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This page is bad, no citations on anything. I changed the mythbusters line as it contradicts the probable history of the idiom. Historically, fish were not stored in a barrel full of water, they were stored in a barrel full of other fish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.132.83.233 00:48, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
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Fish are caught by pulling the line in hand over hand. Retriever reels have a "bottle" which holds the line in place. When shot the line comes out either until the shot goes too far and the line runs out or the hunter pushes down a stopping device which can be used to keep a fish from traveling out too far.
English: Low-resolution color movie showing an archer fish shooting a jet of water to a prey supported by a clear plastic film. During the shooting the mouth of the fish barely emerges from the interface between water and air, while the rest of his body remains submerged. The image sequence has been grabbed at 400 frames/s and is played at 25 fps.
Hyperoglyphe perciformis, the barrelfish is a primarily bathypelagic species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Centrolophidae. [2] The barrelfish is found in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. Despite being in the medusafish family, the barrelfish does not associate with jellyfish or other medusae. It is considered a deep-water gamefish. [3]
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