toll-baitn.
U.S.
Chopped bait thrown into the water to ‘toll’ or attract fish; throw-bait.
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1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 516 The ‘tole-bait’ consists chiefly of Menhaden (Alausa menhaden) ground very fine.
1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 594 In the old style of mackerel fishing,..clams were chopped up (often with a mixture of menhaden) and sprinkled overboard as ‘toll-bait’ to attract the mackerel to the surface.
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