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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Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
At 62, Robinson is a scuba instructor and the owner of ZooKeeper, which makes a sort of underwater creel for safely storing lionfish during dives and sponsors lionfish derbies across the state.
—Rayna O'Nan, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
Fife Packed with coastal treasures, castles, and creel pot fishermen, yet ignored by most tourists (with the exception of holy grail-chasing golfers en route to St Andrews), this former Pictish kingdom pulls off one of the greatest tricks in the country.
—Mike MacEacheran, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
When they were done, creel clerks for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission met them on shore to count and measure their catch.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 30 May 2025
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In conjunction with Central Lakes College and Brainerd Walleye Alliance president Adam Mord, Kempe ran a creel survey on three lakes in the Brainerd area to quantify walleye catch rates by anglers using forward-facing sonar.
—Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
At 62, Robinson is a scuba instructor and the owner of ZooKeeper, which makes a sort of underwater creel for safely storing lionfish during dives and sponsors lionfish derbies across the state.
—Rayna O'Nan, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
Fife Packed with coastal treasures, castles, and creel pot fishermen, yet ignored by most tourists (with the exception of holy grail-chasing golfers en route to St Andrews), this former Pictish kingdom pulls off one of the greatest tricks in the country.
—Mike MacEacheran, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2025
When they were done, creel clerks for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission met them on shore to count and measure their catch.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 30 May 2025
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“Creel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creel. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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