trotline
Multi-hook line
A trotline is a heavy fishing line strung across a body of water, anchored at both ends, with shorter baited lines hanging from it at intervals.
Unlike rod-and-reel fishing, trotlines work unattended—a fisher sets the line, then returns later to check for catches.
They're used for catfish and other bottom-feeders: We ran the trotline at dawn and pulled up six channel cats.
Chief railway line
- snoodsDecorative hair coverings
- hooksCurved catching devices
- sinkersWeights that pull lines down
- swivelsTurns on a fixed point
dropper · leader · monofilament · braided · nylon · clips · floats · buoy
Large flowing watercourse
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- currentDirected flow of charge
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- bankPlace holding deposits
channel · freshwater · tributary · confluence · depth · bottom · snag · floodplain
Limbless burrowing invertebrates
- minnowsTiny freshwater fish
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
- chicken liverEdible fowl organ
- cut baitAbandon a failing effort
doughballs · crickets · chumming · scent · hooking · luring · mackerel · squid
North American freshwater catfish
- flatheadStraight-tipped tool or fish
- bullheadBroad-headed freshwater fish
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- bottom feederCreature eating from substrate
mudcat · noodling · catfishing
mainline
Chief railway line
swivels · dropper · leader · monofilament · braided · nylon · clips · floats · buoy · anchor
river
Large flowing watercourse
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- currentDirected flow of charge
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
bank · channel · freshwater · tributary · confluence · depth · bottom · snag · floodplain · estuary
worms
Limbless burrowing invertebrates
- minnowsTiny freshwater fish
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
- chicken liverEdible fowl organ
cut bait · doughballs · crickets · chumming · scent · hooking · luring · mackerel · squid · crawfish
channel cat
North American freshwater catfish
- fishing linemonofilament, fluorocarbon, braid, mono, fluoro
- catfishingchannel catfish, circle hook, stink bait, chicken liver, cut bait
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear
- freshwater fishingfreshwater fishing, trout fishing, salmon fishing, freshwater fish, bass fishing
- fishing gearfishing rod, hook, spinning rod, spinning reel, nets
- swampalligator, bayou, bald cypress, cattail, cottonmouth
trotlinerod and reel
Line-casting equipment combination
fly fishing · angling · sport fishing · pole fishing · trolling
trotlinefishing rod
Tackle for catching fish
fly rod · cane pole · fishing pole · rod and reel · spinning rod