A shotgun with slugs seems to work pretty good

 It's legal to shoot pike in Vermont.

“We fish primarily for pike,” Greenough said. He says the concussion of the gun blast in the water does not always kill the fish. In fact, he said half the excitement of the technique was trying to gather up the floating fish before they regained consciousness.

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[Doug]

"Its legal so long as you havent taken a hunter safety course, and are equipped with two tins of Skoal and at least one can of Steel Reserve", said Wile Rudnick, law enforcement officer from Milton, VT