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2. Fishing gaff - Wikipedia

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   A standard-sized gaff used in angling Fishing with a long pole gaff. In fishing, a gaff is a handheld pole with a sharp hook or sideway spike on the distal end, which is used to swing and stab into the body of a large fish like a pickaxe (ideally, the tip of the hook/spike is placed under the fish's backbone) and then pull the fish out of the water like using a pike pole.

3. Fishing tackle - Wikipedia

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   Fishing line with hooks attached. A fishing line is a cord used or made for fishing. The earliest fishing lines were made from leaves or plant stalk (Parker 2002). Later lines were constructed from horse hair or silk thread, with catgut leaders. From the 1850s, modern industrial machinery was employed to fashion fishing lines in quantity.

4. Hook (hand tool) - Wikipedia

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   A hook is a hand tool used for securing and moving loads. It consists of a round wooden handle with a strong metal hook about 20 cm (8 inches) long projecting at a right angle from the center of the handle. The appliance is held in a closed fist with the hook projecting between two fingers.

5. Snagging - Wikipedia

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   Snagging chinook salmon. Snagging, also known as snag fishing, snatching, snatch fishing, jagging (Australia), or foul hooking, is a fishing technique for catching fish that uses sharp grappling hooks tethered to a fishing line to externally pierce (i.e. "snag") into the flesh of nearby fish, without needing the fish to swallow any hook with its mouth like in angling.

6. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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   Pike pole fishing and gaff fishing - Use handheld poles with sharp spikes to hit and impale fish. Polespears - have a sling attached to the spear. Modern spearguns - traditional spearfishing is restricted to shallow waters, but the development of the speargun has made the method much more efficient. With practice, divers are able to hold their ...

7. Hakapik - Wikipedia

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   A hakapik (Norwegian: gaff) is a club, of Norwegian design, similar to a fishing gaff, used for killing and moving seals.The hakapik is a multipurpose hunting tool—a heavy wooden club, with a hammer head (used to crush a seal's skull), and a hook (used to drag the carcass) on the end.