Originally Posted By: Jason Y
[quote=Kramer]Personally am not a big fan of pistols as a way to dispatch of fish, in my opinion a bang stick is a better choice. Same effect, just a little safer espically if there are other boats near by.


Even safer yet is a Louisville slugger and a good knife. I've killed halibut in excess of 270 and a couple solid shots with the bat, knife to the gills and cleat them off for a few minutes to bleed out is about all it takes to kill them.