Family visiting us and my BIL and I made a trip to Crenshaw Mississippi to pick up an antique tricycle gear International Harvester he owned there. The tractor hasn't run in years and I personally would have hauled it to the scrap yard but, it's not mine.

Regardless, when we pulled into his overgrown property, I saw a bright shiny thing reflecting the sunlight, down the hill in the 3 to 4 foot tall brush somewhat behind a building. So, once we had the trailer lined up to load, I went back there to check it out.

It was a 2023 fiberglass johnboat on a new looking trailer and motor, (the boat looked almost new) had gas in the tank and the battery was good, all the lights worked as they should. Had several built-in compartments with lids, a pretty nice fishing boat. Told my brother in law, something is wrong here, he doesn't own a boat. So, with his agreement, I called the county Sheriff. A deputy came out and it wasn't long before a game warden showed up.

I asked the Game Warden what a boat like this would cost new, I was shocked at his response. He said $20/$25 thousand. He showed me where all kinds of different things were wired to and mounted. Fish Finder, depth finder and a other things that had already been removed. Turns out, the boat was stolen last week in Southern Mississippi, a long way south from Crenshaw. Being honest, it felt good doing this. I offered to store it for the game warden but, he thought it best if he took it to the Impound Lot.

Rams

[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 09-07-2025).]