On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 21:57:52 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 04:34:49 +0000, Calif Bill wrote:

Did run off a boat trying to pull the Telstars pots. Da$$%$$%%^% thieves.

A Farallon boat pulled away from the my pot area when we came to them,
so figure that my string had been poached!

Just coincidence, or is poaching common for that area?

Up here, it's not common, but it does happen.

Every once in a while, my brother's eel pots are raided - not often,
but it happens.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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