A couple of summers ago my father left his tackle box on the trunk of his car while he went down and fished in front of the pump house at Georgetown. He had enough lures on him to fish for a little while and didn't realize he left the box on his car. When he got back it was missing and he thought he left it by the water but it wasn't anywhere. He's guessing that someone just pulled up and snagged it. With lures, line, tackle, etc. that stuff adds up. I mean, not $1600 worth, but he's been sick about it since and had to start from scratch... I'm sorry your stuff got stolen. That's some a lot gear.
My advice is to check craigslist every day. Under the for sale section go to Sporting and search "Ice" Do that all over the state. Thieving criminals have a history of not being very bright. Good luck.
