mike rousseau Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 I was recently followed from the local boat launch... The car in question was waiting at the launch after dark for me to return... And left right behind me... Luckily I was paying attention and noticed this right away... So on the way home I took a few turns that make no sence and the car kept following... So we decided to go down a one way street so I could stop and block the road with my truck and boat to confront this skumbag... That was the turn they didn't make... Either they figured out we were testing them or they knew my boat would be somewhere in the next few blocks... They almost came to a stop watching us drive down the road... I thought I'd share this with everyone I was lucky enough to spot these losers... But in the summer with a busy parking lots at the launch... I never would have noticed... In the past couple years I've had fishing gear stolen a couple times including my bow mount trolling motor and over $500 in lures... As well as my digital camera with all my fishing pics... So consider this a heads up... Look both ways and over you shoulder when you leave the launch...
Skipper D Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Mike , could it have been the under cover RCMP checking you out to see if you might be moving smokes ?
mike rousseau Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Posted December 15, 2011 Why wouldn't they check us at the launch? Or continue to follow us after a couple unnesasary turns? I would also hope RCMP would be better at tailing people then sitting in a vacant parking lot... Starting their car after I pull my boat... And pulling out right behind me... I would hope...
adolson Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Good advice. If that ever happens to me, I'm gonna try to get the plate if possible. Maybe get out at a red light or stop sign and go confront them. Or make an unnecessary turn into the nearest police station. Go stop at Subway and get a fresh footlong turkey breast on whole wheat, and see what they do then. Or just make an O-turn and tail them (maybe tough to do with a boat and trailer, haha). But this probably won't happen to me, since my old canoe sits on top of my car pretty much whenever not in use, and there's rarely ever anyone at any of the lakes I go to. Still, I wouldn't have thought to keep an eye out, so that's good advice for all.
spoon Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Last year, first ice, we found a huge school of whitefish on simcoe. For a week no one else was still fishing whity grounds on simcoe. We came back the next weekend knowing that no one still dared to venture out. Our car was full of ice rods in plane view, 30 min away from simcoe we have a car behind us, we slow down, he slows down, we go around some streets, he follows. I tell my friend that for sure he knows that we are after whitfish because of the area that we are in and to "loose" him. We did. We get back to the area and park, when we were changing a police cruiser pulls up. The car that was following us was driven by a retired police officer and he noticed my friend cross inches of the white line and that this made him suspect something and thats why he followed us. We had a laugh with the officer when I told him the whole story. But it could have been bad for us and could have ruined our day Edited December 15, 2011 by spoon
OutdoorDan Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 I would have made a call to the police in your shoes, confronting them is just going to make them back off until the next opportunity... I don't think the OPP would take calls of being followed very lightly especially if you described the situation to them. Glad everything is okay though.
mercman Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Good advice Mike !! Ya cant be too careful.Although it woulda been funny to see the look on his face if you had of gotten out of you F150 and let him get a load of your stature I mean you're not a tiny dude
Skipper D Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Knowing what i know about what go's on along the river and why the new RCMP office is in town , i am sure i would be made to feel uncomfortable every time i put my boat in or out if i lived back there , i'd call them and see and if it was'nt them , then you could bring them up to speed on what you experiance . You know thease guys work in misterious ways at doing what ever they do . if its the other ..... kick ass ! Edited December 15, 2011 by Skipper " D "
mike rousseau Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Posted December 15, 2011 Good advice. If that ever happens to me, I'm gonna try to get the plate if possible. Maybe get out at a red light or stop sign and go confront them. Or make an unnecessary turn into the nearest police station. Go stop at Subway and get a fresh footlong turkey breast on whole wheat, and see what they do then. Or just make an O-turn and tail them (maybe tough to do with a boat and trailer, haha). But this probably won't happen to me, since my old canoe sits on top of my car pretty much whenever not in use, and there's rarely ever anyone at any of the lakes I go to. Still, I wouldn't have thought to keep an eye out, so that's good advice for all. Don't be so sure... One year after a local spring conoe race... The next day our canoe was stolen... We figured someone followed my brother after the race... Mind you it wasn't strapped to our car... I'm really trying to point out that most crime isn't random...
