That “abundant” seafood that’s “wild, line caught, individually quick frozen” is caught on something resembling a trotline, which is only run every so often. From Wordnik.com. [How Do You Write a Sustainable Recipe? - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Also had good luck with raw shrimp on my trotline. From Wordnik.com. [what is better liver,worms,cray fish,innows on catfish in partly staind water] Reference
What is the best bait to catch Channel cats on a trotline. From Wordnik.com. [What is the best bait to catch Channel cats on a trotline.] Reference
Dredd was baiting a trotline when a car appeared in the gravel lane leading from the main road. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Tuesday]
A guy running a trotline in the Basin called on his cell and said he found a dead man in a rowboat. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Rainbow] Reference
In a current, anchor the trotline by tying rocks onto several longer droppers spaced along the main line. From Wordnik.com. [How to Rig a Trot Line to Catch Fish in a Survival Situation] Reference
I was out in the field two months ago and a younger guy set out a trotline in a pretty well running creek. From Wordnik.com. [How to Rig a Trot Line to Catch Fish in a Survival Situation] Reference
I was home for the summer and my Dad, best friend and I put out a trotline to run on our lake between two docks. From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream] Reference
We also put out a trotline but the fish were no doubt huddled in the deepest part of the lake trying to stay warm. From Wordnik.com. [Gear Tester of the Month: Del in KS] Reference
A trotline consists of a 25 - to 150-foot-long main line with up to 25 baited hooks on 2 - to 3-foot dropper lines. From Wordnik.com. [How to Rig a Trot Line to Catch Fish in a Survival Situation] Reference
The principle of trotline fishing is the same as with survival trapping: Think big, catch small (or more accurately, think many and catch a few). From Wordnik.com. [How to Rig a Trot Line to Catch Fish in a Survival Situation] Reference
Walter continued to work as a mugger, while Josephine strung trotline across the river, sometimes catching catfish that weighed over a hundred pounds. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Cowboys] Reference
My problem while hunting is 4wheeler riders and they will not stay off the trails if you hung a trotline across them so I don't think it will help me a lot. From Wordnik.com. [Portable No-Trespassing Signs?] Reference
It's a place where the old women still speak Cajun French and the old men still cook in black iron pots and even the youngest children know how to bait a trotline. From Wordnik.com. [Squirrel Town, USA: Hunting the Cajun Passover] Reference
You toss the trotline smooth as water into the water and the water smoothes itself into the night, and the night pulls the sparks from the fire, and nothing fades. From Wordnik.com. [Apology, a Love Poem] Reference
When I was a boy, my brother and I would trap them with our straw hats, bait our trotline with them at sunset and string it between two abandoned oil platforms, and in the morning the line would be so taut and heavy with mudcat that it would take both of us to lift it clear of the water. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven’s Prisoners] Reference
He remembered the hot, clear days on the drill barge and the easy roll of the swell, the few whitecaps in the distance, the long flat blue-green of the water and the way the trout jumped in the morning, their sides silver and speckled with red in the sun, and at night when they laid the trotline out. From Wordnik.com. [Half of Paradise] Reference
They ran the trotline, making threats with curses. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News - News] Reference
They were trotline fishing and caught a 40 - and 50-pound catfish. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Then I would run my trotline, take off the fish and re-bait the hooks. From Wordnik.com. [From Slavery to Wealth The Life of Scott Bond The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.] Reference
Years ago, I almost drowned when a trotline hook pierced my hand and pulled me from my boat. From Wordnik.com. [Arkansas Online stories] Reference
However, moments into the conversation, I found my old accessories might make good weights for a trotline. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Sun Home RSS] Reference
"He said the turtle had gotten stuck in his trotline and they were gonna take him home and eat him," Wilder said. From Wordnik.com. [news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com] Reference
Of the four different catfish types listed on the Missouri Department of Conservation website as records for the state, the largest was a 117-pound caught on a trotline in the. From Wordnik.com. [STLtoday.com Top News Headlines] Reference
STLtoday. com, the website for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported it appears to be a state record, topping a 117-pound catfish caught on a trotline in the Osage River in 1964. From Wordnik.com. [KCTV5.com - News] Reference
A small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each, and this fastened to the main chain by a shorter one, at a convenient distance from the others, so that the negroes were strung together precisely like so many fish upon a trotline. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843] Reference
Fishermen generally call it runnin 'a trotline. From Wordnik.com. [Runnin' Trotlines With Human Bait-Washington's War Strategy in Iraq] Reference
Robert watched the men run a trotline. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News - News] Reference
117-pound caught on a trotline in the Osage River in 1964. From Wordnik.com. [STLtoday.com Top News Headlines] Reference
Got them trotline blues. From Wordnik.com. [Potential Record Brown and Rainbow Trout Caught Days Apart] Reference
“It’s probably somebody running a trotline.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Convict and Other Stories] Reference
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