snobbling
n.— «Pier fishermen use a particular technique called snobbling. They take a dead sardine or other baitfish, hook it through the nose, then cast ahead of a cruising cobia and jerk the bait to make it twitch like a struggling baitfish.» —“Find cobia, and you’ll find outstanding fight and food” by Jerry Gerardi Tallahassee.com (Florida) Aug. 1, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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