Re: NANFA-- Fwd: Anchorage Daily News 420-pounder

Jeremy Tiemann (jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu)
Tue, 9 Dec 2003 07:49:56 -0600

In my experiences, a .410 slug is a popular choice with many
fisherman in AK. That is what my friends and I used... the gun is
light and you have good balance and control.

>Bruce, did you ever use a .22 pistol as a halibut-controller? I knew
>some guys who were halibut fishers in the early 80s in Alaska and
>they all swore by a single shot to the head with larger halibut,
>then just tow them back to port. I know that it's easy to
>underestimate halibut if you've never seen a live one right in front
>of you.
>
>--Bruce Stallsmith
>Huntsville, AL, US of A

-- 
Jeremy Tiemann
Biological Field Assistant
Illinois Natural History Survey
Center for Biodiversity
607 E. Peabody Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
Telephone: (217) 244-4594
Fax: (217) 333-4949


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