Victorian Police are on the lookout for tackle thieves following a spate of recent robberies in the state.

In the past four months Victorian tackle stores have suffered eight break-ins with the offenders targeting high value fishing reels from Daiwa, Shimano and Penn. A full count of the number of reels stolen has not been established, but it is believed to be in the vicinity of 400. The police believe these thefts are being done to order, but, also that the offenders must have somewhere that they are disposing of these items. As a note, none of the reels are in boxes, they have all been stolen out of the display cabinets from inside the stores.

Either a very organised crew of boys and girls or some very dumb shop owners that are not watching out,some of the reels they showed pics of were very nice reels so if you get offered a cheap reel chances are they may have come from this