creel

Example Sentences

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A search is ongoing after an unoccupied creel boat washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Family friend and local skipper James Robertson suggested she should try her hand at creel fishing on his boat off Elgol.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

Many creel fishermen and scallop divers support restrictions on larger scale commercial fishing in MPAs.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2024

Bally Philp operates a creel boat out of Kyleakin harbour on the Isle of Skye and sells his high-value langoustines to restaurants across the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

One Saturday morning, Mother looked up from her sewing as I was running out the front door, one of Granddaddy’s butterfly nets and his old fishing creel slung over my shoulder.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly