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2. Gafftopsail catfish - Wikipedia

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   Catfish trapping is also used to capture them, but is regulated in some states. Catfish traps include "slat traps," long wooden traps with an angled entrance, and wire hoop traps. Typical bait for these traps includes rotten cheese and dog food. Gafftopsail catfish are good eating; the red lateral line should be removed to prevent "muddy taste ...

3. Channel catfish - Wikipedia

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   Another method uses traps, either "slat traps"—long wooden traps with an angled entrance—or wire hoop traps. "Stink bait" is typically used in such traps, which may include dog food, rotten cheese and old rotten shad. Catches of as many as 100 fish a day are common in catfish traps.

4. Bait (luring substance) - Wikipedia

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   A piece of cheese used as bait on a mousetrap. Bait is any appetizing substance (e.g. food) used to attract prey when hunting or fishing, most commonly in the form of trapping (e.g. mousetrap and bird trap), ambushing (e.g. from a hunting blind) and angling.

5. Fish trap - Wikipedia

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   A fish trap is a trap used for catching fish and other aquatic animals of value. Fish traps include fishing weirs, cage traps, fish wheels and some fishing net rigs such as fyke nets. [1] The use of traps are culturally almost universal around the world and seem to have been independently invented many times.

6. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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   Today most traps are made from checkered wire and mesh. It is common for the trap to be weighted down with bricks. A bait bag is hung in the middle of the trap. In theory the lobster walks up the mesh and then falls into the wire trap. Bait varies from captain to captain but it is common to use herring. In commercial lobstering five to ten of ...

7. Trotline - Wikipedia

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   The baits are attached to the main line by simple slipknots or by shorter lines called dropper lines (known as trots or snoods.) Crab trotlines are usually baited with chicken necks, chicken livers, bull lips, eels or other inexpensive baits. Maryland blue crabs are harvested by waterman on small workboats using trotlines and crab pots. When ...