| 单词 | fishing |
| 例句 | But I wished he knew what it felt like to need to go fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Of the fishing village, nothing remained but cold ashes that stank when it rained. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The mooring line, okay, I’ll give you that. The fishing gaffs a maybe, but assume I’ll go with you. Where do you take me from there?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t know a thing about fishing, and I hadn’t been on a one-on-one outing with a friend in over a year. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As the sun rose higher in the sky, he felt drawn thin and tight as a fishing line. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The words are coming back, as if by writing them down, I’m fishing them out of forgetfulness, one by one. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z While driving through Pennsylvania he had simply happened upon a beautiful lake, pulled over, and taken an impromptu fishing vacation in perfect serenity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I went fishing at sunup. It’s probably around eight by now.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The same part of my mind that had rebuked me over my fishing fiasco scolded me again. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They searched the camp, the lagoon, the fishing lines, the jetty, everywhere they could think to look. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I sliced onions, and Bailey opened two or even three cans of sardines and allowed their juice of oil and fishing boats to ooze down and around the sides. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He makes one of his first oil paintings, View of the Sea at Scheveningen, with a fishing boat and several figures on the beach. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I took my five fish, my fishing tools, and my pie and started home again. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Some folks, they go fishing and they keep reeling in, changing bait, and trying again and again. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie could be stubborn, but I knew the one thing my little brother loved more than fishing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z End of two weeks all two hundred traps are fishing and I’m pulling twenty-five a day by hand. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He stuck out his hand and Adina shook it warily before turning her attentions to the tangled fishing lines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Down the shoreline a fishing boat pulls up to the dock at the seafood restaurant, and a man in a long white apron rushes down the gangplank to meet the boat. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls and ceilings were peppermint, and here and there, you’d see a bit of fishing net, or a rotted piece from a boat stuck up high near the cornicing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So it was that he trailed Carl to the fishing grounds at Ship Channel Bank. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But at twilight or during the night, other things are visible: oil-well fires in Libya and the Persian Gulf; deepwater illumination by the Japanese squid fishing fleet; the bright lights of large cities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never gone fishing and he’d never been in a rowboat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He cut the other fishing line and let them both drift out to sea. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Do you think Gideon knew those two boys? Did he have many friends when he was here? Did he ever go fishing with anyone or swimming in the creek?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A bunch of the other fishing guides had written to the Coast Guard, saying Dad ought to be given one more chance with his captain’s license. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Pass him in the corridor and he is fishing potato crisps out of a bag by the fistful. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I feel like I could cast a fishing line out into the sky and reel it in, tugging as it bobs through the currents of stars. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There were only so many hours a man could devote to mending sails, caulking leaks, and fishing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Half the pleasure was sticking your arm in up to the shirtsleeve and fishing in the ice water for the bottle. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides their well-known rallies where they burned crosses and preached race hatred, the Klan hosted regular dances, shooting matches, barbecues, bingo nights, and fishing trips. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “You know where I’m talking about? J.T., Digger, and I used to go fishing there? Swimming, too, sometimes.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Though scarred and cracked, they were sculpted from years of hammering, chiseling, and fishing, and were twice the size of the foreman's. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I look at the sea I once planned to cross by fishing boat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Talk about fly fishing. Did you ever hear of fly fishing for crocodiles?” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They came to Mars and now, first thing, or so they said, they were going fishing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z About riding to the mill behind Gluglu; fishing back in the lake with their Uncle Jasper; picking pecans with Lidie’s little black brood, and hauling chips in their express wagon. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z He spent two hours sewing up the rip with fishing line. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "The fishing hasn't been very good out here," the man said. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She pushed aside an old fishing net to get to a saddle. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Getting some fresh air. And who goes fishing after dark?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the cone net under the forward bunk with the fishing line. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bando unfolds his collapsible fishing rod, and I gather cattail tubers and catch a mess of frogs for dinner. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My father assembled his long bamboo fishing pole, a pole he had made with his own two hands, remembering its design from his childhood in China. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some days, though, I’d stay home and go fishing with R.C. down on the Yazoo. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Fine by me!'' he said. “My boat's OK for fishing, but it's not up to a chase. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Momma’s going fishing, papa’s going fishing, I’m a going fishing, too. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z For many years the sheriff dreamed of spending the shining time hunting and fishing—wandering in the Santa Lucia range, camping by half-remembered streams. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I tried to follow his logic and made promises, but we had never gotten around to taking a fishing trip. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Sitting and wishing never made man great. The good Lord sends the fishing, but we gotta dig the bait. I say we’ve got to force the hand of those administrators. They’re ignoring you.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Below the pine-clad bluffs, a dozen fishing boats were pulling in their nets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay. I can’t let you bring a couple of sharks to a fishing party!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Later that same day, a fishing ketch was taken by Seven Skulls and Thrall's Bane. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was putting a hook on the tail when the sun came out with such strength that the light creaked like a fishing boat. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Jacob stepped out and said, “Maybe we go fishing sometime.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No, it would not surprise Sergeant Victor Maples to hear that Kabuo Miyamoto had killed a man with a fishing gaff. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I was fishing, and sitting on a rock; the sun beating on my back had made me sleepy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after that fishing trip, at the age of seventy-one, Gey learned he had the disease he’d spent his entire life trying to fight. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He wanted good schooling for them all, opportunities apart from fishing and shipbuilding. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Rowan gathered his supplies and headed to his fishing cabin. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Winnie squinted at her fishing line and tried to picture a teeming world. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “The defendant had no spare battery aboard his boat? He’d gone out fishing without one?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In contrast to the unattractive side street outside the window of Bókin, the library’s window provided a view of the fishing trawlers docked in the bay, and the mountains just beyond the water. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The place was deserted, too; I saw just one small fishing boat rocking like a lazy walrus off the shore. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Now they only had to figure out how to get her into the fishing boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "I almost forgot. I need you to sign something," he said, fishing around in his pants pocket for a pen. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Soon they got up and left, for they had decided to try their luck with the fishing nets let down through big holes chopped in the ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Is a fishing rod evil because it catches someone’s dinner? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I was exhausted, and scared sick, and around noon I pulled into an old fishing resort called the Tip Top Lodge. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Early that Sunday morning, Frankie borrowed one of his father’s old trucks and set out for a morning of trout fishing with two friends. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were lockers built into the benches in the cockpit that held cushions, sailcanvas, fishing gear. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He opened his eyes and saw a fishing village, the blue sea beyond, a swath of rolling green hills, and a cloudless sky. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I remembered that the letter mentioned the silver dollar, fishing lure, and skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You come near to missing breakfast. Miles and Winnie been up for hours, out fishing and back already.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I started the truck and followed his directions up and down the dirt farm roads until we came to our fishing spot. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Sandy’s got a fishing line in his hands. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z How we could get work there right away, on the local fishing boats, live for mad cheap and meet all kinds of tourist girls from everywhere in the world. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Gale had two sets of bows and arrows, one hunting knife, one fishing net, and over eight hundred terrified people to feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I think of a hundred moments in the woods, lazy afternoons fishing, the day I taught him to swim, that time I twisted my knee and he carried me home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He split one in two with his fingernail and baited their fishing lines. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Early spring is a poor season for fishing. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Saturday is the day that I catch up with things or maybe now that spring is coming, I’ll just go fishing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And the boxmaster would attempt to scoop up the bird in a long-handled fishing net and toss it into the air and run. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “You could scramble onto one of the fishing boats. But if you fell on the sea side, you might get sucked under.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Could he really leave the hospice and go fishing? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z During the century after Verrazzano Europeans were regular visitors to the Dawnland, usually fishing, sometimes trading, occasionally kidnapping natives as souvenirs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I grab the loose Halloween picture of Esme dressed in waders, holding a fishing pole, and Henry dressed as a giant fish. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Still, fishing was his favorite pastime and he had great luck with Ned’s Wiggle King fishing lure. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Momma’s going fishing! Papa’s going fishing! I’m a going fishing, too!” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The dead flesh was too decayed to hold on to the fishing hook; it simply dissolved in the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z August said it could make your fishing line float, your button thread stronger, your furniture shinier, your stuck window glide, and your irritated skin glow like a baby’s bottom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was still shining as he sped down into the little fishing village, but he couldn’t enjoy it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Missed my fishing buddies today,” he called when he came into the yard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why, we are not going fishing!” said I. “No,” returned Wemmick, “but I like to walk with one.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Half a kilometer downstream, some fishing boats were puttering along. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Wash held the fishing rods and tackle box loose in his hand as he walked down the path to the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He saw many other ships as well: fishing boats, lumbering merchantmen, proud galleys with their oars lashing the waves into white foam. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’d unraveled a life line from the raft to make single strands for the fishing line. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk toward Henry but have to pass Ruby, who is casting a fishing line up into the trees. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He has on his old jacket again, his baggy pants, his squashed felt hat with the fishing flies stuck into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He spoke without emotion, as if they were chatting about something ordinary, like the weather or the fishing report. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The Devils Thumb demarcates the Alaska-British Columbia border east of Petersburg, a fishing village accessible only by boat or plane. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She fumbled for the phone, fishing it out with her half-asleep free hand, hoping it wasn’t her parents noticing that she was gone from her bed. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “We’re right over a shoal. And I think we’re looking at some stripers here on the screen. Let’s get fishing and see if we can get them in the boat.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It wasn't an oil derrick but an enormous Japanese fishing trawler with two tall cranes for hauling up their vast nets. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He strained against the fishing line, determined to hold on. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It was time to pick, he decided, and then if necessary to make his own fog run to the fishing grounds off Elliot Head—a run he preferred to make alone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But still I made another string for my fishing spear, many hooks of abalone shell, and last of all earrings to match the necklace Tutok had given me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They get in the big pool and float around like a bunch a fishing corks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Merrill Bobbs, the man who sold fishing bait by the river, had somehow rolled a huge barrel of drinking water all the way from his house and was struggling to right it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I'd never gone fishing in my life, and Walter found that so scandalous that he never stopped questioning me about it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z From her sleeve, Lady Meng pulled out a set of gold chopsticks and dipped them into the water as if fishing for a dumpling in soup. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Kabuo went in and flicked his inast light on: red over white, the sign of a man night fishing, not that it did any good. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Unless he brings fishing gear or something, Richard usually travels light, though not as light as I used to with just a bedroll. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her master, who had been but a little behind her, saw on the long stretch of beach only the figure of a man busy with his fishing lines. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearby, boys were fishing in the pile for metal using magnets on strings. