This is the moment an angry wife throws her fisherman husband's gear out of the car to stop him from going fishing on a hot day and suffering from heat stroke.

The incident took place in the city of Yangzhou, in Jiangsu, eastern China, on Monday, July 8.

The footage shows the man's wife marching up to their car, popping the boot open, and proceeding to empty the vehicle of her husband's fishing equipment.

Clearly annoyed, she scatters the man's boots, fishing rod, and other equipment all over the ground, with the man eventually appearing to confront her.

The pair appear to argue briefly before walking out of the shot as the footage ends.

Local media reported that the man had secretly put his angling equipment in the car but had been rumbled by his wife.

Concerned about the high temperature, his wife feared he might suffer heatstroke and tried to stop him from going, but the husband reportedly refused to change his mind.

In frustration, she threw all the equipment out of the car and emptied the contents item by item onto the ground.