monkeyfishing
n.— «Once highly popular, a monkeyfishing angler uses a homemade device to send an electrical charge into the water. To escape the shocks, the fish swim to the surface where fishermen scoop the stunned fish out of the water with a long-handled dip net.» —“Anglers Charged With a Shocking Crime” in Ocala, Fla. The Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) May 29, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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