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title="Wikipedia:When to cite">introducing</a> more precise citations.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Large_Glass_Fishing_Float_with_Net_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Large_Glass_Fishing_Float_with_Net_1.JPG/220px-Large_Glass_Fishing_Float_with_Net_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Large_Glass_Fishing_Float_with_Net_1.JPG/330px-Large_Glass_Fishing_Float_with_Net_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Large_Glass_Fishing_Float_with_Net_1.JPG/440px-Large_Glass_Fishing_Float_with_Net_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>A Japanese glass fishing float</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Glass floats</b> were used by <a href="/wiki/Fisherman" title="Fisherman">fishermen</a> in many parts of the world to keep their <a href="/wiki/Fishing_nets" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing nets">fishing nets</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Longline_fishing" title="Longline fishing">longlines</a> or <a href="/wiki/Dropline" title="Dropline">droplines</a>, afloat. </p><p>Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles (80 km) long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy. These glass floats are no longer used by fishermen, but many of them are still afloat in the world's oceans, primarily the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific</a>. They have become a popular collectors' item for <a href="/wiki/Beachcombing" title="Beachcombing">beachcombers</a> and decorators. Replicas are now manufactured. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glass_float&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glass_Float_Small.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/Glass_Float_Small.JPG/220px-Glass_Float_Small.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/Glass_Float_Small.JPG/330px-Glass_Float_Small.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/Glass_Float_Small.JPG/440px-Glass_Float_Small.JPG 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption>Small glass float from southern tip of Taiwan</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, around 1840, was the first country to produce and use glass floats. The earliest mention of these "modern" glass fishing floats is in the production registry for <a href="/wiki/Hadeland_Glassverk" title="Hadeland Glassverk">Hadeland Glassverk</a> in Norway in 1842. The registry shows that this was a new type of production. Christopher Faye, a Norwegian merchant from <a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a>, is credited with their invention. The glass float was developed through cooperation with one of the owners of the Hadeland Glassverk, Chr. Berg. Many of them can still be found in local boathouses. The earliest evidence of glass floats being used by fishermen comes from Norway in 1844 where glass floats were on <a href="/wiki/Gillnetting" title="Gillnetting">gill nets</a> in the great cod fisheries in <a href="/wiki/Lofoten" title="Lofoten">Lofoten</a>. </p><p>By the 1940s, glass had replaced wood or cork throughout much of Europe, Russia, North America, and Japan. Japan started using the glass floats as early as 1910. Today, most of the remaining glass floats originated in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> because it had a large deep sea <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry" title="Fishing industry">fishing industry</a> which made extensive use of the floats; some made by <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. In Japanese, the floats are variably known as buoy balls<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">浮き玉</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">ukidama</i></span>)</span> or glass balls<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ビン玉</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">bindama</i></span>)</span>. </p><p>Glass floats have since been replaced by aluminum, plastic, or Styrofoam. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glass_float&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark-1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Mark-1.JPG/220px-Mark-1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Mark-1.JPG/330px-Mark-1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Mark-1.JPG/440px-Mark-1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1259" data-file-height="1087" /></a><figcaption>Mark of the <a href="/wiki/Asahi_Glass_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Asahi Glass Company">Asahi Glass Company</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest floats, including most Japanese glass fishing floats, were handmade by a <a href="/wiki/Glassblowing" title="Glassblowing">glassblower</a>. Recycled glass, especially old <a href="/wiki/Sake" title="Sake">sake</a> bottles in Japan, was typically used and air bubbles/imperfections in the glass are a result of the rapid recycling process. After being blown, floats were removed from the blowpipe and sealed with a 'button' of melted glass before being placed in a cooling oven. This sealing button is sometimes mistakenly identified as a <a href="/wiki/Pontil_mark" title="Pontil mark">pontil mark</a>; however, no pontil (or punty) was used in the process of blowing glass floats. While floats were still hot and soft, marks were often embossed on or near the sealing button to identify the float for trademark. These marks sometimes included <a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">kanji</a> symbols. </p><p>A later manufacturing method used wooden molds to speed up the float-making process. Glass floats were blown into a mold to more easily achieve a uniform size and shape. Seams on the outside of floats are a result of this process. Sometimes knife markings where the wooden molds were carved are also visible on the surface of the glass. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dispersion">Dispersion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glass_float&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Dispersion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glass_Ball_Trip_(16).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/Glass_Ball_Trip_%2816%29.JPG/220px-Glass_Ball_Trip_%2816%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/Glass_Ball_Trip_%2816%29.JPG/330px-Glass_Ball_Trip_%2816%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/Glass_Ball_Trip_%2816%29.JPG/440px-Glass_Ball_Trip_%2816%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1240" data-file-height="928" /></a><figcaption>Small glass float located on the beach in Japan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hokkaido_beach_floats.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Hokkaido_beach_floats.JPG/220px-Hokkaido_beach_floats.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Hokkaido_beach_floats.JPG/330px-Hokkaido_beach_floats.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Hokkaido_beach_floats.JPG/440px-Hokkaido_beach_floats.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Small glass floats washed up on the beach in <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a>, Japan</figcaption></figure> <p>Today most of the glass floats remaining in the ocean are stuck in a circular pattern of <a href="/wiki/Ocean_currents" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean currents">ocean currents</a> in the North Pacific. Off the east coast of Taiwan, the <a href="/wiki/Kuroshio_Current" title="Kuroshio Current">Kuroshio Current</a> starts as a northern branch of the western-flowing <a href="/wiki/North_Equatorial_Current" title="North Equatorial Current">North Equatorial Current</a>. It flows past Japan and meets the arctic waters of the <a href="/wiki/Oyashio_Current" title="Oyashio Current">Oyashio Current</a>. At this junction, the <a href="/wiki/North_Pacific_Current" title="North Pacific Current">North Pacific Current</a> (or Drift) is formed which travels east across the Pacific before slowing down in the Gulf of Alaska. As it turns south, the <a href="/wiki/California_Current" title="California Current">California Current</a> pushes the water into the North Equatorial Current once again, and the cycle continues. Although the number of glass floats is decreasing steadily, many floats are still drifting on these ocean currents. Occasionally storms or certain tidal conditions will break some floats from this circular pattern and bring them ashore. They most often end up on the beaches of the Western United States - especially Alaska, Washington, or Oregon - Taiwan, or Canada. However, many floats have been found on beaches and along coral reefs on Pacific islands, most notably the windward side of Guam. It is estimated that floats must be a minimum of 7-10 years old before washing up on beaches in Alaska. Most floats that wash up, however, would have been afloat for 10 years. A small number of floats are also trapped in the Arctic ice pack where there is movement over the North Pole and into the Atlantic Ocean. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearance">Appearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glass_float&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Large_glass_floats-9-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Large_glass_floats-9-2.jpg/220px-Large_glass_floats-9-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Large_glass_floats-9-2.jpg/330px-Large_glass_floats-9-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Large_glass_floats-9-2.jpg/440px-Large_glass_floats-9-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Large glass floats</figcaption></figure> <p>Once a float lands on a beach, it may roll in the surf and become etched by sand. Many glass floats show distinctive wear patterns from the corrosive forces of sand, sun, and salt water. When old netting breaks off of a float, its pattern often remains on the surface of the glass where the glass was protected under the netting. Other floats have small amounts of water trapped inside of them. This water apparently enters the floats through microscopic imperfections in the glass while the floats are suspended in Arctic ice or held under water by netting. </p><p>To accommodate different fishing styles and nets, the Japanese experimented with different sizes and shapes of floats, ranging from 2 to 20 inches (510 mm) in diameter. Most were rough spheres, but some were cylindrical or "rolling pin" shaped. </p><p>Most floats are shades of green because that is the color of glass from recycled sake bottles. However, clear, amber, aquamarine, amethyst, blue and other colors were also produced. The most prized and rare color is a red or cranberry hue. These were expensive to make because gold was used to produce <a href="/wiki/Cranberry_glass" title="Cranberry glass">cranberry glass</a>. Other brilliant tones such as emerald green, cobalt blue, purple, yellow and orange were primarily made in the 1920s and 30s. The majority of the colored floats available for sale today are replicas. </p><p><br /> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bindama_road.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bindama_road.jpg/220px-Bindama_road.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bindama_road.jpg/330px-Bindama_road.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bindama_road.jpg/440px-Bindama_road.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Bindama Road in <a href="/wiki/Shima,_Mie" title="Shima, Mie">Shima, Mie</a>, decorated with glass floats</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glass_float&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Float_(nautical)" title="Float (nautical)">Float (nautical)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_ball" title="Witch ball">Witch ball</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resources">Resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glass_float&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Beachcombing for Japanese Glass Floats</i> by Amos L. Wood (Binford & Mort, 4th ed., 1985; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8323-0437-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8323-0437-9">0-8323-0437-9</a>)</li> <li><i>Glass Ball, A comprehensive Guide for Oriental Glass Fishing Floats found on Pacific Beaches</i> by Walt Pich (First Edition 2004; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9657108-1-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-9657108-1-5">0-9657108-1-5</a>)</li> <li><i>Beachcombers Guide to the Northwest, Glass Balls & Other Littoral Treasures, California to Alaska</i> by Walt Pich (First Edition 1997; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9657108-0-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-9657108-0-7">0-9657108-0-7</a>)</li> <li><i>Beachcombing the Pacific</i> by Amos L. 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title="Power pro">Power pro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_swivel" title="Fishing swivel">Swivel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Fishing_sinker" title="Fishing sinker">Fishing sinker</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlesey_Bomb" title="Arlesey Bomb">Arlesey Bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombarda" title="Bombarda">Bombarda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downrigger" title="Downrigger">Downrigger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandsinker" title="Sandsinker">Sandsinker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Fishing_rod" title="Fishing rod">Fishing rod</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bamboo_fly_rod" title="Bamboo fly rod">Bamboo fly 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charming">Worm charming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Soft_plastic_bait" title="Soft plastic bait">Plastic bait</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deadsticking" title="Deadsticking">Deadsticking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plastic_worm" title="Plastic worm">Plastic worm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Fishing_lure" title="Fishing lure">Fishing lures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artificial_fly" title="Artificial fly">Artificial fly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heddon_(brand)" title="Heddon (brand)">Heddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Cleo" title="Little Cleo">Little Cleo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormyshka" title="Mormyshka">Mormyshka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_Floater" title="Original Floater">Original Floater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plug_(fishing)" title="Plug (fishing)">Plug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabiki" title="Sabiki">Sabiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinnerbait" title="Spinnerbait">Spinnerbait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spoon_lure" title="Spoon lure">Spoon lure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spoonplug" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoonplug">Spoonplug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surface_lure" title="Surface lure">Surface lure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimbait" title="Swimbait">Swimbait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topwater_fishing_lure" title="Topwater fishing lure">Topwater lure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zara_Spook" title="Zara Spook">Zara Spook</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Bite_indicator" title="Bite indicator">Bite indicators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_float" title="Fishing float">Fishing float</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pellet_waggler" title="Pellet waggler">Pellet waggler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shortfloating" title="Shortfloating">Shortfloating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quiver_tip" title="Quiver tip">Quiver tip</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Rig_(fishing)" title="Rig (fishing)">Fishing rig</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_rig" title="Carolina rig">Carolina rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chod_rig" title="Chod rig">Chod rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dropshotting" title="Dropshotting">Drop shot rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hair_rig" title="Hair rig">Hair rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_rig" title="Texas rig">Texas rig</a></li></ul> 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stringer">Fish stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tackle_box_(fishing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle box (fishing)">Tackle box</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Fishing_techniques29" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Fishing_techniques" title="Fishing techniques">Fishing techniques</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em">Gathering</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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style="width:7.5em">Spears</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bowfishing" title="Bowfishing">Bowfishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gigging" title="Gigging">Gigging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon" title="Harpoon">Harpoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_sling" title="Hawaiian sling">Hawaiian sling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polespear" title="Polespear">Polespear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfishing" title="Spearfishing">Spearfishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speargun" title="Speargun">Speargun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident" title="Trident">Trident</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em"><a href="/wiki/Fishing_line" title="Fishing line">Fishing lines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angling" 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