be generous in their assessment of your claim.
glad that there is some closure here..
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ct
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I've been following this thread and have to ask if the trailer had the hitched locked down and if the boat was outdoors. Even in the garage I wrap my chains around the tongue a couple times and then lock each when the hitch gets the lock closed.
Sad story anyway. Its too bad you didn't have some bad wiring touching the trailer frame while your batteries were charging and a large puddle under the boat.
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Plastics: making better fishermen without bait! Good Fishing Guys!
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PierBridge
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Next battle is with the insurance comapny!
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Steve Plantz
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look for a possible News story later this week.
Be sure and let us know which station and when it will air.
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Steve Plantz ~ IDO Management Team
Edited by Steve Plantz (07/05/09 04:58 PM)
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jlbassin
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Hi Everyone,
Good news, (other than a fisherman with kids who love to fish and a wife who loves time on the water are out a boat, the insurance company totalled the boat out for $700 less than I paid for it from a dealer 4 yrs ago. I did not return any calls a week later when I got back from vacation to news stations to give the criminals any glory and I don't care to be on the news really, so I am waiting for the small amount I will clear after deductible and loan being paid off, with cover and GPS you really don't come out ahead much as they are gone but figured into boat value, when you pay for them after buying the boat. Anyways, i appreciate the support, now to continue waiting on insurance $$ for personal items and rods/lures etc. that won't be recovered.
take care
-Jeremy
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Ruger2506
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Quote:
Hi Everyone,
Good news, (other than a fisherman with kids who love to fish and a wife who loves time on the water are out a boat, the insurance company totalled the boat out for $700 less than I paid for it from a dealer 4 yrs ago. I did not return any calls a week later when I got back from vacation to news stations to give the criminals any glory and I don't care to be on the news really, so I am waiting for the small amount I will clear after deductible and loan being paid off, with cover and GPS you really don't come out ahead much as they are gone but figured into boat value, when you pay for them after buying the boat. Anyways, i appreciate the support, now to continue waiting on insurance $$ for personal items and rods/lures etc. that won't be recovered.
take care
-Jeremy
Sorry to hear you got hit like that. When you check into insurance, there is an personal property addition you can put on your boat insurance.
I was worried about that as well. So when I talked with my agent, she told me we could add an $8,000 personal property coverage for the graphs, rods, tackle, etc. You can adjust that number as you see fit. That way if my boat is stolen or sunk with all it's accessories. Everything is covered, minus the deductible.
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BOAT STOLEN- HELP PLEASE!!
