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When the BBC visited last June, families were fishing together in waterways criss-crossed by oil pipelines.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

“We presume that they were fishing but we don’t actually know what was the purpose of the trip,” Fisk said of the men.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

The sheriff’s department has said Grams, Haugen and two others were fishing at the top of Curtain Falls between Crooked Lake and Iron Lake on the border last month.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

But as the sun set along the causeway Thursday, more people were fishing for sand perch and croaker than had shown up to the support the former president.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

And around me everywhere the gulls were fishing for scallops, which were numerous that summer.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell