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A fishing lure is any one of a broad category of artificial angling baits that are inedible replicas designed to mimic prey animals (e.g. baitfish, crustaceans, insects, worms, etc.) that attract the attention of predatory fish, typically via appearances, flashy colors, bright reflections, movements, vibrations and/or loud noises which appeal to the fish's predation instinct and entice it into ...
The use of the hook in angling is descended, historically, from what would today be called a gorge.The word "gorge", in this context, comes from the French word meaning "throat".
A competitor, Jana Maisel, casts her fly into one of the goal pools at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg.. Casting (known as Casting Sport) is also a sport adjunct to fishing, much as shooting is to hunting.
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish, which are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (freshwater or marine), but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs.
The Great Fish Market, painted by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.
Four people have been arrested over an alleged plot to murder a man, as Greater Manchester Police (GMP) continued its crackdown on weapons. The victim was shot in the leg in Woodlands Road ...
When excluding volatile food and energy costs, the so-called core PCE was down to 2.8% in November — compared with a peak of 5.6% in September 2022.
a Beroe ovata, b unidentified cydippid, c "Tortugas red" cydippid, d Bathocyroe fosteri, e Mnemiopsis leidyi, and f Ocyropsis sp. [17]. Among animal phyla, the ctenophores are more complex than sponges, about as complex as cnidarians (jellyfish, sea anemones, etc.), and less complex than bilaterians (which include almost all other animals).