Bait is any substance used to attract prey, e.g. in a mousetrap. Prey can refer to: Look up Prey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A prey animal eaten by a predator in an act called predation. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Fishing

Especially the term is used with regard to catching fish. Traditionally, nightcrawlers, insects, and smaller fish have been used for this purpose. Fishermen have also begun using plastic bait and, more recently, electronic lures, to attract fish. Because of the risk of transmitting whirling disease, trout and salmon should not be used as bait. The Guppy, also known as guppie (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ... Binomial name Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 Lumbricus terrestris is a large reddish worm native to Europe. ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... Lure can refer to: fishing lure Lure, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Whirling disease is a parasitic infection that causes disease in North American cold water fish species, namely trout. ... Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou subsp) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... Illustration of a male Coho Salmon The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow to 1. ...

Hunting

Using a bait is also a common practice in leopard hunting on a safari. A smaller antelope shot dead is usually placed high in the tree to lure the otherwise overcatious leopard. Hunter either watches the bait from a shootable distance or stalks the animal if it came for the bait during the night. Binomial name Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758 Leopards (Panthera pardus) are one of the four big cats of the genus Panthera. ... It has been suggested that Big-game hunter be merged into this article or section. ... Look up safari in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Genera Aepyceros Alcelaphus Antidorcas Antilope Cephalophus Connochaetes Damaliscus Gazella Hippotragus Kobus Madoqua Neotragus Oreotragus Oryx Ourebia Pantholops Procapra Sylvicapra Taurotragus Tragelaphus and others Antelopes are a group of herbivorous African and Asian animals of the family Bovidae, distinguished by a pair of hollow horns on their heads. ... The word stalk has several basic meanings. ...

See also:

• fishing lure
• honeypot