Stow the rods, break out the rifles

[Berserker]

"Come on, stand up and be counted," Demar muttered. "There was a ripple that came out of the weeds. There's something out there."

Dressed in camouflage, gripping his .357 Magnum, Demar was primed to shoot. But this time, no such luck. With a flick of its tail, his quarry -- a slick, silvery fish -- was gone.

Fish shooting is a sport in Vermont, and every spring, hunters break out their artillery -- high-caliber pistols, shotguns, even AK-47s -- and head to the marshes to exercise their right to bear arms against fish.

It is a controversial pastime, and Vermont's fish and wildlife regulators have repeatedly tried to ban it. They call it unsportsmanlike and dangerous, warning that a bullet striking water can ricochet across the water like a skipping stone.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/05/11/MNGHD6JAQD1.DTL




As a fisherman I don't think this is a sport just like I don't think Spearing fish through the ice is a sport.

[Redneck Socialist]

1. I've seen that story before and

it's nuts and unsafe.

[MrSandman]

2. Bullets ricochet off water with rgularity...

As I can attest from experience in shooting wooden targets with a pellet gun against a safe backdrop in my youth.

It was good practice on targets moving in unpredictable currents and eddies.

With more than an air-powered weapon, and even some modern air-powered weapons, "No, thank you."