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Capturing In Sneaky Net Fishing Crossword Clue

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99%10Exact Match!
verb

• entrap

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

31%9Fishing method that involves capturing fish with the hands rather than with a fishing rod
verb

• To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.

• To search in a similar way using an implement.

• To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.

• To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.

• To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).

• To pull, lift or dig (something) (out of the ground) by searching with one's hands and fingers.

• To lift (something) out in a similar way using an implement.

• (now Southeastern US) To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.

• To fish on the grabble.

• To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly.

• To lie prostrate; to sprawl on the ground.

31%7 Type of fishing net used in commercial and recreational fishing
noun

• a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills

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