How do fish pull away so well when hooked, they are in water and can not hold onto anything?

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How do fish pull away so well when hooked, they are in water and can not hold onto anything?

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They use their tail to swim against the line (I believe you’ve already seen a fish swimming). This movement propels water behind them, and with the action/reaction principle it propels them forward. Exactly like if you tied your line to a boat the boat could pull by using its propeller to launch water behind it.