Clonk (fishing)

A clonk is a fishing tool which has been used in Europe to fish for Wels catfish. It consists of a stick with three parts: handle, fork and heel. Originally it was made of wood but nowadays there are clonks made of plastic or metal too because they are easier to produce than wood.

The process of clonking may look an easy job at first, but it requires some practice. The air bubble produced when the clonk strikes the water is cut by the fork and this produces a unique sound similar to opening a wine bottle. This sound stimulates the defensive instinct in nearby catfish and they attack the "intruder", which in this case is the bait.

Fishing tackle

Fish hook	Circle hook Gaff Hookset Sniggle

Fishing line	Braided Knots Monofilament Multifilament Power pro Swivel

Fishing sinker	Arlesey Bomb Bombarda Downrigger Sandsinker

Fishing rod	Bamboo fly rod Fishing reel Fishing rod tapers Fly rod building

Fishing bait	Bait fish Boilies Chum Clonk Groundbait Vermicompost Worm charming

Plastic bait	Deadsticking Plastic worm

Fishing lures	Artificial fly Heddon Little Cleo Mormyshka Original Floater Plug Sabiki Spinnerbait Spoon lure Spoonplug Surface lure Swimbait Topwater lure Zara Spook

Bite indicators	Fishing float Pellet waggler Shortfloating Quiver tip

Fishing rig	Carolina rig Chod rig Hair rig Texas rig

Apparel	Creel Diving mask Hip boot Personal flotation device Snorkel Waders Wetsuit

Other	Fish stringer Tackle box

Fishing techniques

Gathering	Abalone Ama divers Clam digging Flounder tramping Gathering seafood by hand Noodling Pearl hunting Scallop aquaculture Trout binning Trout tickling

Spears	Bowfishing Gigging Harpoon Hawaiian sling Polespear Spearfishing Speargun Trident

Fishing lines	Dropline Drum lines Handline fishing Jiggerpole Jigging Jug fishing Longline fishing Spin fishing Trolling Trotline

Fishing nets	Cast net Chinese fishing net Drift net Ghost nets Gill net Glass floats Hand net Ice jigger Lampara net Lampuki net Lave net Seine net Surrounding net Tangle net Trawl net Turtle excluder device

Fish traps	Almadraba Corf Crab trap Double-Heart of Stacked Stones Eel buck Fish wheel Fishing basket Fishing weir Lobster trap Putcher fishing Trabucco

Other	Basnig Blast fishing Cormorant fishing Cyanide fishing Dredging Electrofishing Electric pulse fishing Fish aggregating device Fish toxins Fishfinder Fishing light attractor Flossing Ice fishing Kite fishing Muroami Otter fishing Payaos Shrimp baiting Snagging

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