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go fishing

VERB
fish
Synonyms
STRONG
angle bait bob cast chum extract extricate find net produce seine trawl troll
WEAK
bait the hook cast one's hook cast one's net haul out pull out

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Do as the bears do in Alaska and go fishing for wild salmon.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

“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

The contents of his net will serve as dinner for his small team before they set out to go fishing again in the evening.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Some days, though, I’d stay home and go fishing with R.C. down on the Yazoo.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe