How to Use fishing in a Sentence

fishing

noun
  • The fishing was pretty good today.
  • I'm going fishing this weekend.
  • But the fishing is big on both sides.
    — Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Bluegill fishing is good with worms.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And maybe fresh fish (a lot of fishing goes on there).
    — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 9 May 2026
  • Those fishing can use no more than two lines with no more than two hooks per line.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Watch the dory fishing boats launch from the beach.
    — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But fishing isn’t the only thing the group does to raise funds.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 4 July 2022
  • Case is a member of the school's bass fishing and archery teams.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 May 2024
  • Portions of most of these rivers are open to fishing year-round.
    — Tom Opre, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
  • Bass fishing with stickbaits is a gas.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • What do squash, fishing and surgery have in common?
    — Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Here's what to know about fishing and hunting laws in the state.
    — Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • My buddy’s friend goes back to fishing.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2026
  • The fishing is quick and easy, followed by lunch cooked over an open fire.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Walleye fishing is hit and miss.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The fishing grounds here are full of cod and dozens of trawlers dot the horizon.
    — David Greig september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Fly fishing has changed my entire.
    — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Love all things fishing and outdoors?
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Today, salmon fishing faces three grim threats.
    — Scott Artis, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Going fishing was my break, right?
    — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • José parked beside one of the lakes, which was stocked with trout, for fishing.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Dave Chapman heard about it at his fishing club.
    — Peter Carline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This is a filament that hangs off the back of a fishing boat.
    — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The water has a nice flow for either wet or dry-fly fishing.
    — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • One turtle dug herself a pit where a fishing net had been buried.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Take them fishing or camping or just for a hike somewhere.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • That went on from the start of trout season until bass fishing time.
    — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Prime bass fishing draws anglers.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The managers set high fishing quotas for the next three years.
    — Abby McBride, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023

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