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2. Fish hook - Wikipedia

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   A fish hook or fishhook, formerly also called an angle (from Old English angol and Proto-Germanic *angulaz), is a hook used to catch fish either by piercing and embedding onto the inside of the fish mouth or, more rarely, by impaling and snagging the external fish body.

3. 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.

4. Swimbait - Wikipedia

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   The larger sizes however are seen often being fished on a swimbait Jig head or a weighted extra wide gap hook (ewg). [5] The paddle tail swimbait also comes in either a solid body and hollow body. Line through swimbaits are a large swimbait which allows the line to run through the body of the bait to keep the fish from using the bait as ...

5. Fishing tackle - Wikipedia

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   Fishing with a hook and line is called angling. In addition to the use of the hook and line used to catch a fish, a heavy fish may be landed by using a landing net or a hooked pole called a gaff. Trolling is a technique in which a fishing lure on a line is drawn through the water. Snagging is a technique where the object is to hook the fish in ...

6. Circle hook - Wikipedia

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   Difference between a traditional J-hook (left) and a circle hook (right) Traditional Māori bone matau, or fishhook. The shape avoids stress concentrations which could break the bone. [1] The hole on the underside is for attaching bait. [2] A circle hook is a type of fish hook which is sharply curved back in

7. Fishing net - Wikipedia

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   Landing nets are large handheld nets that are used to lift caught fish out of the water, most commonly in angling and fly fishing. Landing nets are commonly used for large fish such as the common carp. Lave net: A special form of large hand net is the lave net, now used in very few locations on the River Severn in England and Wales. The lave ...