2 boats seized

You would think after the public shaming the last guy got, people would pull their heads in a bit .
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Media-releases/Pages/Cray-fever-claims-two-more-victims.aspx


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Should use some of the fine

Thu, 2016-11-10 15:07

Should use some of the fine to purchase a vinyl wrap that goes along the hull with a photo and name of the offender too.

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 Lol never Grant, always a

Thu, 2016-11-10 16:15

 Lol never Grant, always a good supply of knob jockies out there. 

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Thu, 2016-11-10 17:00

 Fisheries web site is not coming up just now, keeps timing out.

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Well done fisheries

Thu, 2016-11-10 17:11

If you touch other peoples gear this is what we will do to you,yeeeah.

After the last thieving bastard got himself spread all over the social media you would think the message would have got through to these type of people, but I guess the old saying nah they will never catch me is still alive.

Well you knuckle headed bastards it did happen to you.

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awesome

Thu, 2016-11-10 17:30

 2 more pole smokers off the water good on ya fisheries keep up the good work!

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I have a better ideas than seizure

Sun, 2016-11-13 20:32

 As someone suggested above, a vinyl wrap with wording along the lines of "I am a thieving dog and probably shouldn't be trusted around children" or words to that effect. The offender would have to pay for the wrap, of course. But there would be a very, very  heavy fine associated with any removal or alteration of said wrap, including by any possible buyer. This would be trackable by rego transfer. So the bastard is stuck with it cluttering up his driveway/ shed, can't use it or sell it. This could have a set term attached, say, 2 years?

Nasty enough?

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 I reckon just raffle the

Sun, 2016-11-13 20:34

 I reckon just raffle the boats and gear off. A win win imo, money for fisheries coffers and someone walks away with a very cheap boat. 

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Would YOU buy the boat?

Mon, 2016-11-14 07:18

 If it's had itself plastered all over FB as being involved in pot theft, I wouldn't go anywhere near it. I suspect it wouldn't recieve much of a price. And the money would probably go to dodgy research "confirming" that Whalers of all types are endangered and in need of protection  I'd rather just hang that metaphorical sign around the offenders' neck for a while, can't hide behind anonymity.

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 So you believe that money

Mon, 2016-11-14 07:31

 So you believe that money that fisheries receives is wasted? 

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Some of it*

Mon, 2016-11-14 09:50

 And no guarantee it wouldn't just go into Consolidated Revenue, and you know what that means. Or Fisheries could spend it sending officers around to harass blokes who were stupid enough to post pics of a big catch'n release bronzie, threatening them with prosecution , as happened a while back. Or try to send blokes broke with their unlimited resources by dragging them through the courts with stupid interpretations of the undersize release rule, as also happened recently. I seem to recall Fisheries weren't quite so popular  then, were they. 

We are all loving it when they catch pot thieves, but you need to look at the bigger picture. I think some peoples' memories are a bit short, or selective. 

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 These incidents you have to

Mon, 2016-11-14 10:36

 These incidents you have to admit are a very small proportion of what they do on a whole the whole year round. We all know  knobs in every profession. I reckon fisheries do an excellent job of a whole and of all the dealings I've had with them at the ramps etc have always been positive and informative. They probably get sick and tired of smart arses like that knob jockey who refused to open his esky for inspection or I can only imagine countless other wankers who refuse to tow the line. It's the old thing, do nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about. And it's a he said she said situation in most of the cases, there's always two sides to a story. I couldn't really care if it did go back into consolodated revenue either it's still going to be spent on something for the community. 

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A couple of mates of mine had

Mon, 2016-11-14 20:12

A couple of mates of mine had their 4 pots stolen out from the Three Sisters Warnbro Sound some time over the weekend. Bigger penalties are needed to stop this shit.

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Whilst bagging our 16 crays

Mon, 2016-11-14 20:27

Whilst bagging our 16 crays today on scuba I found 2 pots with cut ropes that were no doubt presumed 'stolen'. 

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Wayne

Mon, 2016-11-14 20:35

 ID Numb . Welded onto plates. Neck going into pots. Main frame. Front top & bottom. Same on back. Removable door. Bait lids. Also done some off side slates. Die grinder. Got 12 I'd points on every pot. Peters mine also my boys. Would be way to hard to remove them all. Especially ones welded onto weights. Also I have no floating rope. I have lead 20 feet down on main line. Holds floats straight up and down any excess rope under water. No chance on prop cutting float off. Will it work ? Unsure.

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Dunno how much floating

Mon, 2016-11-14 20:57

Dunno how much floating rope..could of been an issue but 4 gone all close to each other.. Just put $800 into a pot winch..didn't get to use it.

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Bugger

Mon, 2016-11-14 21:21

 Pot winches most of issue. Makes them easy . Way to easy. 

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 They could use some of the

Tue, 2016-11-15 08:49

 They could use some of the cash to employ extra officer's down this way. Fished from the same boat ramp for 35 yrs never seen one at the ramp , bar 1 vollie a few years ago. Asked them once what would be the result if i reported an incident over a weekend and was told they don't work weekends . Go figure.

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