A bait ball, or baitball, occurs when small fish swarm in a tightly packed spherical formation about a common centre. It is a last-ditch defensive measure...
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Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud used in retail sales but also employed in other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by merchants' advertising products...
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Fish hook (section Bait hook shapes and names)
line and buried inside a bait ball, which can be swallowed easily by the fish. Once inside the fish's mouth, the bait ball often softens and gets fragmented...
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Bait fish (or baitfish) are small-sized fish caught and used by anglers as bait to attract larger predatory fish, particularly game fish. Baitfish species...
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whales lunge feed on bait balls. Lunge feeding is an extreme feeding method, in which the whale accelerates from below a bait ball to a high velocity and...
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herring into a tight bait ball. Different predatory species then use different techniques to pick the fish off in the bait ball. The sailfish raises its...
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northwards in summer and south in winter. They form large schools, and may form bait balls when threatened (see image, below). European anchovies are eaten by...
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industry, as large music companies acquired smaller music companies. Bait ball Adage Comprehension of idioms Idiom in English language Media feeding...
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ants ant mill symmetry breaking of escaping ants Shoaling and schooling bait ball Swarming behaviour Swarming (honey bee) Swarming motility Animal migration...
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water RoboTuna Other behaviour Aquatic predation Aquatic respiration Bait ball Bottom feeders Cleaner fish Corallivory Diel vertical migration Electric...
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Sailfish employ their dorsal fins for herding schools of fish into a "bait ball" where they cooperate to trap the fish into a certain area where the sailfish...
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Ball of fish may refer to: Fish ball, a common food in Asian cuisine made from finely ground fish Bait ball, a defensive behavior exhibited by pelagic...
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v t e Forage fish Marine Freshwater Related topics Bait ball Bait fish Feeder fish Fish migration Filter feeder Food fish Ichthyoplankton Juvenile fish...
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Forage fish (section Bait and feeder fish)
Forage fish, also called prey fish or bait fish, are small pelagic fish that feed on planktons (i.e. planktivores) and other small aquatic organisms (e...
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Coarse fishing (section Bait)
manufactured fishmeal ground bait. For most species, hook baits will work. When targeting more specific species, such as specimen carps, baits such as boilies, large...
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v t e Forage fish Marine Freshwater Related topics Bait ball Bait fish Feeder fish Fish migration Filter feeder Food fish Ichthyoplankton Juvenile fish...
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