What is fishing?

What is Fishing? Fishing Shop Items & Products Shop Items Comment on this Fishing Article Comment / Share Email this Fishing Article to someone Email Show Printer Friendly version Print What is Fishing? Fishing- Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service: also called Angling, the sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line, and hook. Like hunting, fishing originated as a means of providing food for survival. Fishing means to capture fish. It is both the sport and recreation of catching fish for food or as a trophy, and the commercial business of catching or harvesting seafood. It can also be the act of a person who possesses instrument, article, or substance for the purpose of taking the fish to another location in which the fish might dwell in. Fishing is one of the most well-liked forms of recreation. In fact, it is secondary to swimming as the most popular leisure activity in the United States. People of both sexes and ...

Fishing is an old, highly esteemed sport on RSFC, in which fishermen (usually RSFC regulars) post highly inflammatory or even incorrect statements (bait) in order to draw a lot of high-intensity flames, and/or scores of clueless newbies ready to "school" the poster. Fishermen are usually very wily, have few scruples to speak of, and would just as soon expose you as a foolish newbie as get up in the morning. In fact, many prefer it to getting up in the morning, and will play a victim with a zeal and determination otherwise reserved for BBQ.

In the oilfield, “fishing” refers to the application of tools, equipment and techniques for the removal of junk, debris or fish from a wellbore. Oilfield operations have at least one thing in common with every other activity that involves drilling a hole in the ground: sooner or later, something in the hole will become broken, stuck or otherwise not a part of normal operations and will have to be retrieved or removed. The key elements of a fishing operation include an understanding of the dimensions and nature of the fish to be removed, the wellbore conditions, the tools and techniques employed, and the process by which the recovered fish will be handled at surface. The key enabling technologies for successful fishing operations are cutting, milling and pulling.  more