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'''Blast fishing''' is fishing with live explosives or something else that causes a shockwave. Throw a bomb into the water, and the dead fish float to the surface. This was called "dynamite fishing" in the late-1940s, when there was a surplus of dynamite available after [[World War II]] - nowadays, the explosive is just as likely to be fertilizer-based where the practice still exists. |
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Fishing with live explosives. Throw a bomb into the water, all fish goes belly up. Obviously unsafe, <s>but</s> therefore somewhat popular in comedy. |
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A related practice is electrical fishing, which kills the fish by using electricity instead of a blast shockwave. The effect is the same. |
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It's hideously inefficient; [[The Other Wiki]] says that for every ten fish killed, only one or two float to the surface. (And, obviously, none of the shellfish that are killed or stunned float to the surface.) The blasts also damage the sea floor or lake bed. It's also dangerous: the fisherman is setting off an explosion or ionizing the water close to the fishing boat... but that just makes this somewhat popular as a comedy trope. |
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* One episode of ''[[Rune Soldier Louie]]'' shows |
* One episode of ''[[Rune Soldier Louie]]'' shows fishing with high-voltage electricity, over the objections of the person who actually owned property on the shore of the affected lake. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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== [[Fan Works]] == |
== [[Fan Works]] == |
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* Some [[Dark Humor]] in [https://safebooru.donmai.us/posts/593574 this fan art] based on ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'', as the esper who can generate electricity goes for a swim. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' does [//tenor.com/view/crocodile-dundee-dynamite-strange-fishing-paul-hogan-gif-14500215 |
* ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' does [https://tenor.com/view/crocodile-dundee-dynamite-strange-fishing-paul-hogan-gif-14500215 dynamite fishing] in the opening of the second film. Then the camera zooms out, and we see {{spoiler|he's doing it in New York harbor}}. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* ''[[Borderlands]]'' has "Wanted: Fresh Fish" mission, and ''Borderlands 2'' |
* ''[[Borderlands]]'' has "Wanted: Fresh Fish" mission, and ''Borderlands 2'' has a grenade fishing side-challenge. |
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* One of things that the Remote Bombs in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]'' can be used for is killing the fish while they're in the water, which makes them easier to collect since they can't vanish when you dive in after them. |
* One of things that the Remote Bombs in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]'' can be used for is killing the fish while they're in the water, which makes them easier to collect since they can't vanish when you dive in after them. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* ''THe FReCKLeD FINGeR'' goes for dark humor, so how about [//www.theduckwebcomics.com/THe_FReCKLeD_FINGeR/5063424/ suicide bomber fishing]? |
* ''THe FReCKLeD FINGeR'' goes for dark humor, so how about [https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/THe_FReCKLeD_FINGeR/5063424/ suicide bomber fishing]? |
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* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' had |
* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' had blast fishing [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2008-02-05 go an unexpected way]. |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3XZ4qoKGw0 "Trout Fishing - Afghan style"] |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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Blast fishing is fishing with live explosives or something else that causes a shockwave. Throw a bomb into the water, and the dead fish float to the surface. This was called "dynamite fishing" in the late-1940s, when there was a surplus of dynamite available after World War II - nowadays, the explosive is just as likely to be fertilizer-based where the practice still exists.
A related practice is electrical fishing, which kills the fish by using electricity instead of a blast shockwave. The effect is the same.
It's hideously inefficient; The Other Wiki says that for every ten fish killed, only one or two float to the surface. (And, obviously, none of the shellfish that are killed or stunned float to the surface.) The blasts also damage the sea floor or lake bed. It's also dangerous: the fisherman is setting off an explosion or ionizing the water close to the fishing boat... but that just makes this somewhat popular as a comedy trope.
Examples of Blast fishing include:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
- One episode of Rune Soldier Louie shows fishing with high-voltage electricity, over the objections of the person who actually owned property on the shore of the affected lake.
Comic Books
Fan Works
- Some Dark Humor in this fan art based on A Certain Scientific Railgun, as the esper who can generate electricity goes for a swim.
Film
- Crocodile Dundee does dynamite fishing in the opening of the second film. Then the camera zooms out, and we see he's doing it in New York harbor.
Literature
Live-Action TV
Music
New Media
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Recorded and Stand Up Comedy
Tabletop Games
Theatre
Video Games
- Borderlands has "Wanted: Fresh Fish" mission, and Borderlands 2 has a grenade fishing side-challenge.
- One of things that the Remote Bombs in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild can be used for is killing the fish while they're in the water, which makes them easier to collect since they can't vanish when you dive in after them.
Visual Novels
Web Animation
Web Comics
- THe FReCKLeD FINGeR goes for dark humor, so how about suicide bomber fishing?
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal had blast fishing go an unexpected way.
Web Original
Western Animation
Other Media
Real Life
- Actually can be (and was) done. It's banned in most remotely civilized places — for several good reasons, from overkill of everything in water to handling explosives in the ways prone to having them lost and/or leading to accidents.
- Soviet aviation found this "inventive" use for rockets. It's known due to an infamous incident which got Vasiliy Stalin (yes, son of Iosif Stalin) removed from post of a regiment commander: their weapon engineer fiddling with the munition was killed instantly, and others wounded (2 of 7 "fishermen" who got hospitalized per the official report, 6 out of 9 per an unofficial telling of one participant), so this had to be reported.