Between the gators and snakes and two legged varmints around here I wouldn't go without it

A friend of mine and I were fishing on the Deschutes over in central Oregon a number of years ago. I had just finished working a hole without any success and was moving on, he moved into the hole I had just vacated. Not more than a few seconds after we passed I heard him say "Son of a B****!" and I thought "No, no f'ing way did he just hook a fish" in the hole I'd been skunked in. I turned to see and he was looking down at his feet and reaching for the .38 snubbie on his hip. I looked down and saw a small rattlesnake swimming right between his feet. Yeah, I carry when I'm fishing.

OK then. I looked at my waders and realized the pocket is perfect for my P232. Thanks for everyone who suggested that I want to be prepared. Soooo . . .

Rivers & streams when not in a boat yes.

When in a boat (ocean & rivers) no.

When on the ocean there is usually a shotgun handy. Seals are bastards.

Cheers~

Those Alligator Gar, they can not be trusted, so yeah.

Lots of tweakers that hit remote parking lots, illegals who don't want to be interrupted while snag fishing, and Ukrainians who take offense to standard rules of boating.

Yeah, I always do. I'm a fly fisherman and I fish all over the place.

I usually carry a g19 with buffalo bore 147g+p or a snubby 44mag.

Up in AK we usually keep a shotgun handy as well.

I carry any time I go outside, and a lot ofbthevtimevwhen i don't.

Yep.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:


Yep.

You're gonna need a bigger gun!

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Originally posted by C-Dubs:
Most of my fishing is via lake charters, and we drink heavily. As such, I don't so I'm not in possession while under the influence.

But we usually always have someone along that's an armed teetotaler

Way to represent. I was thinking the same thing, it's way to drunk where I fish, to be sporting firearms.

Just remember, in spite of its name, an Airweight isn't really a flotation devise.

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
No. I usually bring 6 friends fishing.

Around here that would be a Grizzly smorgasbord.

Jim