Bait casting


the act or technique of casting an artificial or natural lure attached to a silk or nylon line wound on a reel having a revolving spool, the rod used being shorter and less flexible than that used in fly casting.
Historical Examples

Ted used the crudest kind of hook and line for bait casting.
Unexplored! Allen Chaffee

Fishing is generally divided into four classes: fly casting, bait casting, trolling, and still fishing.
Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

bait casting is much easier than fly casting as the weight of the bait will help to carry out the line.
Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

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    a small fish that is a source of food for a larger fish: Fishermen knew the presence of baitfish meant plenty of bass nearby. Angling. any small fish, as a minnow or shiner, used as bait.

  • Baith

    both. Historical Examples If I had been her, I wad hae blazed it baith to kirk and council;—to his wife’s ear, and to his minister’s! The Shepherd’s Calendar James Hogg There’s mony chances, baith o’ gude and ill, befa’ folk in this warld. The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop Ye are baith a pair o’ […]

  • Bait money

    bait money noun phrase Money given to a thief containing a device that will dye the money and the thief (1990s+)

  • Baited

    food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc. a poisoned lure used in exterminating pests. an allurement; enticement: Employees were lured with the bait of annual bonuses. an object for pulling molten or liquefied material, as glass, from a vat or the like by adhesion. South Midland and Southern U.S. a […]

  • Baiter

    food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc. a poisoned lure used in exterminating pests. an allurement; enticement: Employees were lured with the bait of annual bonuses. an object for pulling molten or liquefied material, as glass, from a vat or the like by adhesion. South Midland and Southern U.S. a […]


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