quote:Originally posted by Concerned Angler
quoteull out the Desert Eagle .50 and pump out a few rounds...should do the trick.
Naw-- not in Canada--- we are civilized!! We only use them in drive-by shootings in Surrey!!!
quote:Originally posted by Karlo
I'd definitely advise against whipping the fish into the boat in a live condition! As has been indicated, running a club or other solid object down the lateral line on the white side temporarily subdues a halibut. Grab it above the tail, cut one side of the tail, and snap the backbone. Game over. Now cut the gills, let it bleed over the side, and then fire it into the cooler.
Commercial trollers from the days of ice boats tell tales of clubbing and gutting halibut, packing them in ice, and hours later, being woken out of a needed sleep by the tail of the dead fish beating against the bulkhead. Cutting the tail eliminates the Stephen King moment.
quote:Originally posted by pescaru
I don't see why one shouldn't be able to make the kill with a 22. It just can't be a handgun since you probably need all kinds of permits for that. But, say a ss Ruger semi rifle should do the trick.
vic
quote:Originally posted by LastChance
quote:Originally posted by pescaru
I don't see why one shouldn't be able to make the kill with a 22. It just can't be a handgun since you probably need all kinds of permits for that. But, say a ss Ruger semi rifle should do the trick.
vic
I've made many a .22 sized hole in a halibut (Not with the .22), and it didn't slow him down one bit. BIt slow fish like Halibut have a slow metabolism, the only way to make 'em quit is to stop the nervous system, the slice'n'break of the tail works for me, or as Wolf says, bonk the sh*t out of them. You know you have hit home when they change colour just after bonking, they will go quite pale in about 5 seconds.