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Fishing techniques
Sport fishing or game fishing is recreational fishing activities that focus mainly on the physical exertion and thrilling experience during the process of subduing a hard-fighting fish, which provides the fisherman the excitement of a challenge (a good "sport" or "game") and a satisfying sense of achievement after successfully catching the ...
Longline fishing
Casting (fishing) In angling, casting is the act of the angler throwing the bait and hook (or a lure) as well as other attached terminal tackles out over the water, typically by slinging a fishing line manipulated by a long, elastic fishing rod. The term itself may also be used for setting out a net when artisanal fishing .
Bass fishing. Smallmouth bass caught on the Missouri River in Niobrara, Nebraska, U.S. Bass fishing is the recreational fishing activity, typically via rod -based angling, for various game fishes of North America known collectively as black bass. [1] There are numerous black bass species targeted in North America, including largemouth bass ...
Recreational boat fishing. Fly fishing from a dinghy. Recreational fishermen usually fish either from a boat or from a shoreline or river bank. When fishing from a boat, or fishing vessel, most fishing techniques can be used, from nets to fish traps, but some form of angling is by far the most common. Compared to fishing from the land, fishing ...
Spin fishing. Spin fishing is an angling technique where a spinnerbait, a type of hybrid fishing lure with at least one freely rotating blade, is used to entice the fish to bite. When the line is reeled back, the spinnerbait blades will spin passively with the oncoming water flow, in turn stirring up a significant amount of turbulence and noise ...
Fisheries-induced evolution (FIE) is the microevolution of an exploited aquatic organism's population, brought on through the artificial selection for biological traits by fishing practices (fishing techniques and fisheries management). [1] Fishing, of any severity or effort, will impose an additional layer of mortality to the natural ...