Patent ID: 6857217

Claim:
A buoyant hand held fishing gaff for manually engaging and lifting fish from water, comprising: an elongated handle having a substantially straight main portion having a proximal end of said handle and a grasping or gripping portion arcuately extending away from a longitudinal axis of said straight portion and terminating at a distal end of said handle; a fish engaging member having a substantially straight shank portion and an arcuately shaped hook portion terminating in a sharpened distal tip thereof; said shank portion operably connected in substantially collinear alignment within, and extending from said proximal end, said shank portion being securely positionable in a plurality of different rotationally aligned positions whereby said hook portion is selectively positionably orientable about the longitudinal axis with respect to said grasping or gripping portion; said handle being hollow—along substantially the entire length thereof—and of sufficient airtight interior air volume to render said fish gaff substantially buoyant in water.