Late night stickups of fisherman???

[numbskull]

I suspect if you shoot someone trying to rob you, you'll probably get off, but it will cost you 10's of thousands of dollars and wreck several years of your life.

I don't know this for a fact, but I'd guess if you use deadly force to protect yourself outside your home you will put yourself in a position where you need to justify it in court. That is not likely to be easy or cheap.

Blowing the head off some 18 yo kid who wants your wallet to feed his Percocet habit is probably frowned upon once tempers have cooled. Better to give him your rod and go steal Paul's.

[tysdad115]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Better to give him your rod and go steal Paul's.

[rizzo]

I used to fish some very sketchy places, but dont even bother anymore due to the losers that hung out in those areas. I got in the habit of never using the headlamp within visual distance of the truck, that way, you can see if anyone is in the surrounding area (canal is tougher with the lights, but doable). Dome light was always shut off in the truck and parked in a darker area so no one can easily see car lights and you. I got good at getting in the car and driving away fast too! The way I look at it, your eyes are adjusted to the night, and you can see someone around or coming at you. Best defense is to avoid the conflict to begin with. When someone is close to you, thats when they could knife or shot you easily...

I've had some very sketchy people approach me and some buddies, - the key was being aware that they were approaching. A 60 pound boga and dive knife out in view is pretty threatening, but if youre off into the darkness its just as tough for them to figure out whats going on and leaves them more uncomfortable than you!

[ruhroh]

I'm thinking if I'm in waders and in the water and some guy is throwing rocks at me, he is indeed threatening my life. I'm not going to go deeper into the water(for obvious reasons) to get out of range and am certainly not going to get any closer to him for fear his aim may get better.

[Fishoholic]

Originally Posted by ruhroh

I'm thinking if I'm in waders and in the water and some guy is throwing rocks at me, he is indeed threatening my life. I'm not going to go deeper into the water(for obvious reasons) to get out of range and am certainly not going to get any closer to him for fear his aim may get better.

what would you do? I'm thinking I can cast a bucktail farther than he can throw a rock (shut up vic!).... But then again he was out numbered.. Maybe one 3oz smiling bill to the noggin would even the odds a little more

[timmah]

Couple years ago at a sketchy spot I had a bunch of guys come up on me so I held my flash light in there faces like a cop and said, "Can I assist you gentleman" Loudly. They left quickly with out incident, but if they didn't, i was way out numbered.

[Fishoholic]

Originally Posted by timmah

Couple years ago at a sketchy spot I had a bunch of guys come up on me so I held my flash light in there faces like a cop and said, "Can I assist you gentleman" Loudly. They left quickly with out incident, but if they didn't, i was way out numbered.

remember the time at eel spot C.? I thought it was gonna get interesting... Always makes you think when a car load of spanish dudes all wearing red walk up on you.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by ruhroh

I'm thinking if I'm in waders and in the water and some guy is throwing rocks at me, he is indeed threatening my life. I'm not going to go deeper into the water(for obvious reasons) to get out of range and am certainly not going to get any closer to him for fear his aim may get better.

A reasonable argument, but once you shoot him it is not going to matter one bit what you thought, it is going to matter what the DA and a jury think, and that is probably going to cost you and your family a real lot of money and angst. Count on it.