The invention relates to a 
fishing gear and application thereof, which belong to the technical field of fish capturing. The 
fishing gear of the invention belongs to the 
fishing gear with the effects of emancipating the productive forces, exponentially improving the work efficiency, having no injury on fishes, having the advantages of safety, durability, flexibility, labor saving and multipurpose, ensuring the fresh and alive effect of the fish and having the capability of abundantly capturing, temporarily capturing or selectively capturing various turtles, soft-shelled turtles, shrimps, crabs, eel, loach fish, 
grass carp, 
carp, rare variety of fish, 
aquarium fish, various marine products and 
potable water products. The invention has the main technical scheme that the fishing gear comprises a net cage 8, a floater 2, a pulling 
rope 1, a bait net 
pipe 7 and a fish entering mechanism 9, wherein lamination bulbs, simulated aquatic 
weed 10, earthworms and pre-placed small fish induce the fish to enter the cage. The invention has wide purpose, is applicable to injury-free selective capturing, temporary capturing according to the requirements, and large-batch live fish capturing of the fishing rod type, the pulling 
rope type and the 
windlass type in coastal fishing ground, rivers, lakes, reservoir and ponds.