Fishing is a great way to spend your time in Antioch but it’s also a technique thieves use to break into garages

It’s June and odds are pretty good the fish are biting in one of the lakes in and around Antioch. Why not get your pole and tackle, buy some bait and load ‘em in the boat and head to Blarney Island, Chain O’Lakes Boat Rental or another boat launch? 

While you’re out angling for some of that Lunker in Channel Lake, hopefully, no on is back at your Antioch home doing some fishing of another sort.

Why kind of fishing would they do at your house? Well, they might be fishing to get into your garage.

Fishing is the name of a technic some thieves will use to get into a garage. How does it work?

It’s really quite simple. The thief pushes on the top panel of your garage door and, if it gives way so there’s a gap between the top of the garage door and the garage door frame, the reach in with a wire or coat hanger and hook the emergency release cord on the garage. With a simple tug they are then able to manually raise the garage door.

Fortunately, there is a way to stop those thieves in their tracks; have your garage door adjusted properly.

When the garage door is properly adjusted the thieves find that they can’t push the top panel back to make room to hook the release cable. Adjusting the garage door properly, so thieves can’t go fishing to get into your garage, is a fairly simple procedure for a garage door technician.

Think about all the stuff you have in your garage: tools, toys (big boys and the kids’), access to the house. Fortunately, while you’re out fishing, they can’t get at the boat and your fishing tackle. But the potential losses are significant. 

Fishing, the kind you enjoy is a wonderful pastime. It’s relaxing and rewarding. You’re out in nature, breathing the fresh are and enjoying the peace and quiet out there on the lake. But thieves find their kind of fishing rewarding, too. Well, unless you have your garage door adjusted so they can’t land a prize in your Antioch home and at your expense.