creel

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Oban in Argyll also builds a creel tree as part of the town's winter festival.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

These entanglements can involve creel fishing gear or ghost gear - rope and nets that have been lost or abandoned by fishing boats.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

In February, two fisherman rescued a humpback whale found entangled in creel fishing gear off the coast of Skye.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

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

I remember the smell of crushed ferns in the creel and the delicate sweet odor of fresh damp rainbow trout lying so prettily on the green bed.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck