Any updates? Did the thief return? Did you find another reason it was missing?

6 foot cable extension with snaps on both ends Very handy

Where did you get those clips from? Thannks

Good news, you guys were right about it being stuck to an animal at the bottom of the stream. Took me a couple tries to find it but determination and luck got it back in the end. I was about ready to give up as well so I'm glad people told me to really search the area well.

Glad you found it. So what did you catch?

Update: After checking several times hoping that a critter had indeed just had a bad catch and managed to somehow slip the ring off my stake and would eventually float to the surface somewhere, I changed up my approach and approached the dam from the underside in my kayak with a big flashlight on a dark night. There, just below the dam break stuck between two branches I saw the glisten of the trigger wires. A few minutes of fishing around the area with a crook managed to dislodge it and I pulled it back up to the surface, 40lb beaver in tow.

I double checked my stake afterwords and realized it didn't move unless you pushed it hard in the exact direction that I found the 330, and that if you let up the pressure the weight of branches would immediately snap it back into place giving the illusion it hadn't moved. Long story short I will reconsider how I attach dam break sets if I do more in the future.

Thanks to everyone who weighed in with concern and advice. I'm sure I'll need more in the future.

Good news, you guys were right about it being stuck to an animal at the bottom of the stream. Took me a couple tries to find it but determination and luck got it back in the end. I was about ready to give up as well so I'm glad people told me to really search the area well.