Fisherman

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A Long Island fisherman cleans his nets
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A fisherman in central Chile

A fisherman is a person who engages in the activity of fishing. Some fishermen do this as their profession, and may belong to a cooperative, corporation, or union. Other people fish for sport, such as most of anglers (who fish with a hook). Fishing may also be a subsistence activity.

Fairy Tales About Fishermen

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The River Fisherman, designed and engraved, in the Sixteenth Century, by J. Amman.
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The Pond Fisherman.--Fac-simile of a Woodcut of the "Cosmographie Universelle" of Munster, folio, Basle, 1549.
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See also: Fisherman, Cooperative, Corporation, Fishing, Fishing hook, Occupation, Person, Profession, Sport