Question

for fishing, is it faire la peche?
For activities in general, is it usually with faire? Faire du ski, faire du jogging...etc.

Answer 1

There is a perfectly good verb for "to fish" = pêcher. "to go fishing" = aller à la pêche. "to take fishing" = emmener à la pêche

I suppose you can say "to do fishing, to do skiing, etc."

There are tons of idioms with faire. Here are some you might like to use:

faire une promnade = to take a walk, a ride
faire une partie de = to play a game of
faire des emplettes = to go shopping

Mme

Answer 2

is it also correct to say, faire de la lecture, faire de la peinture, faire du jardinage, faire du football?

Answer 3

As long as you wish to say "to do" or "to make" yes, with faire.

Mme