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2. Texas rig - Wikipedia

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   The Texas rig is a fishing rig used for angling with soft plastic lures. [1] [2] It comprises a bullet weight or similar sliding fishing sinker, an offset worm hook, and a soft plastic lure. [3] Diagram of a Texas rig comprising a soft plastic worm (green), bullet weight (grey), hook (black), and fishing line (blue) A Texas-rigged ribbontail worm

3. Speargun - Wikipedia

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   A speargun is a ranged underwater fishing device designed to launch a tethered spear or harpoon to impale fish or other marine animals and targets. Spearguns are used in sport fishing and underwater target shooting. The two basic types are pneumatic and elastic (powered by rubber bands). Spear types come in a number of varieties including ...

4. Trolling (fishing) - Wikipedia

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   Saltwater anglers also troll for inshore species such as bluefish, kingfish and various jacks. [19] Rock fishermen can use an umbrella rig as a method of trolling without using a boat. Typically, an umbrella rig consists of four plastic neon green lures with a lead dragging behind. An additional lure is attached to the lead.

5. Gillnetting - Wikipedia

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   Gillnetting was an early fishing technology in colonial America, [vague] used for example, in fisheries for Atlantic salmon and shad. [10] Immigrant fishermen from northern Europe and the Mediterranean brought a number of different adaptations of the technology from their respective homelands with them to the rapidly expanding salmon fisheries ...

6. Rig (fishing) - Wikipedia

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   The Carolina rig. A rig is an arrangement of items used for fishing. It can be assembled of one or more lines, hooks, sinkers, bobbers, swivels, lures, beads, and other fishing tackle. A rig might be held by a rod, by hand, or attached to a boat or pier. Some rigs are designed to float near the surface of the water, others are designed to sink ...

7. Angling - Wikipedia

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   Fishing reels are manually cranked reels typically mounted onto a fishing rod, used to wind and stow fishing line [3] when a long casting distance or a prolonged retrieval is expected. Traditional fishing reels are essentially compact windlasses with a " direct-drive " design, while modern reels since the Industrial Revolution typically are ...