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2. Fishing gear and methods used in Uganda - Wikipedia

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   The size of the hook used depends on the type of fish. Hooks have numbers. The lower the number, the bigger the hook. Hooks used for tilapia are from numbers eleven to sixteen. Those for nile perch are from seven to 10. Lung fish are fished with hooks of numbers six and five. Bigger hooks are used for bigger fish so that they do not break free ...

3. Fish hook - Wikipedia

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   Hook sizes generally are referred to by a numbering system that places the size 1 hook in the middle of the size range. Smaller hooks are referenced by larger whole numbers (e.g. 1, 2, 3...). Larger hooks are referenced for size increases by increasing whole numbers followed by a "/" and a "0" (i.e. sizes over zero ), for example, 1/0 (read as ...

4. Wooden halibut hook - Wikipedia

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   As a result, the wooden halibut hook will embed itself securely in the halibut's mouth, and the sinker will start splashing around. [2] Wooden hooks of traditional size were optimized to catch medium-sized halibut ranging from nine to 45 kilograms. The younger fish and the much larger breeding fish were spared, with benefits to the fishery.

5. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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   When fishing from a boat, pretty much any fishing technique can be used, from nets to fish traps, but some form of angling is by far the most common. Compared to fishing from the land, fishing from a boat allows more access to different fishing grounds and different species of fish. Some tackle is specialised for boat anglers, such as sea rods.

6. Angling - Wikipedia

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   The fish hook itself can be additionally weighted with a denser tackle called a sinker, and is typically dressed with an appetizing bait (i.e. hookbait) to attract and entice the fish into swallowing the hook, but sometimes an inedible fake/imitation bait with multiple attached hooks (known as a lure) is used instead of a single hook with ...

7. Prince Nymph - Wikipedia

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   Lead or lead free wire [11] is wound around the hook to add additional weight for fishing in deeper pools. Black thread in 70 Denier, such as Danville 6/0, is used for hooks in size #4 to #14 or Danville 8/0 for smaller hooks. The most common size hooks that are fished are size #14 to #18. The tail of the fly was originally tied using black ...