Abstract: A hook, for use by fishermen for gaffing a fish, is carried by a member which is releasably anchored to a pole, and may be manipulated by the fisherman positively to engage in the fish; and then the member, carrying the hook which has been caught in the fish, may be disengaged from the pole by the fisherman by manipulating means to release the anchorage, while a rope or cable, attached to the same member, which rope, in the meantime, has not required the use of either of the hands of the fisherman may now be used for pulling in the hooked fish.