fishing smack

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noun

any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.

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Origin of fishing smack

First recorded in 1775–85

Like his old man, he keeps it reined in, but when talking about fishing, a true regret seeps out.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To the uninitiated, this might smack of poor taste and inappropriate timing.
In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive|Peter Schwartzstein|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You will find one of the best places on earth to go salmon fishing.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By Whiskey||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But fishing for rationale in harassment is almost always a waste of time.
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat|Annie Gaus|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On the first day of shooting, Kallai and his film crew found themselves smack-dab in the middle of a war zone.
Trans in the Holy Land: ‘Marzipan Flowers,’ Tal Kallai, and the Shattering of Israel’s LGBT Taboos|Itay Hod|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This intimacy arose partly from association while fishing for Cod, which abound in these waters, and partly from trading in furs.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
He knows the whole piano literature, and is continually fishing up some new or old pearl or other to surprise one with.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Alila has still another way of fishing which is not as hard work as diving, though, after all, it is not much fun.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
They have developed fishing and agriculture, and have brought the tourist into districts little visited before.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Above the buildings of the opposite side of the street rose the spars of several fishing-boats; the creek finished at Rosewater.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton