SNAGGING

To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.

"Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!"

To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.

"The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862."

To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.

"We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River."