Recreational fishing

The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal. It normally inhabits slow-moving freshwater habitats, particularly lakes and lowland rivers.

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fishing for pleasure or competition

angling method

genus of fishes

practice of fishing by drawing a baited line or lure behind a boat

object to attract fish

angling equipment

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sharp-hooked pole used to spear large fish

methods of attracting earthworms from the ground

method of fishing

land-based game fishing technique

Hollowell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population, including the nearby hamlet of Teeton, was 353 people, increasing to 385 at the 2011 Census. The village was originally a hamlet of Guilsborough, becoming a separate parish from 1850. Hollowell is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as belonging the Bishop of Lincoln having "... 4 villeins with 1 bordar having 1 plough. It was, and is worth, 10 schillings. Bardi held (it) freely."

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fish hunted for sport or food

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recreational angling for carp

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harvesting clams from below the surface of the tidal sand flats or mud flats, done both recreationally and commercially

recreational fishing targeting large fish

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aspect of the fishing industry

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