Squantz Pond in New Fairfield. File photo
UPDATE: TUESDAY 3:27 P.M.
A Ridgefield man has offered to double the reward for the return of a fishing tackle box that was stolen from the Squantz Pond parking lot over the weekend, Kathleen Jowdy said Tuesday afternoon.
The reward is now $400 for the person who took the approximately 15-year-old box, which belongs to Jowdy’s son.
The woman said the Ridgefield resident, Tony Palmer, also is a fisher and a father.
ORIGINAL POST: TUESDAY 9:58 A.M.
BETHEL — A family is offering a $200 reward for the return of a fishing tackle box they said was stolen from the Squantz Pond parking lot Saturday evening.
The box belongs to Kathleen Jowdy’s son, 20-year-old Ryan, who received the box as a gift from his grandfather when he was about 5.
Jowdy said the gift has great sentimental value.
“We’re offering a reward because my son is devastated and wants to give up fishing because of this,” she said.
The box has lures, hooks, powers baits, and other objects her son has been collecting for all those years, Jowdy said. It was taken from the trunk or near the trunk of their car while Ryan was in the water for a few minutes, she said.
It is possible, Jowdy added, that someone thought the box had been lost.
The family is asking the person who has the box to return it to the pond’s maintenance house or call 203-512-5053. Jowdy said there will be “no questions asked.”