[walleyeman]

This came from Rob Pavlick here at Noreast...

Attention All Members,

This morning at about 3 A.M. Saltwaters Tackle in West Islip was broken into and robbed of thousands of dollars with of rods, reels, and tackle.

Store owner Mike McGee let me know that the intruders stole all of his premium brands, including Avet, Penn, Shimano, G Loomis , Seeker, and Rogue. According to his store alarm, they were in and out in 6 minutes. Mike beleives, because of the quickness of the robbery, that this could very well be a previous visitor to Saltwaters Tackle.

Please keep your eyes and ears open. If anyone has any information, please call the Suffolk County Police Department. They have a Crime Stoppers Hotline 1-800-220-TIPS. The tackle shop phone number is 631 539 9422. Please call Mike only if you have information for him today. As you can imagine, he will want to keep his phone lines open.

If there are updates, we will post them.

 

[walleyeman]

Let's do anything we can to help Mike.

If you see anything suspicious on e-bay, craigslist, etc. call the TIPS line above.

 

[Scott1280]

That SUX!

Do any of those reels have unique serial numbers on them? I'd definitly think to watch Ebay over the next several weeks to see if any surfaces. Also any of the sportsman shows this winter. Hope they catch them!

 

[mikeyreef]

SALTWATER TACKLE IS A NEW BUISSNESS THAT I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING IN THE FALL
THE OWNER WAS A GENTLEMAN
IT SUCKS THAT SOME LOWLIFE SCUMBAGS WOULD DO SUCH A S****Y THING
I HOPE THEY CATCH THEM AND PLACE THEM SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN BECOME
PLAYTHINGS FOR LARGE SWEATY MEN
IF I SEE ANYTHING I WILL CALL
MIKEYREEF

 

[LeoDA]

Link For VS serial numbers

These won't go far, they can't be serviced,... keep an eye out.
Stolen VS serial #s

This post edited by LeoDA 09:59 PM 01/25/2008

 

[HEADCHEF1971]

i shop there. nice and friendly service. i hope you catch the a*****holes who did this. does anyone have descriptions of merchindise? serials? etc... ill keep a watch in ebay for you guys. if you can post a list of stolen items. hope you had a video servaillance system in the store. somebody must know or saw something. i bet if you put a reward up , youll catch them.... good luck... see you in the spring time.

 

[644041]

Scott1280 wrote:
That SUX!

Do any of those reels have unique serial numbers on them? I'd definitly think to watch Ebay over the next several weeks to see if any surfaces. Also any of the sportsman shows this winter. Hope they catch them!

These were in the show case at the tackle shop as they didn't get the
boxes.

VS100 Serial #14636
VS150 Serial #13745
VS200 Serial #14652
VS275 Serial #15908

http://www.surfrats.com/montauk/viewtopic.php?t=6093

If anyone has any information, please call the Suffolk County Police
Department. They have a Crime Stoppers Hotline 1-800-220-TIPS. The tackle
shops phone number is (631)539-9422.

If you notice any suspicious sales online at various fishing forums,
eBay, craigslist or any of the other online auction sites, please call
the tips hotline immediately.

Time for our fishing community to band together when such tragedies
strike.

 

[tiderunner70]

bump

 

[longcast]

bump - Keep it near the top!

 

[walleyeman]

Thanks for the bump Tom - I'll sticky it.

 

[aerostern]

Mike is a great guy who hasa real quality shop and they have found out who did it. Supposedly 4 locals who actually shopped there! Hope they get what is due them. Would love it if they posted these lowlifes names and pics so they could be outed as the ****roaches they really are!!!!

 

[liJRtt]

how did they end up catching them?

 

[aerostern]

Supposedly one of the losers tried to sell some reels to someone who knew Mike.

 

[carsandfish]

Hope they catch the guys, and use 'em for shark bait

 

[StriperSniper93]

what ever happened with this?