Help! I Lost a Bunch of Equipment

[greebs]

I pulled the bonehead award today and forgot to shut the tailgate on the truck today on my way home to sioux falls from lake madison today (Sun. 12/7). The equipment includes a two person Eskimo flip type shack (green material with black sled base), a Vexilar Fl-8, and a Strikemaster gas auger.

I drove from Walkers Point to Hwy 19 to Humboldt, then went to Hartford and turned towards Wall Lake corner and then home. Unfortunately this whole trip home was after dark so I didn't notice it had fallen out until I got home. I drove back to Madison on the same route very slowly but unfortunately, did not find anything. I didn't come across any debris on the road though so I'm hoping it may have dropped out when I took off from a stop sign somewheres along the way and some honest person picked it up.

If anybody knows of anybody saying they found any of this, I'd be greatly appreciative and would give a reward to whomever returns it.

361-7396

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[ifishsd]

That sucks.

Any luck on Madison? I was there at Walkers point from 9:00am till 10:30am. Didn't see a fish(water clear could count the rocks on the bottom).

[greebs]

we caught three perch. Had quite a ton of activity show up on my vexilar (makes me sick to think of fishing without it) right towards dark but couldn't get many to hit.

[HOF#13]

Hey Greebs,
I saw your post this morning, so over my noon hour I drove down to Walker's Point and looked again for you. Sorry to say I didn't find anything. I'll keep my ears open up here, and if I hear anything I'll let you know.

[greebs]

I appreciate it HOF.

[WxMan]

Greebs:

Give me a call at my bait & tackle store, Dakota Angler. I have some info for you. The phone number is 336-9132. If I'm not there, ask my employee of the phone number that is taped to the till. This gentleman stopped by the shop yesterday and said he found some stuff in Hartford, so it sounds like your stuff. Hope it is!! Good Luck!

Todd

[greebs]

All the equipment has been found and was not damaged. I was fortunate enough that it fell out of the truck right in Hartford rather than on the highway where I'm sure most of it would have been destroyed had it fallen out at highway speed (or even worse could have caused an accident). Even more fortunate for me is that an honest person found it and took the time to try to find the owner. (And I even had to work a little just to convince him to take a small reward for his work.)

Thanks again HOF and Wxman

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[Jigger Man]

Greebs,

I feel your pain. Last year on the way home from Yankton, my fish trap scout flew out of the back of my pickup. I was sick when I got out of the truck, and headed to the road to access the damage. I ended up with a road-rashed fish trap(not bad at all) a broken Vex battery, and damaged transducer. I lost a few rods and reels, an Arctic Warrior tip-up, and 2 magnetic tip ups. My hand auger recieved a few dents, but still works. My Buddy heater must have taken the brunt of the impact, it was in about 4 million pieces.

So remember to make sure everything is tied down before heading out on the road. It still upsets me, and I'm feeling a little sick right now!

[ifishsd]

I'm glad you found all your stuff. Good thing for the internet and this site.

It's nice to see there is still honest people out there,

[Guest]

I'm glad you got all of your stuff. I once left a gun leaning against a fence on public land on opening day of pheasant season. I went back to look for it and found a note with a phone number.

Thanks to honest and friendly people we both got our stuff back.
wp

[icehousebob]

Greebs, I love a happy ending. Much of the time all we hear about in the news is dishonesty and crime. Its nice to hear about honesty and good fortune for a change.
PS: From now on, close your tailgate.

[HOF#13]

Glad to hear that Greebs! It's good to hear about good, honest people doing the right thing.

[WxMan]

Greebs:

I'm happy to hear everthing worked out! And I'm glad I could help! Good fishing!!

[BDR]

This has been one of the best posts I've followed. Geat to hear of some good happening not bad. Brian

[Aberdak]

I watched this story from Greebs first post to today. Wow what a great ending. Sure gives a person the warm and fuzzies in a male sportsman sort of way. Good luck to all this weekend. I'll be hunting pheasants on Saturday and ice fishing on Sunday. I purchase a Mr buddy heater last night from Runnings and I looking forward to staying warm and cozy in my new used Ice shack.

[greebs]

got home from work the other day and there was a message from a gal in Madison who saw my 'lost' announcement in the Madison newspaper and matched it up with the 'found' announcement that was listed in the Argus Leader. She just wanted to make sure that I had noticed the Argus ad since she had put two and two together on that. Feels good to have had so many people looking out for me.

Guess I shouldn't complain now if I don't catch another fish all winter!!

[ICE FLASH]

I feel for you greebs, I lost a set of goose decoys out the back of my truck two years ago. Never founf them until last year when one of my friends were at a pawn shop and found them in the same bag that had my id tag attached. Some one got some quick cash. I am just glad that you got your stuff back. The hardest part of this situation would have been to try and explain to the wife that you need to go and spend a bunch of money and not miss the season..

[StPaulParkFisherman]

There must have been some one looking after you