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Meanings of line-fishing in English

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The art or sport of catching fish with a rod and line and a baited hook or other lure, such as a fly.

Usage of line-fishing in English
1
This, however, is not the case; line-fishing is universal, and the lights serve mostly for signals.
To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I
2
And when we are line-fishing it sucks the bait off our hooks, and sometimes swallows hook and all.
On the Seashore / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VII
3
They go out line-fishing in small boats, which are frequently lost in the fog and never heard of again.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville