Fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.

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Famous quotes containing the word fishing:

    “The wildness and adventure that are in fishing still recommended it to me.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically, you are obliged to mention yourself, take care not to drop one single word that can directly or indirectly be construed as fishing for applause.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “Once fishing was a rabbit’s foot—
    O wind blow cold, O wind blow hot,”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)