I had to register and log in to post this but I will back up my friend who is a doctor and had the rods stolen. My buddy left the rods in the middle of the river on the island that was very very difficult to get to at this water level. He will admit that he should not have left them there but was closely watching all the fisherman in the area. The only way that someone would have taken the rods is if they had risked going out to the island or by boat. He was obviously watching every boat going by and even talked to the one who took the rods. IT WAS NO ACCIDENT and HE HAD NO INTENTION OF RETURNING THE RODS. Reason behind that is that he only took the rods and not the bait box, fish on a stringer, or the sweater that were right there also. If he was such a good samaratain then he would have grabbed all of the gear to return it. Pretty difficult to explain why he chose to take the $400 worth of rods and not the other belongings.
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Curious as to why you left the rest of the gear.