to rebait

Examples

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• The fisherman quickly rebaited the traps to ensure he could catch more crabs later.

• Time enough, he thought again, as Jim rebaited a pot with thawing fish parts and tossed it overboard.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Worked it off the hook, chopped off the head and tail with a cleaver, threw the fish into the freezer, and then rebaited the hook with its head.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Since tuna travel in schools, the probability of a rebaited hook encountering another fish depends on the probability of the longline encountering another school.

  Academic text (1995)

• Patrolling the line to remove hooked fish and/or rebait will significantly increase the catch if there is a significant probability that the rebaited hook will encounter another fish.

  Academic text (1995)

• I emptied pots in the skiff's bottom and rebaited, using chunks of frozen menhaden bought at Billup's Dock.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The gunslinger—by now she had decided for sure that this man was trouble—having put the flailing trout out of its misery with a quick motion of his knife, rebaited the hook, and cast the line again.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Grayden has spent the morning hauling up his wire crab pots, shaking out the hostile occupants, rebaiting the pots with menhaden, and tossing them overboard.

  Academic text (1994)

• After catching a few fish, he decided to rebait his hook before casting it back into the water.

• Before leaving the lake, she rebaited her line in hopes of catching one last fish.

Synonyms

B

to bait

vsto rebait

18 3.2

To use something to lure a person, animal or fish into a trap

put food or lure on a hook or trap a second time

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