Wednesday, September 8, 2010

IS IT TROTLINE OR TROUTLINE

This morning I was having a discussion with my wife and son about a trotline.   They thought it was a TROUT line and I thought it was a Trot line so... I had to GOOGLE IT!  It is Trotline!!!

Trotline
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A trotline is a heavy fishing line with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods. A snood is a short length of line which is attached to the main line using a clip or swivel, with the hook at the other end. A trotline can be set so it covers the width of a channel, river, or stream with baited hooks and can be left unattended. There are many ways to set a trotline, with most methods involving weights to hold the cord below the surface of the water. They are used for catching crabs[1] or fish (particularly catfish[2]).

Trout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trout is the name for number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the ....

1 comment:

  1. It is absolutely 100% TROTline and is all one word.

    Chad Ferguson
    http://www.learntocatchcatfish.com

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