P17

What do you call it around here when people fish by lowering a line and sinker close to the bottom of the water?

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

BOTTOM FISHING6
STILL FISHING3
BOTTOM BOUNCHING1
BOTTOM FEEDING1
DROP-LINE FISHING1
FISHING1
JIGGING1
SINKER1
SOAKING1

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