fishing

Example Sentences

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Fishery regulators decided to allow a fishing season with strict catch limits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

A few kilometres from Kinshasa, small-scale fishing still provides a livelihood for more than 600 families on the small river island of Kimpoko.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Ads for the digital publication sold quickly, mostly to travel companies, while stories included a feature on a honeymoon destination with fly fishing and sporting clays.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Killybegs is a small fishing town in County Donegal nestled along the picturesque, rural Irish coastline - dubbed Wild Atlantic Way - with a population of about 1,250 people.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Nor could I imagine the boy by the river and the joy of Togbe’s childhood anymore, because I hated the water, hated fishing and everything that went with it.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo