Depends.....I have my CC lic. and when I fish by myself I carry. On one trip with a "board" fisherman, he said how did I know he didn't have buddies waiting for us at the launch ready club me and swipe my Jeep when we got off the water. He thought it was funny, I tripped, because he could have been right. Just because we had conversed via the net, he was in fact a total stranger. In less than two weeks I was licensed to carry concealed.

If I go with trusted fishin buddies I see no need while fishing, but I am prepared otherwise in the event to protect myself.

It takes more than a bat or stick to disuade a psychotic meth freak, bear or cat.