Abstract: The invention is a device for spearing fish and animals. It has a handgrip with a bore running lengthwise through it. Slidably mounted in the bore is a spear shaft propelled by a resilient band affixed to its end and to the handgrip. When a groove around the front portion of the spear shaft is moved back into the handgrip, a blade which moves inwardly in a slot extending from the outside of the handgrip through the wall of the bore snaps into the groove, locking the spear shaft in a state of readiness. The spear is fired by depressing a trigger which is attached to the locking blade and which moves the blade out of the groove.