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bottom hopping

bottom hopping noun: a technique used to imitate bottom-dwelling prey to attract fish, in which an angler casts a jig or lure to the bottom, lifts the rod tip to pull the bait off the bottom (the "hop"), and then lets it sink back down.

Noun

bottom hopping

  1. A technique used to imitate bottom-dwelling prey to attract fish, in which an angler casts a jig or lure to the bottom, lifts the rod tip to pull the bait off the bottom (the "hop"), and then lets it sink back down.
    Synonyms:
    walleye jump

Synonyms of bottom hopping

Questions about bottom hopping

What does bottom hopping mean?
Bottom hopping means a technique used to imitate bottom-dwelling prey to attract fish, in which an angler casts a jig or lure to the bottom, lifts the rod tip to pull the bait off the bottom (the "hop"), and then lets it sink back down.
What part of speech is bottom hopping?
Bottom hopping is a noun.

Words near bottom hopping in the dictionary

  1. bottom growth
  2. bottom growths
  3. bottom hand
  4. bottom hands
  5. bottom heat
  6. bottom hopping
  7. bottom kill
  8. bottom kills
  9. bottom line
  10. bottom liner
  11. bottom liners

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