casting nets
Hurling woven traps
Casting nets is a fishing technique where a circular weighted net is thrown by hand to spread open over the water, then drawn closed to trap fish beneath it.
The phrase extends to any broad, exploratory effort: We're casting nets to find potential investors.
Unlike angling with a single hook, casting nets implies trying to capture many possibilities at once.
- seineVertical hanging fish net
- dragnetUnderwater haul net
- trawlingNet-dragging fishing method
- net fishingHarvesting aquatic life with mesh
- fishermenThose who catch aquatic creatures
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casting netsfly fishing
Catching fish with imitation insects
trolling · jigging · spearfishing · harpooning · bowfishing
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