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If you don't want people to look at you, Park had thought at the time, don't wear fishing lures in your hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Now, Dr. Whitman. I’m returning to you what is now in evidence as exhibit 5-A: your investigative report concerning this fishing gaff, among other things. Would you please summarize for the court your findings?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the distance I saw a little harbor bobbing with colorful fishing boats, and beyond it a town set into a green bowl of land. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was hot but not enough to burn, so I walked on it a piece, arms spread-eagle, balancing with my fishing pole like a tightrope-walker at the circus. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I felt like I was floating in my daddy’s world of summer, and hide-and-seek, and fishing when I opened the paper and read the greeting. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Herons have one thing not in their favor: they defend a fishing hole even when it is frozen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The next morning I took the fishing rod Miguelito had given me, placed it gently in the creek, and watched it float away. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But it was a nervous and disappointed kind of fishing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z With six people now aboard the fishing boat, they arrived at the white-flag house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “More,” said the little boy, fishing another bottle cap from the litter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “The land’s posted. No fishing, hunting, fires, camping. Now you just pack up and put that fire out and get off this land.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In this fog he’d no doubt miss the man’s jacklight and twist his net up in the Islander’s prop, a long diversion from the night’s fishing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The woman had a fishing rod trained over the wall, and dangling on the other side was a T-bone steak. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z My mother wasn’t keen on fishing, but she was always happy when we’d come back with a cooler full of snappers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z That was Grandpa Bobby’s fishing boat, which he’d named after his wife, my grandmother. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He turned his attention back to the sinking fishing boat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Maybe in the summer we can go fishing and swimming,” I said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "It isn't the same as fishing, though, is it?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He held a fishing rod in his hands, his head bowed to hide his eyes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian followed the small fishing boats and military launches plying back and forth far out and found them unreal; it did not seem true that there were full-sized men aboard, going somewhere every time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She thought of her luckiest fishing rod that Velutha had made for her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody thinks a trout is hard to catch because of all the fancy gear and flies and lines sold for trout fishing, but, honestly, they are easier to catch than any other fish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the time I went fishing at summer camp. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Edwin’s small skiff led the way, followed by a large green fishing trawler. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Higher up, near where the old fishing nets drooped down from the rafters, the surface of the sea had been depicted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “About this fishing gaff. You say you found blood on it?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Naomi found the tree on her way to call the kids home from fishing one day. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s true that everywhere he stopped he’d be helping a friend through one legal squabble or another—an immigration problem, a repossessed fishing boat. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked them about their home in Provincetown and their school, about Momma, about living in a summer resort area, about the fishing fleet and about books. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was selfish to want to go fishing,” said my father. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He ended up in a tiny British fishing camp on the southern edge of Newfoundland. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Several days later, some boys fishing in the river saw the body and called the police. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The water became crowded with fishing boats and tankers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Would he be hiding out near one of my fishing holes, waiting to ambush me? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z We tied our feet in old fishing nets that had washed ashore. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Once the brim was pinched between his thumb and forefinger, the arm retracted like fishing line on a reel. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He often takes me fishing and swimming with him and introduces me to people as his new sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she’d married a bearish man in an amusement park and that he’d planned to escape Cuba, to take a fishing boat north and go ice skating. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoon the boys would go off fishing while we girls went down to a stream to play our favorite game: Wedding. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z People milled about between stands selling fishing gear and food. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Polynesian subsistence depended on varying mixes of fishing, gathering wild plants and marine shellfish and Crustacea, hunting terrestrial birds and breeding seabirds, and food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He had become enamored of hunting and fishing and became so skilled that when his grandfather died he was adopted by the greatest of all living Eskimo hunters. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, they all knew the useful skill of fishing, and the women and girls often gathered shellfish at low tide. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The second Mom went back into the kitchen, the boys pounced on Jess with their news: Their dad was heading up to his fishing cabin early tomorrow morning. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Fishermen were encouraged to clean up their boats to take tourists out fishing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Let’s have a look at the crossword puzzle in today’s Times,’ he would say, fishing a crumpled newspaper out of his jacket pocket. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the excitement of fishing in muddy country creeks with my grandpa on cloudy days. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever the biologists from the health department find too much bacteria, they post DANGER! signs up and down Thunder Beach—no swimming, no fishing, no anything. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He stood very quiet in the center of the narrow creek, letting the water splash at his hips, holding the fishing line out from his hands. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I’d kicked up enough tantrums to end the fishing trips by the time I was eleven. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In their beneficence they allowed a certain amount of amateur smuggling to go on—the day trips to Canada, the fishing boats out for a midnight cruise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah. We used to take the Johnson boat north in summer, but we sold it when we left Minnesota. We’d go ice fishing for winter break, too. Not much of that here, I guess.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z On its maiden launch, complete with fishing gear and a generator they could scarcely afford, the Lady Gin, with the Warden at the helm, steamed out into the Gulf of Mexico. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Silent, strong stretches of sitting together in fishing boats, waiting for a pull on the line. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I-I have to check the fishing lines,” she said, squeezing past him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He had a deep-sea fishing rod in his hands, and when he cast it the line went way out—like halfway across Long Island Sound. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It showed three small boys fishing in an odd-looking body of water, one of their jackets draped over a “No Fishing!” sign. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon, I was taking one last walk along the beach when a familiar voice said, “Good day for fishing.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She kept pulling until the invisible fishing line turned into wet, knotted cord. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z My dad had read The Old Man and the Sea to me because it was a fishing story. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He was already fishing around in his pockets for a coin. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But the engines of fishing craft are locked. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The turkey feather and how Frank asked about fishing, and didn’t ask about going to the cabin to look for sandhill cranes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She barked at Jessie Leibovitz, who had just broken her A string and was fishing in her case for a replacement. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Just the fishing, and barns, and trucks, because those are facts he knows for certain. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She had a feeling that her father would have liked Nathan—taking him fishing and telling him tall tales. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “No TV watching. Me and Annie are going to do some running on the beach, I guess. I don’t know. Maybe go fishing if it’s not too rainy.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The gracefulness of the slender fishing boats that glided into the harbor in Dakar was equaled only by the elegance of the Senegalese women who sailed through the city in flowing robes and turbaned heads. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought about this as she walked toward the lagoon to check the fishing lines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was a small fishing boat manned by two young men. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Every few years, they say, some-one falls in. If you fall in, there’s no hope of fishing you out. The river swallows you and sweeps you away.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Gus took me fishing and I even won a few Bible bucks in Sunday school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And so I have done for the past half-hour, contemplating the progress of the various figures seated quietly with their fishing rods at various points around the water. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Between the garden and fishing, I ate pretty well. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Any fishing now was strictly for food, not sport. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When I got back to my fishing spot, I picked up my pole and reeled in my line. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “And the blood on the fishing gaff that Sheriff Moran brought you, the one he found while searching the defendant’s boat—the one you held in your hands a moment ago—was B positive, doctor?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “But what about...fishing...and the Rodeo...and turkey dinners? Doesn’t he want to do those things anymore?” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine that O’Connor had written Herons are opportunistic hunters, but great blues defend a fishing hole even when it’s frozen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They were in the stable yard of another inn in another fishing village, unpacking their gear for the night. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She remembered, on the witness stand, that Carl junior had returned that evening with a bamboo fishing rod. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They said he spent all his time along the river, fishing. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But it would be a great shame if you could never go south any more, for the fishing, for the warmth in winter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tucks had been very kind to her, had given her flapjacks, taken her fishing. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z After fishing out the seaweed from the shallows, we lined it up in rows on the beach. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He high-stepped through the pluff mud, the hem of his pants rolled up to his knees, fishing for treasures. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Most importantly, alongside seas and rivers rich in seafood and waterfowl, humans set up permanent fishing villages—the first permanent settlements in history, long predating the Agricultural Revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And then everyone sings together “You get a line and I’ll get a pole, and we’ll go down to that fishing hole, honey, oh baby mine!” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Yesterday, they had suddenly stumbled upon an Indian village, passing palm-leaf shelters along the shore and some sticks poking out of the water, which was all that was left of the Indians’ fishing trap. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Then we put the logs back where they were, unless we need some of these things for fishing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare out at the water, busy with ferries and fishing boats. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I pat my pockets where I keep fishing lines and my flint and steel, and bring out my sling, now strung with rawhide. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s probably fishing at the pond or holed up in a tree somewhere. Maybe he’s catching frogs in the marsh. He often disappears all day.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z All I had to do to save myself was let go of the stupid fishing rod, but it was the biggest tarpon I’d ever seen and I wanted desperately to catch it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In the movies, kids get fishing trips with their grandpas, and grandmothers give them hugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Best time of all for fishing,” he said, “when they come up to feed.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seth! What’s got you out in this soaker? Got a field of corn drowning out there. Don’t need to be fishing any friends out of puddles.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The intimacy of it, the comfort of other voices giving credence to their private myths, prepared them to meet their wives with less distance than they might otherwise bring home after fishing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Here, the current was slow and the water clogged with trash of all sorts: fruit rinds, broken boxes, torn fishing nets, empty rice sacks, nine-year-old prison escapees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Later Grampa could tell I was worried about something, and he did his best to cheer me up, even took me fishing on the Tallahatchie, but that only made me feel worse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Just before the 1620 landing of the Mayflower, smallpox had spread from English trading ships to the Pequot fishing and farming communities. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “You trying to be Sherlock Holmes? We got the mooring rope and that fishing gaff with Carl’s blood on it—those things speak for themselves, don’t they? What else does a body need?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tisquantum persuaded him to arrange for passage to North America on a fishing vessel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He folded up the snapshot and went back to fishing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z One of Geisbert’s greatest happinesses in life, apart from his work, came from being in the outdoors, fishing for black bass and hunting for deer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe some old dude fishing late night with no family. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Ma did not eat any of the stew, concentrating instead on a green salad, fishing beneath the lettuce leaves as though there was gold hidden on the plate. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It was delivered in the summer to my little fishing place at Sag Harbor near the end of Long Island. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter the lure, fishing shallow or deep, jiggling or letting it hang still, it didn’t matter—nothing bit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As a fishing net it was useless—too stiff and heavy and with a weave that wasn’t tight enough. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z However, once they got Toby alone, it was evident to him that they were fishing—looking for any checkmark against Jimmy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In fact, the only requirement for fishing those lakes was a fast unhooking technique and a pitching arm in topnotch shape for throwing the trout back in the water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At the edges of town, ancient-looking cottages stood abandoned and roofless, evidence of a shrinking population, children lured away from centuries-old fishing and farming traditions by more glamorous opportunities elsewhere. