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
for fishing, is it faire la peche?
For activities in general, is it usually with faire? Faire du ski, faire du jogging...etc.
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is it also correct to say, faire de la lecture, faire de la peinture, faire du jardinage, faire du football?
As long as you wish to say "to do" or "to make" yes, with faire.
Mme
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