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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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
From 2022-2024, the commission tracked the trend through statewide creel surveys.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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
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During the season, there is a five trout per day creel limit with no size restrictions.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
From 2022-2024, the commission tracked the trend through statewide creel surveys.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
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
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“Creel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creel. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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