fishhook
Curved catching metal
A fishhook is a curved metal hook, typically barbed, used to catch fish.
The hook is baited and attached to a line; when a fish bites, the barb prevents escape.
Fishhook extends to anything with that distinctive curved-and-pointed shape: a fishhook cactus, a fishhook in the road.
Device for catching prey
- trapDevice for catching animals
- lureThing that tempts
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
- catchSeize or snag
Continuous mark or queue
- leaderOne who guides others
- swivelRotating connection point
- sinkerWeight on fishing line
- bobberFishing line indicator
float · snell · rig · tippet · monofilament · fluorocarbon · braid · crimps
Limbless soil invertebrate
- minnowSmall freshwater fish
- lureThing that tempts
- flyTwo-winged buzzing insect
- cricketChirping legged insect
grub · shrimp · squid · maggot · leech · nightcrawler · doughball · corn
barb
Backward-pointing spike
bend · gap · throat · gape · keeper · offset · circle · treble · single · double
snare
Device for catching prey
- trapDevice for catching animals
- lureThing that tempts
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
line
Continuous mark or queue
bobber · float · snell · rig · tippet · monofilament · fluorocarbon · braid · crimps · beads
worm
Limbless soil invertebrate
cricket · grub · shrimp · squid · maggot · leech · nightcrawler · doughball · corn · artificial
cast
Performers, throw, or splint
strike · set · retrieve · trolling · jigging · surf-casting · angler · bite · nibble · land
curved
Smoothly bent, not angular
crook · arc · J-shaped · pointed · sharp · piercing · needle-like · recurved
- fishhooks
- hooksgaff
- Hawaiian culturealoha, hula, lei, luau, mahalo
- foreign bodiessplinter, glass shard, bullet, shrapnel, metal fragment
- Pacific craftstiki, lei, war club, feather cloak, bone carving
- Pacific culturesPolynesian culture, Hawaiian culture, kava, mana, tapu