Fish v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fished p. pr. & vb. n. Fishing.]
  1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
  2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
     Any other fishing question.   --Sir W. Scott.