ground-bait

“It is like ground-bait, sir,” says the enthusiastic parson, “and you will see the fish rise in multitudes, on the great day!”

The Virginians 2006

And as for the tree, why it is in a hollow of this very tree, where he used to put his tin-box of ground-bait, and other fishing commodities, that he afterwards — but we are advancing matters.

The History of Pendennis 2006

With this knowledge, and the presence under his eye of a basket containing ground-bait kneaded in the woodhouse while the breakfast rashers were frying, S. opined that he might snatch an hour or so of honest reaching in the backwater while the rabbit people were getting ready.

Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior

Having selected the house you pay a call and lay ground-bait, so to speak.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 Various

The punt leaked at the end depressed by the Colonel and the ground-bait had been left behind.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 Various

Humph! We've stirred up a quiet swim, wasted a lot of ground-bait, lost several fish, and -- now where are we?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891 Various

"Thus you having found and fitted for the place and depth thereof, then go home and prepare your ground-bait, which is, next to the fruit of your labors, to be regarded."

The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story Chester K. Steele

Though it will occasionally take a large fly, a worm or other ground-bait, its systematic capture is only essayed with small fish or artificial spinning-baits.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

There should be no violent preliminary bombardment of ground-bait to alarm the hostile forces, but the sector should be unostentatiously registered on the preceding night.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 Various

No self-respecting trout would rise to the surface of such a moil, or abandon for syllabubs of tinsel the magnificent solidities of ground-bait such a freshet would bring down from the hills.

The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909