cast-net

present singular third person cast-nets · participle present cast-netting · participle past cast-netted · past cast-netted

1. transitiveuncommonfishingTo throw a weighted fishing net and then pull it back by means of an attached line.

   Silver carps and tambaquis were obtained from a fishfarm and bluegills and Congo tilapias were cast-netted from Paranoá Reservoir.

   1990, E. van Donk, E.H.R.R. Lammens, M.-L. Meyer, Ramesh D. Gulati (editors), Biomanipulation Tool for Water Management, Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8–11 August, 1989, page 582

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   With regard to barbel, the last direction for chub is a very important one; hundreds of barbel are caught when of mere gudgeon size, either when raking for gudgeon or cast-netting for bait.

   1883, Francis Francis, The Practical Management of Fisheries, A Book For Proprietors and Keepers, page 96

   Down Florida way the coral reefs hold huge schools of small fish which can be easily cast netted after being attracted close to the boat with a bit of chum, or purchased from bait boats or from bait stores that have big tanks to handle live bait.

   May 1986, Bunky Hearst, “Fighting Chair, Which Fish With Which To Fish-Got That?”, in Motor Boating & Sailing, volume 157, number 5, page 34

   In South Carolina, as many as 15,000 recreational fishermen buy licenses to cast net for white shrimp over a thirty-day period each fall.

   2009, Jack Rudloe, Anne Rudloe, Shrimp, The Endless Quest for Pink Gold, page 70

   One of the best I knew was Buddy Rogers, a backwoods cracker who cast-netted during the day and spent most of his nights frog-leg hunting.

   2016, Gilbert L. Voss, A Pioneer Son at Sea, Fishing Tales of Old Florida

   Synonyms: net-cast