FISH KILLING CLUBS CEREMONIAL AND PRACTICAL

kronckew · 12th September 2016, 11:31 PM

one of the crew on my coast guard cutter in the early '70's caught a fluke in a bay of an aleutian island where we sheltered for a sunday off. after fighting it for hours, he brought it to the surface. it weighed about 300 lbs. so the captain lowered a ships boat and they attempted to haul it onto the boat. too wiggly, so the gunner's mate got his .44 magnum out of the armoury, climbed down to the boat and shot the fluke which was alongside in the head. took about 4 rounds. they hauled it aboard the boat, hauled the boat onto the ship & all 60-odd of us ate fluke for about a week. breakfast, lunch and dinner. it was excellent. they are indeed hard to pacify without a weapon. but tasty.

very cool clubs, by the way.

12th September 2016, 11:31 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	one of the crew on my coast guard cutter in the early '70's caught a fluke in a bay of an aleutian island where we sheltered for a sunday off. after fighting it for hours, he brought it to the surface. it weighed about 300 lbs. so the captain lowered a ships boat and they attempted to haul it onto the boat. too wiggly, so the gunner's mate got his .44 magnum out of the armoury, climbed down to the boat and shot the fluke which was alongside in the head. took about 4 rounds. they hauled it aboard the boat, hauled the boat onto the ship & all 60-odd of us ate fluke for about a week. breakfast, lunch and dinner. it was excellent. they are indeed hard to pacify without a weapon. but tasty. very cool clubs, by the way.