fishing

Recreational fishing

An angler

Recreational fishing and the closely related (nearly synonymous) sport fishing describe fishing for pleasure or competition. Recreational fishing has conventions, rules, licensing restrictions and laws that limit the way in which fish may be caught, The International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) makes and oversees these obligations. Typically, these prohibit the use of nets and the catching of fish with hooks not in the mouth.

Fishing techniques

Fishermen with traditional fish traps

Hand fishing

Ama diver Ama diver in Japan

It is possible to fish with minimal equipment by using only the hands. In the USA catching catfish in this way is known as noodling. In the British Isles, the practice of catching trout by hand is known as trout tickling; it is an art mentioned several times in the plays of Shakespeare.

Chinese man with fishing cormorant

Chinese man with fishing cormorant

Chinese man with fishing cormorant

Fishing with nets

Fishing with nets in Cà Mau, Vietnam.

Fishing with nets

Fishing in antiquity

Fishing, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis

Origins

Stone Age, fishing hook Stone Age fishing hook made from bone.

Fishing, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis

Fishing, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (XIV century)

Fishing, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis

Fishing

Stilts fishermen, Sri Lanka

 

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