Recreational fishing
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Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is occupational fishing activities
Recreational fishing at sunset
Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, published in 1653 helped popularize fly fishing as a sport. Woodcut by Louis Rhead
Trading card of the Ustonson company, an early firm specializing in fishing equipment, and holder of a Royal Warrant from the 1760s.
The Fly-fisher's Entomology by Alfred Ronalds had a great influence on the development of fly fishing when it was first published in 1836.
Recreational boat fishing
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Recreational boat fishing is recreational fishing using surface watercraft as the activity platform. Unlike commercial/artisanal boat fishing, where fishing are conducted from professional fishing ves
Fly fishing from a dinghy
Menominees spearfishing salmon at night by torchlight and canoe on Fox River
Fishing dingy in Switzerland
Fishing from a boat on the Doubs, France