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Wigner spotted a young boy, about seven, walking along the side of the road holding a fishing rod. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To give away his fishing pole, his skinning knife—every piece of his gear but one, and borrow a suitcase for their things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All the time I was fishing for something to say. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “With its fishing lights on? Is that what Deputy Martinson reported?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In one photograph, we all had our fishing poles—me and Dad, Uncle Larry, Kevin, and my older cousin Joey, who was away at college now. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “Henry, my neighbor, wants to take me and Ronan out on his boat fishing tomorrow, but he said you have to give permission.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I bet he never in his life had sat in the shade of a train trestle holding a fishing pole and watching dragonflies walk on water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’m going fishing and I want to see him before I leave.’ Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There was money in fishing and he wanted the money, he was ambitious, strong, and a zealous worker, but the sea, in the end, made no sense to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “He died last night in a fishing accident. We found him this morning tangled in his net out in White Sand Bay.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Greeting each of these Temples’ brother ministers would bring back into my mind images of “fishing” for converts along die streets and from door- to-door wherever the black people were congregated. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But mostly Joe had quit fishing: there were too many other more important things to tend to, apropos earning a living. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day after work, I walked, “fishing” for potential converts in the Detroit black ghetto. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a perfect spot for rock fishing just afore where the cattails got thick. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z On July 5, Oppenheimer sent a telegram to top Manhattan Project physicists in Berkeley and Chicago: “Any time after the fifteenth would be a good time for our fishing trip.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I see us fishing together, from the riverbank, and then going further upstream, past where you can see any houses. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I mean, we could go fishing instead, if you wanted.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It is one of three things the defendant hasn’t counted on—the body itself, the bloody fishing gaff, and the mooring line he’d left behind in his haste to leave this scene of murder. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Momma’s going fishing. Papa’s going fishing. I’m a going fishing, too.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, his father had taken him out on the fishing boat. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In my dream a fishing float'd appeared in the water, orange on glossy dark, just a few feet out. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If my dad was fishing, he might get lucky and make that much pretty quick. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to one: four dark-haired women with fishing poles. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In Salmon Bay, just to the east, dozens of fishing boats, unused for months, sat bobbing at moorage, the paint peeling from their weathered hulls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was a lot of water around, so there must be fishing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a fishing net on his shoulder and held a pair of oars and a big flashlight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I had spent many hours there fishing for brook trout with David and Joseph; and although there were no fish left since the war, I remembered the course of the stream bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She’d grown up hiking its winding trails, diving into its cold lakes, and fishing for trout in its streams. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Lloyd’s slaves were in the habit of spending a part of their nights and Sundays in fishing for oysters, and in this way made up the deficiency of their scanty allowance. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it would be worth it to go fishing for a hour afore it got dark. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My Liberty Head silver dollar, fishing lure, and skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "What did you use for bait, Grandmamma, when you went fishing?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z It was the gaffs that finally proved to be my most valuable fishing equipment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His passion is sports fishing, and he is one of the best fishermen in Dar es Salaam. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He tied a spool of fishing line to the handle and lowered the can down a pipe leading from the roof. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z On April 6 Widener sent the proposal by wireless to Whitney, who was on his boat, fishing off the shores of Bermuda. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The man must have been too busy fishing to bother to answer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Vodyaniye, the sinister river-grass spirits who lived in bodies of water and would regularly capsize fishing boats and drown the fishermen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Billie spends much of her time fishing in a nearby tank in the afternoons—a lonely existence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The river was beginning to turn black, and the fishing boats were coming into the wharf. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, says the librarian, he reads hundreds of books about English officers fishing in Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z All because of the modern style of fishing Our Father dreamed up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “See that sign on that tree? No trespassing, hunting, fishing, camping.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, Deydey worked continually, emptying pots from inside and chopping holes in ice, fishing to keep them strong, making sure the water in their kettle was always fresh and clear, their wood piled high. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I knew she was fishing to find what was wrong and hoped it wouldn’t take her too long. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Its owner, Mr. Pilkington, was an easy-going gentleman farmer who spent most of his time in fishing or hunting according to the season. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z British fishing vessels may have reached Newfoundland as early as the 1480s and areas to the south soon after. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He’d been in the lobster business, back before all that happened to the shore fishing there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All nine Little Baldy Bear Lakes were visible now, and at the uppermost lake a pair of campers in a bright yellow rubber boat were fishing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not seen Ramon since the day recently when he had suggested a fishing expedition and been told that Ramon was not well. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Dumping the contents onto the bed, I found the fishing lure I hadn’t paid much attention to. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Beached whales, porpoises caught in fishing nets, mermaids with hangnails— they’d call me to come underwater and help. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Once in a while Fritz came by and said Daddy had worked long enough—and then they went fishing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z When her feet can touch the bottom, she starts walking, pulling her sari in behind her like a fishing line. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When spring weather came, there was good hunting and fishing to be had. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to avoid fishing with R.C. after that, but it was hard to say no to him when he asked. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z They came up over a steep hill and down a zigzag track to Sticklehaven—a mere cluster of cottages with a fishing boat or two drawn up on the beach. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “How about that time he fell in the river when y’all were fishing and your brother jumped in after him and flipped the boat over?” she said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The men would go fishing and crabbing at the wharf and catch huge turtles and take them home and make soup and stew out of them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tangy and cold, the taste of my first- ever holiday with Tom, a fishing village on the Basque coast in 2005. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I didn’t read and had no use for a map, I knew my directions well from days of hunting and fishing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was thrown together like fishing tackle in the bottom of a rowboat, hooks and sinkers and line and lures and gaffs all snarled up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “If your father ever bothered to take you fishing, you wouldn’t have forgotten everything I taught you.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The couple living there lowered themselves down, making the number in the fishing boat eight. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In the winter they seem to choose and defend a favorite fishing hole. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I’m more comf-table being on land when I’m fishing. I live a couple miles downriver and this time of year the fishing’s better up here.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I’m going to go check the fishing lines.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Maybe they hitched a ride on a fishing boat,” JoJo said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the fishing line clutched to his heart like a treasure. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I was going to take Jubilee fishing over at Miss Esther’s pond. She’s down the road and doesn’t mind, long as I call her first.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Then Charlie started high school and was too cool to go fishing anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The next morning, Duff found Adina by the lagoon tending to the fishing lines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Just in case my dad decides to get his lazy duff off the TV couch and go fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z All we knew for sure is that he took his fishing boat down to South America on some sort of job, and he never came back. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “A question about fishing. Fishing’s a thing I do just to get food or to fool around. I don’t want it to turn into something more.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “It can’t be that bad,” he said, fishing a deck of cards from his jacket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I'd ended up having to wear flip-flops for weeks; they were the only thing that fit until we scavenged a forgotten fishing lodge and found the boots I wore now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I seen Mr. Nagahachi checking out tuna before, when my dad was fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The next day someone lent me a pole and I was fishing in the surf. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the canoes of these Indians were fishing in the Bay. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, delayed mortality may be more extensive than the immediate kill and, as the Montana biologists discovered, it may go unreported because it occurs after the fishing season. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After fishing and foraging in the mornings for the family, Baba was doing carpentry for Gupta in the afternoons. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “So it sounds like a pretty perfect fishing day. No wind. No weather. No surprises, which I know you’ll like.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Boats leave from the harbor for fishing trips and scenic cruises. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Dinghies, fishing boats, and other nauka passed in the water, and shrimp fishermen trawled blue nets along the shore. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He sends studies for paintings to Émile Bernard: haystacks, fishing boats, a row of cottages, a sower with the setting sun, a harvest scene, and washerwomen at a canal with a bridge. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Thor took Hymir’s fishing line, rammed the ox’s head onto the hook, and threw the line and the head into the ocean. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and he decided that it was bad for his right hand for fishing. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Look at me, I got my name from Hemingway’s fishing boat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I scrambled to my feet, the fishing pole got wedged somehow between the rail and crosstie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was the one who thought of building a raft to help with the fishing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Over the years he’d learned every trade he could get close to—fishing, ship rigging, painting, framing, masonry, plumbing, roofing, tile work, even auto repair. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He could not be certain he was not in the shipping lane, but he knew he was drifting at the same speed as every other gill-netter fishing these fogbound waters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We had many happy times that summer, fishing and going to Tall Rock in our canoe, but more and more now I thought of Tutok and my sister Ulape. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Cockroaches who were fishing along the banks had a quick exchange with Temp and Tick and pulled several large fish out of the river with their mouths. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Somehow the idea was brought up by Mom that perhaps the whole family would enjoy a fishing trip. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we can find Wash, can we go fishing? ” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Our Father forgot, for fishing in the style of modern redneck Georgia you need your ice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and boys were fishing from the docks, and sometimes we could see people out in boats seining. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t even remember winding the fishing line around my pole, but all of a sudden I was clambering up the bank. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “August is with Sugar-Girl in the parlor. She showed up crying. Something about Otis using their life savings to buy a secondhand fishing boat.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My brothers complained about the lack of worms for fishing and the difficulty of digging for them in the hard, parched ground. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Growing up, they had wielded axes and fishing gaffs and pitchforks expertly, and they had built up strong arms and broad shoulders doing so. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was holding a fishing pole and wearing a floppy hat. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Out on the water I saw rowboats and pedal boats and sailboats, and fishing boats like this one, with a long bow and small house in the middle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his habit to listen but not to speak, to gather what he could about men by the manner in which they expressed themselves, and to discern what he could about the fishing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z First there’s the fishing part, which was on the side where I came in at, by all the cattails and lily pads. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Now they were off fishing, playing ball, indulging in all the usual summer pastimes during this brief holiday from school. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Nothing. Help me back to the house. Then go fishing.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He didn’t look up from his fishing pole. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I waited and waited, then went back at the rock fishing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Dozens of bright-blue men, each thirty feet tall with gray frosty hair, were wading through the forests, fishing in the bay, and striding across the mountains. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We drove to a small boat packed with fishing gear that was tied down on the edge of the Nisqually. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They would use a fishing boat Jones had arranged for his servant to leave by the river. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was warm, the fishing was good, and it weren’t no problem to sleep under the boardwalk or even out on the beach. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Five years in my past, my father used to take me and Charlie deep-sea fishing on the weekends. