go fishing

Example Sentences

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“Ask anybody who’s ever seen me play. They’ll say, ‘Stick with the lab, or go fishing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

At a White House dinner for ballroom donors, Trump joked about the sea strikes: “Nobody wants to go fishing anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has admitted he did not have a rod licence to go fishing with JD Vance and has blamed the oversight on an "administrative error".

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

Or I am going to go visit my friend at the coffee shop and talk about whatever, or we're going to go for a quick hike outside of town or something or go fishing.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2023

Sometimes I would go fishing, a practical way of resting.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien