Phrase Hound found 70 phrases and 34 compound words that contain fishing. The most common are listed below. Open fishing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 70
- fly fishingA form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast a lure visually resembling a fly.
- fishing boatA boat used for fishing.
- fishing lineA cord or line where the hook or lure is attached.
- fishing netA net used for fishing.
- ice fishingThe practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- fishing catA medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).
- fishing rodA rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.
- fishing groundAn area of water used for fishing (usually a sea area).
- fishing boatsplural of fishing boat: A boat used for fishing.
- fishing vesselsplural of fishing vessel: A fishing boat, usually a relatively large one.
- Fishing industry
- Commercial Fishing
- Sea Fishing
- Fishing village
- Fishing tackle
- Fishing gear
- fishing poleA pole used for fishing.
- Sport Fishing
- bottom fishingFishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.
- Fishing Trip
- Bass Fishing
- fishing vesselA fishing boat, usually a relatively large one.
- Trout-fishing
- Fishing PointA suburb of Newcastle in the Lake Macquarie council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- gone fishingUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, fishing.
Compound words 34
- sportfishingfishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing
- electrofishinga kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
- shellfishingfishing for shellfish
- microfishingThe practice of fishing for small fish.
- fishinglyIn a manner that suggests fishing, such as groping in search of something, or seeking compliments.
- antifishingOpposed to fishing.
- nonfishingNot of or pertaining to the sport or commercial activity of fishing.
- rodfishingangling with a fishing rod
- sportsfishingAlternative form of sportfishing: fishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing
- overfishingpresent participle and gerund of overfish