as in fisherman
someone who catches fish
few fishers of lake trout are more ardent or adept than my father
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Commercial fishers land nearly 3.2 million pounds of reef fish in Southeast Florida, totaling more than $10 million.
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Rafe Pomerance, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2025
Crossing north into Michigan, fly fishers can stop in either Grand Rapids, to hopefully catch smallies and pike, or head further north to the famous Pere Marquette River to fish for wild brook and rainbow trout.
—Robert Annis, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
Friedrich recalled traveling through a small village in Romania, where fishers scour the nearby Danube River for sturgeon.
—Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
The bill also includes new health provisions designed to benefit Alaska, as well as new tax benefits for fishers in the state's waters.
—Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
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Rafe Pomerance, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2025
Crossing north into Michigan, fly fishers can stop in either Grand Rapids, to hopefully catch smallies and pike, or head further north to the famous Pere Marquette River to fish for wild brook and rainbow trout.
—Robert Annis, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
Friedrich recalled traveling through a small village in Romania, where fishers scour the nearby Danube River for sturgeon.
—Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
The bill also includes new health provisions designed to benefit Alaska, as well as new tax benefits for fishers in the state's waters.
—Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
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Her body was found by a fisherman in the river just before 10:30 a.m. local time Wednesday near Brownsville, Minnesota—more than a dozen miles from her last known location, according to authorities.—
Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
24 July 2025
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Discover Local Watermen’s Heritage The Waterman's Museum honors the region’s hard-working watermen, from Indigenous canoe makers to present-day commercial fishermen.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
24 July 2025
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“Fisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisher. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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