Mike I remember use-in hand lines to fish with.They work for us back in the 50s spark plugs for sinkers hooks come in metal cans,and we turned drift wood logs boards to get our bait..A tackle box was your pockets worked great. I have used cane poles to catch snapper blues I still do now some times. Boy have times changed.Try fishing with a hand line. Call D E P and let them enforce the law its safe.70 yrs old.