landing net
Noun: A small, often bag-shaped net attached to a long handle, used by anglers to safely lift and secure a hooked fish from the water after it has been reeled in close to the shore or boat.
The landing net is an essential tool in recreational fishing. It is used at the final stage of catching a fish to prevent the line from breaking and to handle the fish safely without injuring it or causing it to escape. - After a long fight, the angler carefully guided the trout into his landing net. - Always have your landing net ready before you start reeling in a large fish.
- "To net a fish": This phrase often implies the use of a landing net to complete the catch.
- He played the fish expertly and finally managed to net it.
- The term can be used metaphorically to describe the final, securing action in a process.
- The successful negotiation was the landing net that secured the deal.
- Net (noun/verb): A more general term for an open-meshed fabric used to catch fish or other things. Using a net is the action of catching with a net.
- Fishing net (noun): A broader category that includes landing nets, cast nets, and gill nets.
- Handle (noun): The long pole part of the landing net.
- Scoop net: Emphasizes the scooping action used.
- Dip net: Similar in function, sometimes used interchangeably.
- "To land a fish": This phrase describes the overall act of successfully bringing a fish to shore or into the boat, for which a landing net is often the final tool.
- It took ten minutes to land the pike.
- "Net handle": Refers specifically to the pole of the landing net.
The compound noun "landing net" specifically refers to the tool used for the "landing" phase of fishing. It is not used for casting or trapping fish initially. A key distinction is its manageable size and handle, designed for one-handed use by an angler to assist another who is fighting the fish on the rod.
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a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water
