| 摘要 |
The present invention features a sportsman's fishing net apparatus having a shaft for thrusting the net into the moving current for the purpose of snaring a hooked fish. The net is framed upon a tubular ring-like member disposed on a distal end of the shaft. A flotation device keeps the upper part of the tubular member afloat in the water. The flotation device allows the net to maintain the same position with respect to the surface of the water, despite the induced wave motions. The shaft of the net apparatus is slidable within a collar. The collar is mountable upon trunnions attached to a bracket affixed to the side of the boat. The trunnions allow the shaft to rotate about the bracket affixed to the side of the boat, thus allowing movement with the wave motions. In one embodiment of the apparatus, the shaft is articulated in a mid-portion thereof, for the purpose of drawing the net out of the water without slidably withdrawing the net or detaching the shaft collar from its swivel mounting. A tether or cord member affixed to the tubular frame of the net is drawn towards the fisherman, causing a distal section of the shaft to bend about a mid-portion hinge. When the cord is drawn inward, the distal section automatically lifts and rotates the tubular frame towards the boat. A fish that has been captured in the net is then pulled from the water, and the fisherman can easily retrieve the netted catch.
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