hogging
n.— «Known variously as noodling or hogging, handfishing has long been a misdemeanor punishable by fines, because state officials fear it depletes breeding-age catfish.» —“Missouri approves fishing with bare hands” by Scott Charton in Columbia, Mo. Boston.com Dec. 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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