i know that if a big kitty put me on the menu, i'd likely never see it coming until it's too late, anyway. if worse came to worse, i do keep a very sharp tactical knife in the pocket of my vest for a last ditch scenario. hope it never comes to that though.

the only nasty confrontation with 2 legged vermin i've had was this past summer with some hack guide that decided to drop his kicker and pull bait divers in front of me on a 50' wide section of river while i was fishing.

i've never really felt the need to carry, i wouldn't be opposed from bringing a rifle in some areas i fish, though.