syko, I'm sure Vince was talking about magicflys comment about signing his magazine when he said it was kinda funny. Also you said in your post that the spot your friend left his gear was very,very hard to get to,good reason for vhawk to think someone in a boat might have left them. Don't know about the sweater and bait box but about the fish,maybe they already had their limits and didn't want to take a chance with having more fish than legal, really officer we found this fish and we were going to drop it off at the store hoping the owner would claim it. I don't know vhawk other than what he has posted and seeing him at solfly but he seemed to be a good man. Not suprised at how quick some of you regulars are to have your fist meet their nose without hearing their side of the story first . Rod