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “You guys are wasting your time and mine. I need to get out there fishing.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One Sunday fifteen years ago he sent word to his wife by way of a Negro boy from his fishing camp on the Tensas River that he was staying down there and not coming back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z After the regular chores were done, my brother Johnny and my cousins and I, we would head off fishing or go swimming. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he’d spent five brutal months fishing for salmon on the Bering Sea, up in Alaska, to put together enough money to start at the university. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Well, this counts as a revelation. I wouldn’t have imagined you with a fishing rod in your hands,” he said, taking the coat from her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I grabbed the lunch sack, picked up my fishing gear, and worked my way down to the river’s edge. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He had also changed a twig into something more suitable for fishing termites. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He pushed himself up from among his fishing rods. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Their father had passed away the year before and their mother was of fragile health and mind, so all funds they earned fishing went toward the welfare of the house they shared with ten siblings. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In the winter, Mark Antony contacted Cleopatra from White Village, a fishing port on the Mediterranean coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It’ll be fun, fishing on my own, and when Dad hears about me working the traps, it’ll shame him into helping. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Ob said nothing about the place except that he used to go fishing with a man who lived in it years ago. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Scene I: Calvin Coolidge—Pushing off in fishing boat with his dog. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or, we just forget about the basket and just put some flies on a fishing hook, and go fishin’ for birds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z If they did not turn up on Monday at the latest we would go on ahead up to Burguete in the mountains, to start fishing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “We talked about it in the late afternoon, I remember, before he went out fishing.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Four mentioned how the mill upriver had disrupted fishing. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Pearl Ann, I apologize for compromising your femininity by exposing you to the rugged world of fishing. Would you please reconsider and do me the honor of accompanying me to the homecoming dance?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Bucket of bait? If your old man is back fishing, he’s going to want it by the barrel.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then he leans through the doorway and yells, “Bridget! Did you hear that? Can I take your girl fishing tomorrow?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Once she floated a birch-bark note downstream to me while I was fishing. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On my last full day, the sixth day, the old man took me out fishing on the Rainy River. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had Bull reached behind Jasper Jr. to cut the fishing line than the motor gurgled to a dead stop. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Tyson bounded across the room and gave Poseidon a big hug, which almost knocked off his fishing hat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z If Grandpa could go get married, maybe I could go fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It might just be the gin, but it feels indescribably good to be swept along with the crowd, everyone phone-checking, fishing in pockets for rail passes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Poseidon strode over to his fishing seat, and the Olympian Council convened. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Yet, as we shall see, the invasion of streams, ponds, rivers, and bays by pesticides is now a threat to both recreational and commercial fishing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Beginning that day, every evening, straight from work at the furniture store, I went doing what we Muslims later came to call “fishing.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For two moons I did not see him and then one morning while I was fishing he came suddenly out of the kelp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something about a cane pole and a fishing hole, but I can’t find it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Sure, that would be great. We can go fishing,” I teased. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Felix didn’t know if the dog wanted to go swimming or fishing. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “You could even stay at the house, do a little tarpon fishing with me and your cousins on the weekends.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Most of the residents of Hippie Cove were, like me, summer squatters who’d come to Cordova hoping to score high-paying fishing jobs or, failing that, find work in the salmon canneries. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They would prop one end on the side of the fishing boat, and one of the young men would stand on the porch, holding the other side. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z So Dr. Armstrong chatted instead of the weather and of fishing. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z In fact, fishing those creeks was like fishing a tunnel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to pretend I’m fishing,” cried Stuart, desperately. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z They were biting good for the first fishing of summer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two hundred perfectly good traps stacked on the dock right now, all licensed and tagged, not doing nothing since my dad quit fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We laid down the fishing poles and climbed up onto the log. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Lettie might get teary one time at the thought of all those unopened letters, and another she might smile at his fishing advice for Jinx. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Jonas and Mother had slept under a fishing boat to protect themselves from the wind. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In the evenings we played three-handed bridge with an Englishman named Harris, who had walked over from Saint Jean Pied de Port and was stopping at the inn for the fishing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The Liberty Head silver dollar mentioned in Ned’s letter had taken its place on the sill, next to the Wiggle King fishing lure. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘Are you telling us that we cut this poor boy’s leg off not to save his life but to get fishing bait? “Silence from the brute. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I cut a sapling for a pole, found some worms under a log, and went fishing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It was past midnight in the seaside fishing village of Amagansett, on the East End of Long Island, New York, and a stubborn fog cloaked the town's ribbon of beach. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When the sun comes up there will be other boats out fishing for giant tuna, same as me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He was hunched over a fishing pole and did not appear to notice them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He was coming back in three weeks and we would leave for Spain to get in some fishing and go to the fiesta at Pamplona. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Finnick appears again when I’m picking up fishing tips, but mostly just to introduce me to Mags, the elderly woman who’s also from District 4. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you’re a vegetarian, why did you volunteer to come fishing with me?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "If it's a fishing village, they'd sell us fish, I bet," said Hot Pie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I remembered something I had heard about Malcolm X. He had said that when he was preaching on the corners in Harlem he was fishing for the dead. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His hand went backward 330 and, fishing out a cow’s foot from the basket, he let it fly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd never gone to school, and was working on a fishing boat by the time he was ten. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No,” Axel said, because he doesn’t like fishing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Merely because of the presence of the willows and the beavers that depended on them, the region was an attractive recreational area with excellent fishing and hunting. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even though it was just a fishing boat, not a charter boat that took tourists for marlin, Captain Ortega kept it well. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z There was the Wiggle King fishing lure, sitting on the windowsill, where I’d left it the night before. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z All’s I remember is that you and me went fishing on the Tallahatchie, caught us some fish, ate us some lunch, took a nap, and headed home. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I ate a lot of catfish, gave a lot away, and when I was fishing I would lay them out beside me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was fishing with my daddy, and I wandered off and...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt good to leave the house on a fishing trip with enough lunch for me and R.C. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The Ohio Supreme Court, reviewing the case on appeal, was obviously uncomfortable with the blatant fishing expedition for drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The smell of dying leaves in the motionless gray morning as he shambled up onto the porch after a night’s fishing, and the full, fine growth in the cedar trees. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In it he puts a bedroll, cup, spoon, some raisins, a collapsible fishing rod and a change of clothes, a raincoat, and a couple of cans of stew. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Seemed like I was about to experience the joys of fishing, whether I really wanted to or not. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z At the dock, they took turns fishing and swimming. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll want to have enough light when we get there to do a little fishing.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We packed blankets, food, canteens, fishing line, the lavender blanket Maureen took everywhere, Lori’s paper and pencils, Mom’s easel and canvases and brushes and paints. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of the houses had radios with a short-wave band and a high aerial on the roof so that wives could make contact with the fishing boats during these long cruises. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Would the teacher take note of my bulging eyes or comment on the thin strand of saliva hanging like fishing wire from the corner of my mouth? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When Michael finished reading, people all around the auditorium were fishing around for tissues and handkerchiefs. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Just thinking of it again made me realize how, growing up, we three were together all the time: camping out, exploring the woods, shooting baskets, fishing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Maybe the Mist made it look like a fishing boat, or perhaps the cruisers thought the Argo II was a tourist attraction. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With it went certain rights for hunting and fishing to be his and his heirs forever. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z “Darling, you never know how hungry fishing might make you; I don’t want to be worrying about my only grandson starving down there on the Yazoo. Believe me, it’ll all get eaten.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Then my father stood up and admired his fishing pole, its grace, its strength. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Without waiting to hear whether we were feeling better or not, he went on to tell us where the sleeping mats were and that he was going fishing and would be back in the morning. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z One Sunday they took a picnic far up the Little Baldy River: Bernabe immediately set to fishing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stayed there a bit and did some serious fishing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In return he invited me to stay as long as I wished and said that he’d come by tomorrow and we’d do a little fishing, and I accepted for one day at least. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with fishing, I had a big garden that I worked on, grew my own vegetables. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Edmond said it wasn’t as good for fishing as the part we drove to that first day but was better for swimming because it was deeper. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent the next week fishing, hunting, trapping, gathering greens and bulbs. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z After the food, we moved supplies—kerosene, fishing nets, fur-lined coats, hats, thick leather gloves. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The children ate the chocolate from the ingots of gold and traded the heavenly paper among themselves for reed whistles and fishing string. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to the hardware shelves and looked at the knives, pans, fishing rods and nets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And he’d go fishing with Florida and teach her how to swim. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Bobbing in the water nearby were several fishing boats, manned by Vietnamese militiamen with rifles. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Thank you, I prefer spiders,” she replied, fishing up two unwary little ones who had gone to a creamy death. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently this poor creature had been mucking around on the bottom of Long Island Sound and had somehow gotten itself tangled in the net of this sunken fishing boat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the old days they fished from schooners, big wooden ships with white canvas sails that took the fishermen far offshore to the Grand Banks fishing grounds. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Holding his fishing pole with one hand, he whipped out his knife and cut the line. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z With that he dissolved in the sea breeze, leaving a fishing pole lying in the sand. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Lydia peers into the salad bowl, fishing out a stray piece of lettuce and eating it with her fingers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He noticed her on the docks at Alligator Pond, a fishing village on the south coast. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “She lost her mom, I bet. Porpoises get caught in fishing nets all the time. They don’t like to travel alone.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z No, those would be silly; but fishing line and hooks would be useful. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do have a dad. He doesn’t come around very much anymore. He likes trucks, and barns, and fishing.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z To this lifesaver, she tied the fishing line from my father’s bamboo pole. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was fishing off the edge of the dock outside our cabin the day we were going to head back home. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed his left elbow and arm and said, “You had you some luck fishing?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It turns out that they were hunters, gatherers, and fishing people enjoying a remarkably diverse and well-balanced diet that modern nutritionists would applaud. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He passed a small temple on the shore, where it was forbidden to go fishing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The boy stepped closer, his eyes riveted on Wash’s pack and fishing rod. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he would use it for fishing, he told himself. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z All he talks about is football and fishing. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One Saturday morning, Mother looked up from her sewing as I was running out the front door, one of Granddaddy’s butterfly nets and his old fishing creel slung over my shoulder. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Everybody went fishing and everybody caught a lot offish. