hat tip @Swordsmyth
I'm not pulling a @Danke but, seriously, I already got one.
Back in the day when hunting, literally, swordfish from a bow pulpit could be a way to make money commercial fishing, this was what you used, exactly as Quint showed you in Jaws. Or you could use a "flying gaff".
Haven't shot it 30 years now, but I got one.
Have one these as well:
That's a 45-70 single shot line throwing gun.
A blank cartridge propelled one of the bass rods which was attached to thin twine, that was held in the aluminum drum under the barrel.
That was attached to a 3/4 inch manila or poly-d line, which that was attached to a tow wire which was sometimes attached to tow chain.
The idea was you could shoot over a tow line to a vessel in distress, or from you if needed, to another vessel that could not get close enough to safely pass a line, due to weather or rocks and shoals or what have you.
Nowadays we use rockets:
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