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    Angling (section Baits)
    an appetizing bait (i.e. hookbait) to attract and entice the fish into swallowing the hook, but sometimes an inedible fake/imitation bait with multiple...
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    Tautog (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference)
    difficult due to the tendency of fishermen to try to set the hook as soon as they feel a hit, rather than waiting for the tautog to swallow the bait. Rigs with...
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    the name 'scrod' without the species is in principle mislabeling. Historically, scrod was simply a small cod or haddock, "too small to swallow a bait"...
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    allows the fish to swallow the bait. The effects of catch and release vary from species to species. A study of fish caught in shallow water on the Great...
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    Clickbait (redirect from Link bait)
    presenting the impression to the fish that it is a desirable thing to swallow. Before the Internet, a marketing practice known as bait-and-switch used similar...
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    Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The term "swallow" is used as the common name for Hirundo rustica in the UK and Ireland...
    50 KB (4,793 words) - 13:23, 27 May 2024
  • 2020. Harris, Edward (26 May 1978). "Gnomes: You must be willing to swallow the bait and suspend disbelief". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia...
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    parallel to the lay of the line. When a fish swallowed the bait, a tug on the line caused the gorge to orient itself at right angles to the line, thereby...
    25 KB (3,121 words) - 16:57, 21 April 2024
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    Monofilament fishing line (category Articles to be expanded from November 2010)
    their similar refractive index to that of water, making it less visible to fish, which may not swallow the bait if it sees the line. Fluorocarbon lines have...
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    called The 'Gator and the Pickaninny and Alligator Bait. In the former, "a black man with an ax unhesitatingly attacks an alligator that has swallowed a small...
    41 KB (4,238 words) - 03:23, 7 May 2024
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    types of baits used in angling: hookbaits, which are directly mounted onto fish hooks and are what the term "fishing bait" typically refers to; and groundbaits...
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  • based on the work of Jules Verne, this time split between Journey to the Centre of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Again, aside from the introduction...
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    Groundbait (redirect from Ground bait)
    Groundbait is a fishing bait that is either thrown or "balled" into the water in order to olfactorily attract more fish to a designated area (i.e. fishing...
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  • Hooligan) is the first Russian album by Russian pop star Dima Bilan released on June 12, 2003. It was distributed by Gala Records and the First Musical...
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    far more vulnerable to body cavity searches. A drug mule may swallow dozens upon dozens of balloons. The swallower then attempts to cross international...
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    Phoebe Tonkin (category Australian expatriate actresses in the United States)
    apocalyptic war film Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010). After starring in the horror film Bait 3D (2012), she relocated to America, where she received acclaim...
    37 KB (3,006 words) - 13:39, 6 June 2024
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    used to insert the bait into promising holes or crannies in which eels tend to lurk. When an eel takes the bait then, after a minute or two, the bait will...
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    The bait balls are short-lived and seldom last longer than 10 minutes. However, bait balls are also conspicuous, and when schooling fish form a bait ball...
    29 KB (3,394 words) - 02:01, 24 November 2023
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    reacting so loudly the "Western countries had swallowed the bait" laid by Moscow in its information war with NATO. In the run-up to Zapad 2017, NATO and...
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    laid parallel to the line and buried inside a bait ball, which can be swallowed easily by the fish. Once inside the fish's mouth, the bait ball often softens...
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