Possible Clues:

• Fishing
• Fishing with hook and line
• To fish with a hook and a line
• Went on the water to a certain degree, perhaps
• Perhaps getting to a certain degree fishy
• The protracted use of lines?
• What a fishy way to be going around the bend, perhaps!
• Fishing with rod
• Using a rod and line to get a no good fish
• It could give one a fish no good for eating!