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Answer for the clue "An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish ", 7 letters:
fishgig

Word definitions for fishgig in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: spear , gig , fizgig , lance ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fishgig \Fish"gig`\, n. A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish. --Knight.

Usage examples of fishgig.

Chips and the bosun stealing away without a sound: they and their party mean to lay out the work early and start the tar-kettle a-going well in advance, and Joe Gower is taking his fishgig in the hope of some of those well-tasting stingrays that lie in the shallows by night.