landing net

noun Angling.
a small, bag-shaped net with a handle at the mouth, for scooping a hooked fish out of the water and bringing it to shore or into a boat.
Origin:
1645–55

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landing net
 
—n
angling a loose long-handled net on a triangular frame for lifting hooked fish from the water

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Example sentences
Hooked lake sturgeon were brought aboard with the aid of a large landing net.
Gizzard shad and smelt may be taken with a minnow seine, minnow dip net, or
  hand landing net.
However, these restrictions do not prohibit the use of a hand-landing net to
  land fish legally hooked.
If you plan to land a trophy muskellunge, be sure to have a large landing net
  ready to subdue the fish.
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