fished

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fish

comparative more fished · superlative most fished

1. rareContaining or loaded with fish.

   The trawl-net boats were continually coming in clean, and, with rare exceptions, were very poorly fished until the recent cold, frosty weather set in, when some splendid takes were secured, yielding to each crew for one night's fishing from £100 to £200.

   1880–1884, Francis Day, The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, London; Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, page 215