On 6/13/15 10:35 AM, Tim wrote:
Only time I carry any gun on a boat is when I'm in my Jon boat going out on the Big Muddy creek at flood times. A .44 mag loaded with snake shot.

Black snakes are cool. Moccasins are fair game.



The only guy I knew who "packed" regularly was a wildlife cop I used to
fish with at the artificial reefs 15-20 miles off of Jacksonville. He'd
shoot any really large sharks he caught. Fortunately, he only caught one
all the times I was out fishing with him. I thought what he was doing
was disgusting and told him so. Might have even been illegal.

Sad story. When we first moved back to the DC area, I was out on my
SeaPro Bay Boat with a much younger, unmarried buddy. We got pulled over
by a beautiful blonde Maryland wildlife officer who wanted to make sure
we were "legal" in terms of license and cooler contents. She was very
nice. So, naturally, my single buddy hit on her and managed to snag a
date. About a year or two later (the details are foggy) she was shot and
killed while on duty by, I think, some guys in a fast boat engaged in
the drug trade.