what is your Fishing Gun

[tigeroldlone]

Scoped sks and a 357 s&w 28, We have a lot of wilde hogs comeing into the area and who can tell what else.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

I carry an old IJ 22 pistol.

 

[Zach S]

I dont fish...

But if I did, it would probably be my G19 that I bought specifically for use as a beater pistol.

 

[chuckusaret]

I live on the Atlantic coast of Florida and require at least a Barret .50cal to ward off the hijackers. Naw, kidding, just a shotgun and a pistol JIC.

 

[scndactive]

Ruger SP101(stainless) in .357 loaded w/ 2 rat shots and 3 hp's

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Ruger SP-101, 357 mag, 158 gr JHP's.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Guns are o.k., but I hear fishing with dynamite is better.

 

[spd1303]

kel-tec 9mm

 

[jaysouth]

If I am fishing from a kayak or canoe, a Smith 442 loaded with rat shot and a stripper clip of JHP. If from a boat, a Smith 65.

When I spent two years perfecting my patented ultra-sonic fish whistle, I carried an 870 loaded with buckshot to keep overly aggressive garfish and alligators out of the boat when practicing on my fish whistle. Once, I had a 22 pound large mouth bass jump in my boat and try to eat my lunch bucket with two sardine sandwiches in it, I beat him out of the boat with a paddle.

You should probably not expect to get any straight answers from old fishermen.

 

[preachnhunt]

glock 27

 

[floridaboy]

What is

If my wife and i go fishing on the St. John's, she requires that I bring the Blackhawk .45 She's none too fond of gators. Vegetarian that she is, on more than one occaision she has decided that I had to kill one that offended her.
I haven't shot one yet. They were just closer to the boat than she liked, so we relocated. I do wonder how a 255 gr slug at 900 fps would affect one of the 12-14 footers though.

 

[Maverick223]

When I spent two years perfecting my patented ultra-sonic fish whistle

The one where you break off Coke tab, bend in the center, press up to lips, whistle "here fishy, fishy, fishy"?

You should probably not expect to get any straight answers from old fishermen.

Ain't that the truth?

 

[chuckusaret]

I haven't shot one yet. They were just closer to the boat than she liked, so we relocated. I do wonder how a 255 gr slug at 900 fps would affect one of the 12-14 footers though.

I would imagine that it would make him attack your boat. Gators should be shot in the brain case with a sufficiently powerful rifle (.243 caliber and larger) for an efficient and humane kill. I believe the best way to kill a gator is with a bang stick at the base of their heads

 

[1911fan]

I don't use a gun to fish, too much danger from ricochets. I use small amounts of explosive. Cleaner, quicker, quieter.

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[Extremely Pro Gun]

Theres a Mariner Mossberg on my boat for pirates. 21.5 kenner bay boat. 50 slugs and 20 buckshots.

 

[FenderTK421]

I recently picked up a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in .454 for fishing the Kenai. Most of my friends will have an array of camp guns from 1911's, .44 mags (very popular) and 12 gauge shotguns. Out on the boat, we'll shoot the big halibut w/ just about anything before hauling them over the side.

 

[Weedy]

Hey Fender...

One time when I was a kid my dad and I hauled in a 150 pounder off Deep Creek...I don't know in Gods name WHY, but...all we had aboard was a Derringer with .38 spl wadcutters. So we used it. It worked but, wow, that never happened again. Why we didn't have the .44, I dunno. All rounds were recovered. Penetration? Anywhere from 1/2" to 2 inches I'd say. One of my more embarrassing childhood memories...

 

[Cosmoline]

Slug gun or levergun.

 

[lifelongnra]

I stopped carring a gun in the boat. I had a snake under the seat and had to think twice about it when I pulled the gun out. LOL Needless to say I ended up hooking it and cutting his head off. It was in the middle of the night and my buddy said he couldn't get the dang rope from getting tangled around his feet as he was kicking it away. I told him I didn't have a rope in the boat!
I don't think either of us had ever shook so much in our lives we were just kids then.

 

[-eaux-]

Gators should be shot in the brain case with a sufficiently powerful rifle

your assesment of placement is spot-on. your assesment of power is way off. i have personally turned a 12ft gator into a wet washrag with one well-placed round from a .380acp. helped clean and butcher a half dozen 10+footers that were all instantly and very humanely dispatched by well-placed shots to the noggin with a .22wmr pistol by a commercial fisher buddy.

 

[-eaux-]

granted, a gator is as tough a critter as you'll come across. had bruises to prove it. but short of african plains megafauna, you'll have a hard time convincing me that there's many critters roaming the earth that a well-placed .22 to the noggin won't turn out the lights on right away.

 

[essayons21]

My springer 1911 when I'm smallmouth fishing in the river. Snakeshot in the tube, JHPs in the magazine. No real poisonous river snakes around here, but sometimes the brown water snakes get aggressive and decide they really don't want you standing on their rock. The only other predators I have to worry about are the 2-legged kind.

I'd really like to get a stainless snubby or a polymer/stainless semi-auto. I fall in the river too much for my dinged up blued steel handgun.

 

[welldoya]

When I'm fishing the rivers here in Florida, I've always carried an old High Standard Sentinel 9 shot .22. Gators don't usually bother me and a .22 is all you need for cottonmouths.

 

[sfc_mark]

I believe the best way to kill a gator is with a bang stick at the base of their heads

Which tend to be .357 magnum. .243 would be serious overkill on a gator; shot placement is EVERYTHING.

 

[WalkAbout]

Beretta 96 on my strong side OWB.

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