Homeland Security bans bait tubes?

[PescadorPete]

Suspicious package creates traffic nightmare near airport

5:16 p.m. December 23, 2008

SAN DIEGO – Part of Harbor Drive near Lindbergh Field was closed for about four hours Tuesday as authorities examined an object that looked like a pipe bomb, creating a traffic nightmare for holiday travelers trying to reach the airport.
The object was found about 12:30 p.m. near the main gate of the Coast Guard station on Harbor Drive near Laurel Street, the Coast Guard said.
Shortly afterward, officials shut down traffic in both directions on Harbor Drive from Laurel Street to the airport car-rental lots. The road was reopened about 4:30 p.m., shortly after the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department's bomb squad determined the object was harmless, said Maurice Luque, a department spokesman.
The object, made of PVC pipe with holes, was about a foot long and 4 inches in diameter, with caps at both ends and what appeared to be a rope attached to it, Luque said.
Luque said the device was not believed to be a hoax, but instead was thought to be random debris, possibly something that fell off a truck traveling in the area.
The object was found by a jogger who is in the military and has had experience with explosive devices, Luque said.
The road closure created a massive traffic jam as drivers trying to reach the airport had to turn around and drive through Point Loma instead.
“It was a huge inconvenience, and we apologize to the public for that,” Luque said. “But in cases like this where you really don't know what it is, and it's next to a military installation, an airport and a heavily traveled road with walkers and joggers and bicyclists, we didn't want to take any chances whatsoever.”
A command post was set up that included officials from San Diego police, the San Diego Harbor Police, the San Diego Airport Authority, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Luque said.
Luque said the Fire-Rescue Department's bomb robot was initially used to take and relay pictures of the object back to a mobile van, but those images were inconclusive, so technicians had to be sent in to take X-rays.

[rossman]

It sure sounds like my bait tube!

[Iceman]

Uh oh........http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...highlight=tube

[FISHIONADO]

Damn kayak angler kids!!! Stay out of my grass too!

[Dupree]

OMG! Too F'n funny... unless you were trying to catch a flight out Lindberg!

[dorf]

So that's where it went.
Who do I call to get it back?

[Siebler]

Originally Posted by Hunt n Fish

WOW, and these are the guys who are in charge of our safety?

It may sound ridiculous but with the amount of people in the area this time of year...

Better safe than sorry.

[lamb]

You've gotta be kidding me...

[bellcon]

oh boy i feel safer now

if it was in L.A they woulda blown that sucker to smithereens and asked questions latter


oh I see now... Andy you can be expexting a knock on yer door anytime now, and it wont be Santa
"excuse me sir are you the inventor of this device?, come with us please"

[MalibuJohnny]

Bait tube? Pipe Bomb?



Can't tell either

[esdees]

You have to admit, bait tubes do look suspicious. Whenever I have mine on the beach, that's what the passer-byes lock their eyes on. "What is that?"

[kurt]

A mako shark attacked my bait tube this year. Must have been Homeland Security.

[MalibuJohnny]

I took the grip and strp off mine..."bait tube"

[Holy Mackerel]

Someone put a Patent on this... You aint gettin my royalty pmt!

Live bait keeper
Document Type and Number:
United States Patent 6442887



Abstract:
A PVC pipe is closed at one end with a cap. Small holes are provided in the pipe for fresh water exchange from the interior of the pipe to the exterior. A screw-off top cap enables bait to be inserted or removed from within the pipe. A stainless chain with snap hook is attached to the top of the pipe, and serves as a tether to limit the distance between the live bait keeper and a firm anchor, such as an eye

[Dennis]

I'm sorry, but I don't remember reading anything in the article about Homeland Security... I'm just sayin'...

[BT]

Funny thing I was over by Spanish Landing today at around noon and I saw a guy with a fishing PDF loading up his yak. How wierd would it be to be that guy, washing down your gear, noticing you left your #&$&*#$) bait tube at the parking lot and going inside to turn the news on.

[lamb]

somebody needs to come clean...

I heard the traffic on Harbor Drive that day was a mess!

[vito]

it took me 30 minutes to get to the freeway that day when it normaly takes me 10 it sucked!!
but it is funny