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Definition of Trolling
1. Noun. Angling by drawing a baited line through the water.
Definition of Trolling
1. Verb. (present participle of troll) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trolling
1. the act of one that trolls [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trolling
Literary usage of Trolling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1859)
"trolling, then, is of two kinds: one consists in letting a long line drag ...
Another kind of trolling is practised, either from a boat at anchor or from ..."
2. Book of the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1904)
"trolling-BAITS — SPOON-BAITS. The most commonly-used artificial bait for black
... By trailing or trolling such a spoon at the end of a line from a moving ..."
3. Book of the Black Bass, Comprising Its Complete Scientific and Life History by James Alexander Henshall (1881)
"THE most commonly-used trolling-bait for Black Bass is the spoon-bait or
trolling-spoon. It is now made of all shapes, and many sizes; but all are made upon ..."
4. The Hunter-naturalist: Romance of Sporting; Or, Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters by Charles Wilkins Webber (1867)
""trolling," anywhere over good water^has its merits, but " trolling" over ...
the test of trolling one of the last days of June anywhere in Hamilton county; ..."
5. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1869)
"trolling AMONG THE THOUSAND ... ALL the charms which angling for pickerel confer
are sublimated and condensed into trolling among ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"trolling and trolling tackle. Outing. 58: 306- 9. Mr. '11. Camp, Walter, 1859-
All-America football team for 1910. Collier's. 9. Je. 41. ..."
7. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"trolling:—trolling has long been, and still is, a popular method of fishing.
It can be practiced any time in the year when the ice is off the lake, ..."
8. Lake and Stream Game Fishing: A Practical Book on the Popular Fresh-water by Carroll Blaine Cook (1917)
"Nearly all game fish can be caught by trolling, and after the strike it ...
There are quite a number of rigs that are good for trolling, and you can use ..."
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