Skipper D Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Just got off the phone with family down there , The're saying the normal crap that go's on has spiked right now like it does at this time of the year . Criminals out seeing what they can get thier hands on to sell to have Christmas money , apparently its pretty bad right now .
Dan668 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) My brother has a done up circuit track car, when he comes home at night on the rare occassions he takes the car out you'd be surprised on how many times people follow us into the neighbourhood. We just make random turns and lose them. My truck was in the shop and no cars in the driveway and their was a random checking out my trolling motor on my lund a few weeks ago (I keep the boat right on the front lawn), right when I stepped outside, he sprinted away. What kills me is that this was in broad daylight! Dirtbags lol Edited December 15, 2011 by danbob
HTHM Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 My nephew is a Mountie in your neck of the woods Mike, and trust me, if you were being followed by them, you would never know. Probably some rube casing you out.
mike rousseau Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Posted December 15, 2011 Worst of all... It's not a crime to follow someone...
Dontcryformejanhrdina Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 My uncle had his boat motor stolen right out of his yard about a month ago when he was in the hospital having surgery. Scumbags are everywhere and will steal anything that's not nailed down.
Live2fish85 Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) My house was robbed when I was in my teens. We lived in a small town and there were 4 other houses robbed as well in the block that summer. Every house robbed had camper in the driveway getting ready and when they were gone, that's when they got us. Cops said they probably watched us for weeks, got everything. Edited December 15, 2011 by Live2fish85
Billy Bob Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 OMG......I can't ever let my wife read this....as she's always concerned when we head north to fish the Great White North every summer with my boat and or equipment... And here I always thought Canadians were the most honest people on the face of the earth...I always leave all my equipment on-board in my boat night and day....and I still have that faith in my good Canadian friends....but there is something to "out of sight, out of mind" reasoning when it comes to simple security... The only theft I have ever incurred in Ontario is my fishing spot once or twice....oh, I almost forgot...there was this Pizza Hut in North Bay (years ago) that charged me like $60 for a pizza a couple of beers and pop for the kids....now that highway robbery in my eyes... ..for $60 here I could be a co-owner of a pizza place...LOL
livinisfishin Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Brutal..had my outboard stolen this year and now I don't look at any of my stuff in the same way..locked up and covered up.
lew Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Here's a different but somewhat similar scenario The Canadian version of Antiques Roadshow was filming an episode in Toronto a few years back and my next door neighbor took an old painting of his down for an appraisal. I forget exactly but it was said to be worth something like $10,000 After the show he put it in the trunk of his car but when he got home it was pouring rain so he left the painting in the trunk so it wouldn't get wet. He woke in the morning to find the trunk open and the painting gone and figures someone from the show followed him home and stole it when he went in the house.
hirk Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Reminds me of the clowns driving a convertable with the roof made out of a curtain and duct tape lol. When I picked up my boat in the US they followed me for miles on I75,when I changed lanes so did they many times,finally I came to a dead stop in traffic in the center lane and they got the hint and screwed off.
Billy Bob Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Reminds me of the clowns driving a convertable with the roof made out of a curtain and duct tape lol. When I picked up my boat in the US they followed me for miles on I75,when I changed lanes so did they many times,finally I came to a dead stop in traffic in the center lane and they got the hint and screwed off. We do that all the time just to screw with you C.C's....
Harrison Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Mike , could it have been the under cover RCMP checking you out to see if you might be moving smokes ? Probably a pretty good chance this is the case. But not RCMP, Ontario agents.
Skipper D Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Seems like Robin Hood is'nt a nice guy any more .
Cast-Away Posted December 15, 2011 Report Posted December 15, 2011 Because he is too busy robbing the hood!
mike rousseau Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Posted December 15, 2011 Probably a pretty good chance this is the case. But not RCMP, Ontario agents. If it was cops ( wich I'm sure it wasn't) it would be RCMP... They cover the smuggling in our area... They even just built a new office in our area...
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