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her that she was just fishing in the air and that probably her mother had not been kidnapped, but I knew that Phoebe didn’t want to hear it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z For all the reasons that we discussed in Chapters 13 and 14, the farmers and the fishing peoples were the ones to develop more-complex technology, societies, and political organization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a red rain slicker and a canvas fishing hat pinned with wet flies and nymphs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw them mostly in the summer, down by the river, fishing or swimming naked, but I didn’t really know any of them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent the rest of the day in the shade of the canopy, fishing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The boys in our group had something that looked like a fishing net, and they would put the net on the ground and then sprinkle it with broken corn to attract birds. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On the fifth day after the Preacher and Mr. Highgate left, me and Old Flapjack were rock fishing at our secret lake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But the big fishing trawlers, with their fancy, fast motors, had put them out of work. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The topographic maps are folded and put in a waterproof holder, then placed in a pocket of the fishing jacket he’s wearing. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “A car? What are you going to do with a car? Can’t haul stuff in it, can’t take it out to the plantation. Or fishing. There’s not a thing wrong with that old pickup.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z "We do lots of things," Leo interjects, opening the jar of pickles I set down and fishing one out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z School didn’t give us enough time to visit, so Abby lifted her talking ban while fishing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Frank, smiling and shaking his head, stretched out his hand from the fishing boat.“That was something,” Frank said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Right away I started dreaming about fishing, which wasn’t unusual for me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Frankie held his beach towel in one hand and his fishing pole in the other. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Each day he kept busy cooking, carving, soaking in the pond, fishing, carrying the ancestor rock, washing clothes, doing schoolwork, and cutting firewood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They’d been fishing, in short, the same waters, with Carl a bit farther toward the north and down current: a thousand yards closer to the shipping lanes that gave Ship Channel Bank its name. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ramo hopped along far in front with one of our baskets, but before long he ran back to say that he had forgotten his fishing spear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In a little while the town would start to come alive, and the fishing boats would sail out of the bay into the ocean. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z If this trip was going to include makeovers, maybe I’d underestimated fishing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Johnny came out with a fishing pole and a rusty tin can filled with worms in mud. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never in my life laid eyes on a real fishing pole, but I’d learned from Nan that, when it came to strangers, less truth meant less trouble. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Here began countless days of hunting and snaring, fishing and gathering, roaming together through the woods, unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the dying hours of the day I tried fishing again. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Not quite the information I was fishing for, but when you catch a boot, you never know what else might be lurking inside. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He asked to see our fishing permits and I got them out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I rearranged the rags and fishing nets he was covered with. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Birds wheeled over the fishing docks, and a long golden pennant flew from the cupola of Nero’s pale-pink palace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They also had never seen or used a fishing pole and hook to catch a fish. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z In one way, fishing these creeks required finesse; in another way there was nothing even remotely connected to the fine art of trout fishing about this angling process. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, I’m guessing fishing’s not really your thing. What do you like to do?” she asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Each schooner carried a bunch of wooden dories stacked on deck, and when they got to the fishing grounds the men got into the dories and rowed away, looking for cod and haddock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They are big fish now, and Alice is good at fishing. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We put each bundle into a canvas sack, then into a second one for good measure, and tied up the neck with more fishing line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He said that he had a falcon and homemade fishhooks and fishing rods. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Phoebe’s tales were like my fishing in the air: for a while I needed to believe that my mother was not dead and that she would come back. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Of course they figured they’d have all sorts of goodies like a gun and a knife and fishing gear and matches so they could hunt and fish and have a fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Their people asked could I take ’em fishing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The construction of the island’s first fishing resort, at Protection Point, was delayed, Arthur wrote, because of the war. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the nut-rich forests of northern Japan, nut storage pits were especially important, along with seal hunting and sea fishing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On moonless nights the men and boys of Jableh, a dusty fishing town on the coast of Syria, would gather their lanterns and set out in their quietest boats. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z My grandfather tucked the butt of the fishing rod under one arm and took out another old photograph to show me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Loki took a ball of nettle yarn, and he began to knot and weave it into a fishing net, the first such net ever to be made. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then they went out the door, talking loudly about a planned fishing trip. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’d learned that from some old man who owned the bait and tackle shop out by the lake where Scrappy and I used to go fishing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z According to the Warden’s latest plan, when finished the boat would serve as both their home and a source of revenue, through commercial fishing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I forgot all about that fishing rod. You can have it. To hell with it.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was the boy who’d tried to give Carl a fishing rod, the boy she used to see from her kitchen window practicing in the fields with his wooden sword. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A remarkable amount of my fishing is like that, but I like it just the same. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Gene handed Styx the third fishing pole and we traipsed into the woods. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Evidently, those first Neolithic occupants of Taiwan had watercraft adequate for deep-sea fishing and for regular sea traffic across Taiwan Strait, separating that island from the China coast. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At the opposite extreme, some aboriginal fishing groups of southeastern Australia devised elaborate technologies for managing fish populations, including the construction of canals, weirs, and standing traps. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Garvey guided the fishing trawler to a stop a stone’s throw out from shore and dropped anchor. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He began fishing limes out of his frayed pockets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I had rinsed myself of blood, cleaned up my fishing gear, put things away and had my supper, night had come on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s with a group of men who are fishing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The ones who seem like they are tied to each other with fishing line. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The provincial judge, seeing that he could get himself in a fix and might wind up on national television excoriated by the leftist press, promptly went on a fishing trip. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was done fishing, Sookie drove Dad to the IGA, to the Building Center, or wherever Dad wanted to go. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Now, because the day is so fine, and thou’rt getting so strong, it might be well if we should go fishing.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The Basque established their secret sacred fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland twelve hundred years back. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He was tired of fishing, and bored with retirement, when he set out to learn to read and write. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The man told Cullen that he didn't have any papers of identification or a fishing permit. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There were fishing rods and a tackle box on the backseat of the car. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It even creeped up on me and made my rock fishing go real unpleasant for both me and the fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Elijah, your money is no good when I’m around. Besides, if you insist on paying me back you can always double up on your tithing when you go fishing.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Like fishing. Do you really find Nurse Duckett so attractive? I should think she was rather bony. Rather bland and bony, you know. Like a fish.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Frightful caught herself a pheasant while I kicked a hole in the ice and did a little ice fishing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z So would another agent, Frank Smith, a Texan who listed his interests thus: “Pistol and rifle practice—Big game hunting—Game fishing—Mountain climbing—Adventures—Man hunting.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She had rowed in dinghies and been out once or twice on large fishing boats. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But the only fishing gear the Pilgrims brought was useless in New England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I was fishing for it,” I whisper back. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "A fishing village, just a little place, north along the shore. Twenty-six thatch roofs and one slate, I counted. I saw part of a wagon. Someone's there." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Ned grinned and unhooked the fish, revealing a green and yellow spotted fishing hook. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z With sons I would have known what to do: frog catching, fishing, war strategies, running around in the mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They were the genuine article, mostly the products of lumber towns, dairy farms, mining camps, fishing boats, and shipyards. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve been friends with Colton Griggs my whole life, and I have never heard him talk that much. But we mostly go fishing, and I don’t like a lot of chitchat.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z One more heave on the fishing line and—Hymir’s bait knife flashed, and the line was cut. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He wanted him out of fishing, away from the sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There's a rack of greetings cards showing men dressed like Prince Philip fishing in rivers saying “On Father’s Day” or foxgloves in a cottage garden saying “For My Dearest Grandmother.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Salva was amazed by what he saw in the fishing community. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand was pawing at the empty tray, fishing for another cooky. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They had spent most of it out on the ice, shivering beside a pair of holes they’d cut in the smaller of the frozen lakes, with fishing lines clutched in mitten-clumsy hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So I flew to Montana and spent a couple of days with him fishing for brown trout on the Bighorn River. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody, a third party, agreed the fishing had gone sour, the bank seemed all dried up real sudden, he’d been thinking on fishing at Elliot Head, couldn’t tell but maybe things was better there. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed my fishing rod from the garage and dashed to the comer of the house where Dad had mounted the TV satellite dish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “And good luck fishing. I hope R.C. brings back some fish for supper.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Thrashing arms and legs beat the water into foam and spoiled the fishing. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z If there’s a fishing booth let me know because those always have good prizes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Our neighbors around us had their own parts of the saltwater inlet too, where they would also go fishing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He loved hunting and fishing and getting away to the wilds where nobody could bother him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I loved spending time at the river, I never got any good at fishing. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I was still fishing and wondering if I could pull my liver up, or my kidney, or some organ we had studied in science when suddenly Mrs. Maxy swooped down on me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting over a hole in this icy lake, and he was fishing through it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z When Dae Hyun was thirteen and still living in South Korea, his father began grooming him to take over the family’s meager crab fishing business. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z "Mighty little fishing you did on them trips," his wife said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then I grabbed my fishing rod and took aim. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As a result he could count on being tailed to the fishing grounds: if a man wouldn’t speak he was followed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “The fishing populace will be in possession of canvas.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no fishing boats out—and no sign of the motorboat. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The first time he’d looked for her it was a halfhearted search after a couple of hours’ spectacular fishing. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He came into the kitchen, wrapped himself around his wife, and explained that unless the fishing was excellent he was coming home early the next morning, would be home, he hoped, by four a.m. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There I was, laughing and smiling and enjoying the day—fishing pole gripped in my hands, bare feet propped on the railing—when the nausea would strike. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They were heading to the Rowans’ fishing cabin, which was on Loomis Lake, up closer to Mount St. Helens. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z He gripped Kabuo’s fishing gaff harder and only afterward, when the battery was in the well, did he put his palm to his mouth and hold it there, taking back his blood in silence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Or the fog might lift and I can make a deal with one of the tuna boats out on the fishing grounds. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then I went to work on the net, untangling it section by section, getting lead weights and fishing hooks straightened out, yanking out knots around the cow serpent’s hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The men, tired from fishing, farming, and hunting, had gathered in the dare, the men’s meeting place. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, so I didn’t have a soul to go fishing with but T.R. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In fact, the Colonel's doing a bit of fishing there this minute.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, the river’s pretty,” he said, “but fishing’s hard work. You try hauling one of those seines up from the bottom sometime and you’ll find out.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They only say, “When fishing for treasures in the flood, be careful not to pull in girls,” because that is what one says about daughters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z TheoHarper dropped worms on my head from the hill over the river when I went fishing. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s time you knew this isn’t a fishing trip at all. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z For our fishing expeditions either Abbey or I always brought a camera, just in case. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I told her I was going fishing again, which was a possibility. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Little sister, you were mistaken,” said the woman as the fishing boat glided away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She figured Wash would be fine fishing alone, but it seemed unkind not to let him know that the twins weren’t coming. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Raise the boat, fix the leak, fix the engine, then go fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I wrote this one night: “The raft is almost done. Bando has promised to stay until we can sail out into the deep fishing holes. “Bando and I found some clay along the stream bank. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Alone in the waiting area, Roy dug through a stack of magazines until he found an issue of Outdoor Life that had an article about fishing for cutthroat trout in the Rocky Mountains. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart nearly stopped when I saw him at the far edge of the narrow catwalk, nearly a boat’s length away, dangling over the ocean like bait at the end of a fishing pole. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I tell Michael about the time Lolo took us on a night fishing trip on a charter boat and we caught a twenty-pound tuna in the moonlight. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And on the beach the white and blue canoes that came from Nayarit were drawn up, canoes preserved for generations by a hard shell-like waterproof plaster whose making was a secret of the fishing people. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “All of you. I’ll miss the stories and the fire and the fishing and the prairie and the games we play. I’ll miss everything.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Regiments of Redcoats parading through the Streets & still encamped upon the Common; Officers fishing offi Balconies above the Water; Ladies in wide Windows, applying Lineament to each other’s Elbows; &c; the Stuffi of Nothing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the deck of the fishing trawler, two people stood together near the back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z At one time Dusty Muleman had been an ordinary fishing guide, the same as my father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I pictured the yellow and green fishing lure in the Lucky Bill cigar box. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Johnny put the fishing stuff into the bottom of the boat and helped the children in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And as the saying goes, he was a lost ball in high weeds when it came to hunting and fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z By the time I had my fishing gear in the back of the truck and my lunch sack on the front seat, R.C. showed up, looking ragged and red-eyed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There’s almost always good fishing when the mist comes on the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Not exactly threatened, but I sure felt warned; he doesn’t want me talking to Sheriff“Smith about what he did to Emmett while we were fishing.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z For instance, lots of fishing captains won’t let you bring a ripe banana on board because they believe it’s bad luck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She worked there for three months, hoeing, fishing, plowing, planting, and helping out at the stills. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You arrived six years ago. So you’ve been fishing for all that time.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t think we brought my fishing pole.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z After a while we put away our fishing rods and sat down to wait for the sunset. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I gave him his box of mementos and watched as he fingered each one: the Wiggle King fishing lure, the silver dollar, the cork, little Eva’s nesting doll, and the skeleton key. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z With Frank directing the fishing boat, they made their way toward the couple who had been waving the white cloth. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The noise commenced again, sounding like someone fishing ’round trying to figure which song they were ’bout to hum. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Sixth, finally cured, now an ex-addict completes the cycle by “fishing” up other addicts whom he knows, and supervising their salvaging. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But he crowded the current a little so that he was still fishing correctly though faster than he would have fished if he was not trying to use the bird. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see Hansa, merchant ships, old fishing boats, trawlers, and even dinghies that have brought fleeing people from the nearby lagoon. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z With his father’s grudging approval, Mohammed crewed on local fishing boats in the afternoons and evenings, and even at fourteen, after a full day of fishing miles from land, Mohammed insisted on swimming to shore. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z At the end of the hot season, Viju would join his father full-time on his fishing boat or leave with him for Chennai. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Finnick weaves yet another water basket and a net for fishing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just like that. I’ve been involved in ecological restoration projects ever since. I also work with a lot of local tribes who are trying to save their traditional fishing rights.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He had been friendly with me because I had said he could keep the fishing line. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z For fishing, we made our own poles out of willow branches. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I got to plan when I go fishing and go with someone that can drive. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z R.C. ate as we walked, stuffing himself with the loot Gramma had packed When we were still a ways from our fishing hole, he belched and handed the half-empty bag back to me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Jessie did not come around anymore, she was fishing the rewarding waters of the open stream, she was returning to a tree hollow full of babies. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time Bloom traveled up to the Little Baldys he couldn’t believe the fishing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “We could pretend we were fishing,” said Harriet, who didn’t realize that some people are fussy about boats. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But I thought there might be a langosta clinging to coral at the bottom of the fishing hole. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I probably should have taken off, but 1 was really enjoying myself, fishing under that bridge. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes, late in the afternoon, my father would take me and Abbey out fishing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When they had gotten out of earshot of the campsite, Sammy said he wasn’t going fishing with them, he was going to the playground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I loaded all my fishing tools up, threw the stringer of fish over Old Flap’s rump, and started riding back to the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Dicey picked out a one-quart aluminum saucepan, four ponchos in children’s sizes, a packet of hooks and the smallest, lightest reel of fishing line she could find. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary went to her door and started fishing out her keys and the cops stood on either side of the door. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Manit passed the piers where the big fishing boats docked under hazy Amber orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Were there no bits of bone, or strands of hair, or particles of scalp, on this fishing gaff?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking about going fishing if I can find some gear in Grampa’s garage.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Lac, Fox, and Hobs ducked behind a pile of fishing nets to watch and listen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They were making such an awful racket that the mullet scattered out of the eddies, and I knew that the fishing was pretty much shot for the afternoon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The duck hunters dropped him in El Golfo de Santa Clara, a fishing village on the Gulf of California. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re lucky, you boys will be fishing with him in no time. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “Thet was my first and last time,” he said, fishing in his pants pocket for his plug tobacco. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And skittering all around them would be the small, two-man fishing boats—like little water bugs skimming over the surface. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse sped north across Puget Sound, zooming past islands and fishing boats and very surprised pods of whales. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In better times, fishing vessels trawled the river, but now there was little to catch, and what could be caught was better left uneaten. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sandy keeps up his fishing and picking berries, and even sets up a snare for a rabbit, which he catches and skins and cooks like it’s nothing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Fishing’s fishing. Let ’em fish and don’t bother me neither. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The reporter asked Sookie if he had ever seen a great white in all of his years of fishing off the Massachusetts coast, and Sookie said, “Nope. Only in the movies.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Proofs tied his brain into knots as tight as the ones on his father’s fishing nets. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z A couple mornings a week we went fishing, but always on the Yazoo instead of the Tallahatchie. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There was a gray gas can in one comer next to a bunch of gray rakes and a pile of gray rags, and a gray tire next to some gray fishing poles. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “We’re doing fine. See those huts, the irrigation system, fishing lines, the rain-catching tarp, and desalination still? We built all of that.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She suspected that Mother and Dad would take off for a week of fishing up in Wisconsin in our absence. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. The Reel of Fortune, for fishing and because Grammy loves game shows.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z For example, the Tasmanian archaeological record documents the disappearance of fishing, and of awls, needles, and other bone tools, around 1500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You just never know,” Deborah said, fishing two more articles from the pile and handing them to me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She is in the room of dining, casting a fishing rod. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z And he had trouble breathing, which was why he couldn't hold his own night fishing with the others on the better section of the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Pulled itself up my fishing line, finger over finger, fist over fist, until suddenly the beautiful face of a woman appeared. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “We were fishing for cod and it got stuck in the net.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Ships lined the strand; war galleys and fishing vessels, stout carracks and fatbottomed cogs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They passed boats crowded as closely together as the cars in a parking lot, motor boats, sailboats and old, worn fishing boats. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Had someone tipped off the KGB to Gordievsky's double role, or were they just fishing for clues? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z So he decided to take them for a rowboat ride at Canarsie and do a little deep-sea fishing on the side. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Glaucus was a fisherman who was fishing one day from a green meadow which sloped down to the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you all don’t start eating this supper, I’m gonna”— Trotter stopped, fishing around for a proper threat. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Everyday I go fishing and pick palm fruits for Ma. She is in the hospital. I bring food for her and stay with her through the night. She is getting better.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I’ll tell you, for the last ten or twenty years, instead of digging, I been buying my bait at a fishing store. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have stuff to go fishing. I don’t have a pole, and I don’t have clothes for it. You know I don’t even have a bathing suit.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Boats were used for fishing or visiting family members downriver. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hanged himself with a fishing net. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Besides, I liked getting out on the Yazoo, and I wasn’t sure what R.C. would do to me if I refused to go fishing with him some time. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The odd behavior of defending a frozen fishing hole connects all the way back to the reader’s question at the beginning of the column. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I saw I was fishing on a wrong angle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have a mirror so he never knew how it looked, but I can say this: when I happened to meet him as we came fishing along a stream bed, I was always startled. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the compulsion to activity, to filling up the time when he was not happily fishing on the riverbank, had dwindled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he put the two Labradors in his boat and went fishing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And his mind could not contain the terrible stretch of time that united twelve men fishing by the shores of Galilee, and black men weeping on their knees tonight, and he, a witness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She could have built her own hut to shelter from the rain and devised fishing lines to satisfy her need for meat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I gasped and felt my body pull back on the free part of me, drawing me in like a crab on a fishing line. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And there was his face right near mine and a burning cigarette in one hand and some kind of striped Turkish slippers on his feet, and he said Come on we’re going fishing. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The “Looks like an early winter,” or “Any good fishing hereabouts?” didn’t seem to apply. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To make certain that we shall at all times be prepared to repel insects, an exclusive New York store advertises a pocket-sized insecticide dispenser, suitable for the purse or for beach, golf, or fishing gear. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As the Indians approached final victory, tension rose in the fishing industry, then almost entirely controlled by whites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In addition to bricks and wood, we carried barrels of kerosene, flour, and even small fishing boats, all for the NKVD. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z One fell and the other rolled left and took cover behind the bowsprit of a fishing boat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We started out for the pond, with him wearing my father’s coat and carrying David’s fishing pole. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And when they went “fishing” enough among more servants, and other black people in and around Hartford, Mr. Muhammad before long was able to assign a Hartford temple the number Fourteen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Countless crowds of them were at anchor, from the smallest fishing pinks and hoys to the great three-masters sitting at rest. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I put my fishing spear and nets in the canoe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z To Moseley, the fish bones suggested that the ample protein on the coast allowed people to go inland and build irrigation networks to produce the cotton needed to expand fishing production. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Food for weeks, tent, a rubber boat, first-aid kit and mosquito repellent, fishing gear, a gun—a gun. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I go fishing by myself, mostly so I’ll have something to put in my letters to him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Before that he was a fishing guide—a good one, too, until the Coast Guard took away his captain’s license. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z You got all your fishing done at once. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She fled her fishing village in a boat with her husband and son. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A dark shape—some kind of animal—was wedged halfway under the boat and tangled in a fishing net, one of those big nets they use on trawlers to catch everything at once. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z By the time he finished covering another sack with roses, he was as excited as a little boy digging worms to go fishing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I tossed these flies at the fishing spot and one of ’em still had enough life in him to fly ’bout a little, but that didn’t last long and he soon plopped into the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z We went “fishing” fast and furiously when those little evangelical storefront churches each let out their thirty to fifty people on the sidewalk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Before departing, Franz gave McCandless a machete, an arctic parka, a collapsible fishing pole, and some other gear for his Alaska undertaking. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Not because of the physical hardships: he had been through worse times on fishing trips down the coast of Mexico. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Thank you, ma’am,” and pulled off my brogans and left ’em on the stoop next to all my fishing tools. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z So that night I asked Father if I could go fishing again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you are out alone, fishing along the river, if you see this man Antonio, you are to keep away from him. Do you understand?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we could think of anything else, fishermen sprang from behind huts with machetes, fishing spears, and nets in their hands. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I’ve never lost a crew member, thank God, but I have lost a fishing boat to a storm. The Inafundável. Was a shame, it was. Haven’t forgiven myself. Never will, I imagine.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Thor jumped over the side of the fishing boat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Most of the men who lived here were out fishing, some not far from the shore, poling their sampans through the shallow water. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He held out a coil of fishing line with hooks and weights attached. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was supposed to be minding the fishing nets, but he had found a fine piece of bamboo and was using it to draw pictures with water on the inside of the boat. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’m dreaming. Remember how I always said I wanted to go bass fishing, and you would tease me that nobody under fifty goes fishing?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She roars, panicked, throwing her head and fishing inside her mouth with her trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was on the top of a wind-swept cliff purged to the bone by the airs of the Atlantic, under which the little fishing village nestled among the dunes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The biscuits and the fishing gear assured us of the solid part of our diet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He saw the aurora borealis, meteor showers over tumbling black waves, night skies so clear the stars seemed within reach, hung from a ceiling by fishing wire. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “And there you were, preparing for a night of fishing, when the sheriff came along with his warrant. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She pulled out a tray that held hooks, rolled fishing line, a rusted pair of scissors, a pocketknife, and a box of Band-Aids. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They had left most of the other boats behind, and now passed only an occasional fishing boat, rocking at the end of its anchor line. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a cool lake for tubing, waterskiing, and fishing; a swimming pool; crafts; even archery and BB gun ranges. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We picked our way down to the beach, where what seemed to be an entire civilization of birds were flapping and screeching and fishing in tide pools. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “We’re supposed to go fishing tomorrow and she decided to catch her own bait.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The flashlight beam fell on a teddy bear, a stuffed toy rabbit, fishing rods, a toolbox, piles of books, and a plastic sword that stuck out of a sleeping bag. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Rondell could go get himself a fishing pole and sit out there all day in a boat trying to hook himself a trout. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I wrapped my clean white shirts in road maps and tied the carton with fishing line. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mosca's bed could easily be spotted by his toolbox and fishing rods, which he liked to sleep next to. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But he laughed with them when they told him he was acting like an old woman fishing for compliments. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I hid the fishing tackle behind a stone wall just in case. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all very well for Brother Luke to bring him fishing, but it only seemed to make it harder that he couldn’t run about or swim like the other boys. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Big fishing nets on aisle six by the light switches. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The chief claimed to serve the people by interceding for them with the gods and reciting the ritual formulas required to obtain rain, good harvests, and success in fishing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. That day R.C. and I went fishing, we met Emmett Till and some of his friends at the riven R.C. did something terrible to him.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z At this time of year, it should have been full of fishing vessels and ships carrying goods from the north—woolens, lumber, stone from mountain quarries. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When Kermit was fourteen, his father sent him to South Dakota, and Deadwood Sheriff Seth Bullock took Kermit camping, fishing, and bear hunting. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She says, I know what he likes in the fishing department, and chooses a book called In Search of the Irish Salmon by Brigadier General Hugh Colton. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The reader would wonder whether it’s only great blue herons that defend frozen fishing holes, or all herons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z There was a golden haze around him, as there was around the shelters, the fishing nets, the evening fire: stronger than theirs, though not by much. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It is the most powerful and productive of the things human beings have learned to do together in many centuries, more effective than farming, or hunting and fishing, or building cathedrals, or making money. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Egadi islands. We’ll open a beach bar, go fishing . . .” He laughs again and then moves his body up over mine and kisses me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Both boys climbed the huge outcropping of rock and settled at the top to prepare their fishing gear and cast their lines for salmon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He was wearing the rust-colored turtleneck sweater he used to take on fishing trips, the one she had knitted for him before the war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt great to be fishing again, but it didn’t seem right without Grampa. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I couldn’t remember exactly where Grampa kept his fishing stuff, so I rummaged around the garage until I found a fishing pole and some tackle. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z For the most part they were unspeakably boring, all about life in a traditional fishing village and the enduring mysteries of animal husbandry, but one exhibit stood out from the rest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Dense collections of villages thronged the bluffs that line the shore, with their people fishing in the river and farming the floodplains and sections of the uplands. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z You know, he probably didn’t care at all about catching fish back then: He took me fishing because he enjoyed spending time with me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z On that night an enormous freighter had plowed right through the fishing grounds, throwing before it a wake large enough to knock even a big man overboard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Men who usually skipped church to go fishing, and men who stayed late at the local bar and slept in on Sunday mornings, squeezed themselves in with the rest of the community. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Viju’s father went back to fishing and would hunt honey when it came in season, and Viju came back sheepishly for the last few weeks of school. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z They were in a little alley cluttered with trash bins and old fishing nets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Why dont you all catch him, then? Wouldn’t you like to have a twenty-five dollar fishing rod?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Why would a fisherman give up all his fishing hooks? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She used to follow after him every place he went—out fishing in the woods, to the clubhouses he built with other boys, to the slot machine in the back of Mr. Brannon’s restaurant—everywhere. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He wore a battered cap decorated with fishing lures. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z According to the crumbling book, it was an old, old art form that had begun back when Chattana was little more than a sleepy fishing village. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Across the street, on the stone docks, was a row of overturned fishing boats draped with nets spread out to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In five months, I put about 30,000 miles of “fishing” on that car before I had an accident. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere we went on the island or on the sea, whether we were fishing or eating or sitting by the fires at night, they were with us. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many fishing boats along the quay and nets were spread on racks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon Mary took Will and Lyra along the riverbank, past the fishing posts where the nets were tied, and through the wide salt marsh toward the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Neel sighed—fishing all day sounded like bliss compared to wearing a hot, scratchy uniform and struggling with math problems. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z A flashlight, a fishing knife, a pair of leather gloves, and a hunting vest fully packed with shells contributed further atmosphere to this curious still life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again, the family was building the birchbark house, moving out into the woods, dragging pots and other provisions out to the fishing camp where they would live. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “I don't like school,” Gabe had replied, feeling the fishing line between his fingers. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lupita could spy some pelicans out fishing, diving awkwardly into the sea. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Each of you will carry a ,chest of letters, and you will deliver one to every port and holdfast and fishing village. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I was thinking ’bout getting Old Flapjack and going fishing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Every time his fishing sign got wet, I made him a new one. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Styx brought up a fishing pole and studied the winding mechanism. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Just as I was fixing to talk about fishing, Mrs. Snodgrass yelled from over near the smokehouse for Smiley to come catch her a chicken. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She knew the mementos I had and she’d zeroed in on the fishing lure mentioned in the letter to conjure her story. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was starting to turn around toward me as he was fishing around in his pants. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z To their number the fleet had added nine new prizes taken on the seas, so the sum was fifty-four... but the captured ships were cogs and fishing boats, merchantmen and slavers, not warships. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He sounded like the little motor that putt-putted us around Lake Jasper in Daddy’s fishing boat. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo saw Crocodile Guts packing a string bag: He put in a pipe, fishing lines, and a reed flute she remembered him playing as he waited for fish to blunder into his net. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a point, too—nobody we knew ever got rich in the fishing business. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Do you recognize this fishing gaff, Dr. Whitman?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z All night long, the box in the attic called to me, as if an invisible fishing line connected my fingertips to its cardboard edge. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he had them put aboard the fishing ketch that they had captured, cut her loose, and had her set afire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “For your information, I’ll be fishing all two hundred traps,” I go, bragging on my own idea. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was like fishing; you had to be suitable, as Eric would have said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For three whole weeks of summer vacation they hadn’t let me play baseball or go fishing or anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z S. Canton and thus immune to a fishing boat accident—he climbed his mast with confidence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Seems kind of strange for Coach to be sticking his neck out so far for a non-basketball player,” says Erin, fishing. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama and I had no interest in fishing, and so we would walk along the beach. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She had written Proposal Pending on a piece of paper and taped it to the end of a shoe box full of foil and fishing line. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Early this morning our Father Abbot went out fishing with Matthias the Warrior. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Usually I only thought of fishing on weekends, but it was true that school was over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The coast guard banned fishing on the west side of the island and bore down on gill-netters in the middle of the night who had set nets near restricted areas. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Thor began to pull the fishing line back onto the boat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “A lot more visits. I even fixed up the spare room where I stored my fishing gear so you would have a place to stay. Sometime, it’s almost like you live here.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was left over from her dream in which an unseen monster made its way toward her small fishing village in Japan, and she was expected to do battle with it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “The biggest I ever saw in my whole life,” Mancuso said, stretching his arms as if he were describing a fishing catch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I promise I won’t wear any of your clothes to go fishing or climb trees,” I said aloud as I opened the latch. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally, Ben was in charge of the cooking, as Joon was in charge of the fire, and Oz and Jak handled the fishing. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was the simple swiveling kind, with a black leather seat and a built- in holster for a fishing pole. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I cut me a pole and was soon perched on a stump, fishing and eating fried chicken. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Mr. Robert’s going to walk us over to the lake, show us the best fishing spots for later. Joey, Kenny, you coming? Give these two some time alone to talk.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After loading the cooler and fishing rods, we piled in and headed offshore. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In the early evenings we nearly always went out fishing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Until I hear footfalls on the steps outside, the familiar jangle of Cathy fishing around in her huge handbag for her house keys. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finally parked the truck at the clearing not far from Grampa’s fishing hole, I was feeling better. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I crept up to the lifeboat and I gathered from the locker one of the fishing kits, the knife and a bucket for my catch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not mine. They belonged to my brother, who gave up fishing when he was injured. It’s not easy to wear waders with a prosthetic leg. If I sit on the stairs, perhaps you could...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At the time of my visit, the Nisqually had been annoying state authorities for decades, tenaciously pursuing what they believed to be their right to fish on their ancestral fishing grounds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nailer let himself be ushered belowdecks, and Knot was found and soon they were working their way through a book of Knot’s, all about an old guy fishing on a boat. