Carried a Smith .38 snubby for quite awhile back in the day. Handloads with HBWC backwards over about 3 gr of Bullseye. Quite handy for calming uninvited lure choppers such as barracuda to facilitate lure retrieval...one shot decapitator it is. Don't fish offshore anymore so I just keep it handy for other pests.
Other than that I don't have much use for pistols.
