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| I just wanted to do an informal survey. I’m all for C&R, but as you can tell by my moniker I’m on some kind of quest.
If you do carry one please describe. I have a retired Chicago cop’s billy club onboard.
Do you ever whack the sh!t out of a northern (you plan to eat) for practice?
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| Back in the 80's, Muskies Inc. had me convinced that no fish should come out of the water unless you plan to kill it. Thus, I never carried a net in the boat.... just a billy club loaded with about 10 oz. of lead in the head.
I no longer carry a billy club, and have a big beckman at my service. But, should I ever decide to WHACK one I have a heavy bolt cutters and/or needle nose pliers that will get the job done. The needle nose does a great job on the pike I whack for shore lunch. |
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| I hate to admit it but "YES" there was a pontoon full of great looking sparsely clad young women and with my little 25 hp. motor I just couldn't out run them. I just can't think about what would have happened if I hadn't had that CLUB!! [:0] |
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| I have a really heavy door to a compartment in my boat. An Oar, My foot, My console mounted Raytheon(POS), An anchor, Or I have a BIG cresent wrench.
Nope sorry no club in this boat.
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| I carry a tire checker for semi-trucks, you can get one at any truck stop. It's like a wood billy club that is filled with lead......works great. I don't carry it for clubbing fish but for evening the score at the landing with jacka$$ water/jet skiers that I wasn't able to nail with a Viper. [:devil:]
PK
Looks like it's back into the loch with you nessy |
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| I carry a club for my Pike that end up dinner, and for emergencies if someone ends up improperly attached by the hooks to a muskie/pike/bass.[:bigsmile:] |
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| I have a tire checker as described by PK for the reasons cited by SW.
JO
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| I carry a lead pipe to whack all those pesky walleyes that scratch the paint on my phantoms[:devil:] |
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| I have a club and I'm not afraid to use it.
Any fish that I keep for food are dispatched immediately before they go into the cooler of ice.
Beav |
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| Yup for safety reasons as described by Sworrall...
Last time I wacked a fish was a 32lb Chinook back in 79 or 80 when I used to fish Michigan for salmon/trout.
Mark |
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| I have a club but only use it on my brother when he starts shooting his mouth off. LOL, Seriously no club in my boat but if time comes when I need somthing I will have somthing available, oar, pliers, side of the boat, you get my drift.
Later
Jim |
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| No club in the boat but seat poles are good to take care of that northern thats gonna be dinner! |
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| I carry the american express,,,"dont leave home without it" |
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| Yes I do, made one in junior high with a little added weight. Great for pike, walleyes, carp, and jet skis that I can catch with my ole' rig. |
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| Nope
I am sure once I capture that world record fish that she will die fast enough and will not need to damage the skin or cause undo bleading and lessen the weight. [:p] |
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| Yes ,but I only use it on my partner when he gets too lippy. |
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| Nope!
Cant see a use for one.[;)] |
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| Used to on my old boat to prevent theft but they broke off the whole steering wheel; guess it's a tiller model now![:0] |
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| I have a club in my boat. The dance floor is in the front, the livewell is the bar and the dj is on the back pedastal. |
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| "I got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it." Groucho Marx[:sun:] |
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| Interesting topic, a few months ago at our MI meeting our speeker had a club on the table, which definitely sent some ideas through my little mind. He started of with the club, and stated it was one of the most important tools in his boat! In handling a fish if you ever get hooked tp a fish, it is getting clubbed, no fish is worth seriously damaging your hand. I will probably go back to carrying a club after that presentation.
Good luck
Troyz |
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