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Pixie eased her sparkly toes right up against the fishing poles, where we’d left them lying on the shore. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He had a fishing pole, but he needed that and loved it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Do you mean to say that the blood of the deceased matched the blood found on the fishing gaff?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Three things are never any good—farming, fishing, and hunting—compared to other years, that is. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank said something about fishing lures and then asked Axel to come fishing with him over the weekend. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All the while, Spoon Man quietly meandered through the crowd, selling a frying pan, a box of buttons, a kerosene lamp, and a fishing pole. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The judge finally told us that we were fishing after we'd made our ninth or tenth request for more police and prosecution files. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I’m beginning to think she’s gone fishing or berrying and will not return until dusk. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I galloped down the hall into the library with a fishing creel over my shoulder. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Three boys with fishing poles came onto the bridge and we leaned on the rail and looked down at the trout. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As an afterthought I took some fishhooks and fishing line. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But that they both told the truth, Frank with his fishing lures and Axel with the feathers, and even though it wasn’t a special conversation, it was good enough. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There are three fishing boats in the distance—the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You knew right away when a man stopped fishing and started running rum,” a Massachusetts woman later recounted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A fishing kit with four coils of line, a dozen small lures, and hooks and sinkers. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “No water, no shade, no food, not even a fishing rod so we can catch something to eat.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z On long fishing days, Captain Ahab is someone to talk to. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I decided to try my hand at fishing, for the first time in my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The brush houses of the fishing people were back from the beach on the right-hand side of the town, and the canoes were drawn up in front of this area. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would go fishing, a practical way of resting. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They were going to force me to go fishing with Byron and Joey the next day and I knew I needed a ton of rest. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "I wish I could go. We've been looking forward to this fishing all winter." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z From what I understood, mostly from the illustrations, Mom and the researchers wanted to take a harpoon fishing boat into a stretch of Cape Cod where fishermen had spotted white sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The splash of birds fishing in the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “It’s my investigative report. The one I wrote after Sheriff Moran brought me the fishing gaff.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Off Merling Rock two days before, they had sighted a half-dozen fishing skiffs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a bad lake for swimming and fishing both. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He agreed to ferry Booth and Herold across the river as soon as he set his fishing nets. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt prepared for the military: He’d spent a lot of time as a teenager hunting and fishing in the woods, and competing in rifle competitions near his home in rural Maryland. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Set in a poverty- and drug-stricken African-American fishing community in the South, Porgy and Bess was notable for its sympathetic but clear-eyed portrayal of underclass life. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Bad fishing and bad weather could result from any of these. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But she felt a quick tug in her fingers, like a bite on a fishing line, and Jason’s blade flew out of the water and into her hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then fishing out the broken ends of warp, she showed Lyddie how to fasten them together with a weaver’s knot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t listen to anything these dumb boys say. They’re only good for hunting and fishing and shouting and making a mess. They don’t know what they’re talking about. Now, come with me, okay?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She pushed at Edward with her fishing pole. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Half the fleet was spread out before him, running hard for the fishing grounds at dusk and throwing wide silver wakes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The fishing boat glided swiftly over, toward the good cooking smells. “£/” called the woman up to the boat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed his fishing rod to Beto and climbed the bank. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z This was the thirties, the depression, and folks were poor and they used guns and fishing rods to survive. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s two questions. Yes, you do. He died fishing. He fell off a boat. Isn’t that the stupidest thing you ever heard?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z While fishing for an answer that would say nothing, I smiled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought: after I get the cress and the other greens I will cook breakfast and then go fishing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He did not ask my name nor I his, but I had seen his quick eyes go to the firearms in their rubber slings, to the fishing rods pinioned against the wall. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother was down on her hands and knees mopping up the water and Margot was fishing my papers off the floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Jem parked his fishing car over there, we dug earthworms by the back fence, I planted a bamboo shoot one time and we fought it for twenty years. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When I finally fell asleep Friday night, I dreamed that Dad and I were fishing somewhere on a gorgeous morning. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Some older men were fishing off the end of the pier I went down, and a heavyset woman was lowering crab baskets over the side. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z If I bring ’em out three at a time I can be fishing all two hundred traps in a couple of weeks. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d gotten the halibut from a fishing boat that morning. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z On our small slab porch stood Abby Standridge, dressed like a carpenter, hair as big as an azalea bush, and holding two fishing poles. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The Ortega boat, La Estrella, must have come back to Ensenada from the fishing trip it had left on six days ago. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He wore an old fishing hat that seemed to cover his entire face, and plaid pants that left about two inches of sock and four inches of ankle showing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Wait till he hears that new motor purring in Rose—he’ll want to get back fishing and acting like normal again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I could close my eyes and almost see him, humped up and waddling along, fishing under the banks with his delicate little paws for crawfish, frogs, and minnows. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day after that I did all the fishing. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On the right was the top of Central Park and the Harlem Meer, which was a little lake where you could go fishing in the summer. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Turning to Clay, Mr. Derby said, “Son, run down to the quarters tomorrow and get one of the slaves from the fishing gang to take her place.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm tellin' it better'n I ever thought I could," he said, fishing in his pocket and removing something that looked like an oilskin tobacco pouch, from which he removed an object wrapped in a handkerchief. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Old times with R.C. hadn’t always been fun, but maybe fishing wouldn’t be so bad; he was eighteen and probably had mellowed some since we were kids. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Now, after several years in which to observe the effects of spraying, the Canadians find a mixed situation, but one that affords very little comfort to devotees of salmon fishing, provided spraying is continued. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The fishing boats that went out from Provincetown went out when night was still dark, so that as the first light brought out the fish they could be there, nets down and ready. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ve been trying to catch that trout for twenty-five years. There’s a store in Boston offers a twenty-five dollar fishing rod to anybody that can catch him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good haul for a first set, enough to keep him fishing the bank—there was no reason for him to go elsewhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z After he had caught and salted his crab bait, he did a little fishing to pass the days and even some house repairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “That way I might could play baseball every year or two with Pink and them, or go fishing sometime.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There, running along the cliff, the fishing spear held over his head, was Ramo. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z "Comfortably. That's a nice word. We'll have to go like hell to get there and back and have any fishing at all." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z We liked to go fishing, but we never came home with any fish. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “These are our fishing poles,” he said excitedly, handing one over to me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to me that she’d never done this before, that she and I were both fishing for the right words. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And then we discovered the best ‘ ‘fishing’ ’ audience of all, by far the best- conditioned audience for Mr. Muhammad’s teachings: the Christian churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily closed her eyes and leaned back, absently fishing for a cigarette again until she remembered the pack was empty. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The police are allowed by the courts to conduct fishing expeditions for drugs on streets and freeways based on nothing more than a hunch. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Downtown, with its cobblestone streets and absence of traffic lights, could still pass as a quaint New England fishing village. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Dad lingered on for a few more days, ice fishing, setting my traps and snares, and husking walnuts. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were fully adjusted to the darkness now, and it took only seconds to find the fishing line tied to its usual rock. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When he got to the bank, he walked upstream toward his favorite fishing spot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Tell the old man I’m headed out to the tuna fishing grounds and he’ll rope me to a chair and call my dad, or worse. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The fishing goes on without commentary: a cast, the plop of the lure, the sound of reeling in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the afternoon before he left, my grandfather knocked on my bedroom door and said he wanted to go fishing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly Gey was so exhausted, he could hardly hold his fishing rod. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Is someone fishing in the lake at night? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Me, I’m feeling fine and dandy; I won’t let no blubbery looks ruin what I got in mind for the morning, which is fix the boat, have lunch, then go fishing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He had his shirt off and his fishing boots on. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Some 25 million Americans look to fishing as a major source of recreation and another 15 million are at least casual anglers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In November 1926, when a reporter wrote to White fishing for gossip about Hale, White refused to provide any, insisting that Hale would be “treated as other prisoners are treated.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The days go by, and I learn more about men’s work, which is mostly about hunting and fishing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He held a beat-up fishing hat in his hands, crushing it in his trembling fingers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And, as he suspected, no record of his fishing boats remained. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And around me everywhere the gulls were fishing for scallops, which were numerous that summer. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to talk him into going fishing once in a while, but he said he didn’t think he’d have the energy to reel in anything bigger than a minnow. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “No problem. I was just fishing downstream a ways. Actually, I was napping with my fishing pole and you woke me up.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I glanced around, expecting one of our neighbors from a nearby farm to be fishing on the water’s edge. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They let him use a twenty-four-foot outboard with a T-top and twin 150s—not for fishing but for towing in tourists who ran out of gas or rammed their boats aground. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She sat on the bow with her back to the sun and snapped pictures of us fishing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The men of the fishing fleet and the soldiers stood in line. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Here I was at last—fishing—and I couldn’t enjoy it for feeling guilty. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t go fishing with Uncle Edisto whenever Peach visited. His screaming scared away the fish—'This boat’s rocking too hard!’ and ‘Don’t hurt that worm!’ Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Further investigation proved these sightings were of the same vessel, but it was a fishing boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One time, they came upon a bear fishing in the river, and Roz whispered, “You know what to do.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He says this coyly, he’s fishing, he wants to be complimented, and I know that the serious part of the conversation has come to an end. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, we was always close. He took me fishing.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The advent of mechanized fishing in the 1920s drastically reduced the number of cod from the Gulf of Maine to the Grand Banks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “So when did he change? I mean, he’s never taken me fishing.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Are you from another fishing boat? Which one? Do not be afraid. Point.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother wasn’t keen on fishing, but she was always happy when we’d come back with a cooler full of snappers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Granddad’s out fishing for trout in the river with a homemade rod or hunting grouse or partridge across the fields. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a bit of shooting and fishing. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z One day long ago Snuffy was fishing toward the hot springs from downriver when he heard voices at the bigger pool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiller was carving a fishing boat, and Florida was staring at her piece of wood. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z After a while I caught sight of this lonely little fishing boat way out there and tried to decide who could be on it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I realized why my dad refuses to shop for anything, even golf clubs and fishing gear, with my mom. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The time he tried to teach me how to fish immediately comes to mind—think fishing hooks in toes and ears and everywhere else except a fish’s mouth. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We then rolled each pile into the middle of a piece of oilcloth, tucked the ends of the cloth over, and tied the bundle with plenty of wire twisted with fishing line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z |
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