spec. The taking of trout and other fish by the method described in quot. 1884.

The practice of catching a fish by tightening a looped cord around it. Cf. twitchel, n.2

fishing by means of yairs.

fishing through holes made in the ice, either commercially or for sport or survival; (also) hunting for seals in this way.

the action or practice of catching a fish by hooking it in a part of the body other than the mouth.

Scottish. Fishing. Apparently: the action or practice of using the point of a rod or other instrument as a means of hooking a fish. rare.

(a) (see quot.); (b) ‘the strawberry bush, Euonymus americanus’ (Cent. Dict.).

U.S. A method of fishing in which the muddy bottom of a lake, river, etc., is deliberately disturbed. Obsolete. rare.

The practice of catching fish by means of hooks which are pulled sharply through the water.

The action of fishing using a roll cast.

U.S. The action or practice of fishing at night using a jacklight; jacklighting for fish. Cf. Jack, n.2 29. rare (now historical).

Fishing for cod using an unbaited hook or number of hooks at the end of a weighted line that is jerked sharply up through the water.

The action of allowing the spool of a fishing reel to spin freely. Cf. free spool, n.

The action of noodle, v.4; the sport of catching fish or turtles in this way. Also: the practice of catching turtles with a trap or line.

the use of electricity to catch fish, either by stunning them or by attracting them with a weak electrical field.

Any device designed to deliver an electric shock, esp. as an aid to catching fish.

the process by which fish and other marine animals become trapped in or ensnared by lost or discarded fishing equipment; cf. ghost gear n., ghost net…

The catch-and-release method of fishing.