1
: a wicker basket (as for carrying newly caught fish)
2
: a bar with skewers for holding bobbins in a spinning machine
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
Looking at the numbers, Paoli says the DNR’s creel surveys show anglers catching around 25,000 pike from Green Bay annually.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
The rope that the fishermen severed was free-floating — as is common with creel gear.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Fishing boats in bright, primary colors bob in the shelter of the stone-walled harbor, while the sea wall is adorned with a tangle of nets, lobster creels, and old buoys.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
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The comments overwhelmingly supported reducing creel limits, size limits, and/or shortening the season for striped bass, with 2,853 comments in support and 517 comments asking for no change in management.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
Looking at the numbers, Paoli says the DNR’s creel surveys show anglers catching around 25,000 pike from Green Bay annually.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
The rope that the fishermen severed was free-floating — as is common with creel gear.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Fishing boats in bright, primary colors bob in the shelter of the stone-walled harbor, while the sea wall is adorned with a tangle of nets, lobster creels, and old buoys.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Creel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creel. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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