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Penobscot Bill · Post by **Penobscot Bill** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:28 pm

I've gotta get one of these!
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Steve · Post by **Steve** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 6:16 pm

You can hit a bass in the face at 30 yards with this one:

drexelantiques · Post by **drexelantiques** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 2:27 pm

I've got a pole from the 1960s, made out of PVC pipe for the handle, with a slit most of the way down one side. It has a big spring inside. A fiberglass rod with a cup on the end of it slides inside the pipe, with a cocking handle, that slips into a notch. Has a reel seat on the side of the pipe. Will get a photo and show it. It was made by a company. It will toss a sinker a pretty good distance, but heaven help you if you forget to release the line on the reel, it will pop the sinker off and shoot it like a slingshot.

I've also seen a bow and arrow type arrangement for shooting bait. The bow becomes the rod, and the arrow the bobber.

There also was a pistol that was for shooting a bait out, for hand line fishing.

I own a catapult that came from Australia, was used for saltwater hand line fishing.