chumming
Spreading bait overboard
Chumming is scattering fish parts, blood, or oily bait into the water to attract fish to a boat or fishing area.
The technique draws fish by appealing to their sense of smell: We spent an hour chumming before the first shark appeared.
Figuratively, chumming describes any attempt to lure a target by spreading attractive bait: The company was chumming for investors with promises of quick returns.
Thing that tempts
- groundbaitScattered food attracting fish
- attractantAgent that draws toward
- fish oilMarine-derived nutritional supplement
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
offal · baitfish · scent trail · dispersal · slurry · enticement · decoy · trolling
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
- sportfishingRecreational pursuit of fish
- deep-sea fishingOcean sport beyond shallows
- charter boatRented vessel for trips
- trollingProvoking reactions online
cast · hook · line · tackle · rod · reel · catch · fisherman
Informal term for companion
- palClose trusted companion
- companionOne who keeps company
- hanging outCasual socializing
- bondingForming close connections
camaraderie · sidekick · mate · amigo · crony · bromance · socializing · palling around
Frantic competitive consumption
- great whiteLarge predatory marine fish
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- finAquatic propulsion appendage
jaws · teeth · aggression · circling · attack · cage diving · ecotourism · shark week
lure
Thing that tempts
- groundbaitScattered food attracting fish
- attractantAgent that draws toward
- fish oilMarine-derived nutritional supplement
blood · offal · baitfish · scent trail · dispersal · slurry · enticement · decoy · trolling · drift
angling
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
- sportfishingRecreational pursuit of fish
- deep-sea fishingOcean sport beyond shallows
- charter boatRented vessel for trips
trolling · cast · hook · line · tackle · rod · reel · catch · fisherman · trawling
buddy
Informal term for companion
- palClose trusted companion
- companionOne who keeps company
- hanging outCasual socializing
bonding · camaraderie · sidekick · mate · amigo · crony · bromance · socializing · palling around · comrade
feeding frenzy
Frantic competitive consumption
- great whiteLarge predatory marine fish
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- apexUppermost point or culmination
fin · jaws · teeth · aggression · circling · attack · cage diving · ecotourism · shark week · danger
- traditional fishingfish hooks, fish traps, spearfishing, gillnetting, netting
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- fishing actionscast, casting, reel, reeling, hook
- fishing baitworm, worms, nightcrawlers, nightcrawler, live bait
- flats fishingflats, bonefish, tarpon, redfish, permit
chummingtrolling
Provoking reactions online
spearfishing · fly fishing · jigging · netting · casting
chummingshunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
avoiding · ostracizing · snubbing · ignoring · cold-shouldering
- chumming upCultivating a friendship