Fishing describes the act of reaching out to multiple people on dating apps that you think you could have a chance with and waiting to see who will respond. Out of those that do, you then select who you want to reply to (now that you know youre in with a chance) and ignore those who dont float your boat.

What does it mean to fish someone?

Weve had ghosting, breadcrumbing, zombie-ing, benching, orbiting and more, but this week the word on everyones lips is: fishing - this is when you send messages out to a whole load of your matches on a dating app, wait and see which ones bite and then decide who youll pursue.