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Definitions for trotline
ˈtrɒtˌlaɪntrot·line

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trawl, trawl line, spiller, setline, trotlinenoun

    a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)

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  1. trotlinenoun

    a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys.)

Wikipedia

  1. Trotline

    A trotline is a heavy fishing line with shorter, baited branch lines commonly referred to as snoods suspending down at intervals using clips or swivels, with a hook at the free end of each snood. Trotlines are used in commercial angling and can be set up across a channel, river, or stream to cover an entire span of water. There are many ways to set a trotline, with most methods involving weights at the end of snoods to keep them neatly below the water surface. They are used for catching crabs or fish (particularly catfish). Trotlines should be used with caution as they are deemed illegal in many locations. Trotlines are similar to a longline, but longlines are fixed to a surface vessel at only one end and usually towed along the water, while trotlines are fixed (usually stationarily) to the surface at both ends via anchored boats, buoys or structures. It is also contrasted with droplines, as a trotline's mainline is laid horizontally across water with a series of vertically suspended snood lines, while a dropline's mainline is suspended vertically (using a weight) from a floating bouy with a series of side-branching snoods.

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  1. trotline

    A trotline is a long, heavy fishing line with short, baited lines attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods. It is used in a body of water for catching large quantities of fish or shellfish, primarily in relatively deeper waters. It is often stretched across the width of a river, or in the ocean from a boat, with the droppers or snoods hanging down with baited hooks.

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  1. Trotline

    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 or fish. Trotlines should be used with caution as they are illegal in many states. Trotlines can be contrasted with droplines. Whereas a trotline has a series of hooks suspended horizontally in the water, a dropline has a series of hooks suspended vertically in the water.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trotline in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trotline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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