fishing net - a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled indrift net - a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current gill net - a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills landing net - a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water net - a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects seine - a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom trammel, trammel net - a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh |