Editing Angling (section)

=== Line fishing ===
Although all angling techniques use hook and line, the term "line fishing" specifically refers to those that do not involve using fishing rods.

==== Handlining ====
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Handlining is angling with a handheld fishing line, baited with [[fishing lure|lures]] or [[bait fish]] just like normal rod angling. Handlining is the oldest angling technique used by mankind, and can be done from boats or from the shore. It is used mainly to catch [[groundfish]] and [[squid]], but smaller [[pelagic fish]] can also be caught.

==== Deadlining ====
Deadlining is the practice of leaving a baited handline in the water (with the other end fastened to the [[bank (geography)|bank]]) and returning later (usually overnight) to check and capture any tethered fish,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allowed Angling Methods – Inland Fisheries Service |url=https://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/the-rules/allowed-angling-methods |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=www.ifs.tas.gov.au}}</ref> similar to the use of a [[snare trap]] by [[hunter]]s.

==== Longlining ====
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Longlining is a [[commercial fishing]] technique that uses a long heavy line with a series of hundreds or even thousands of [[Fish bait|baited]] [[Fishing hook|hooks]] hanging from the main line via branch lines called ''snoods''. Longlines are usually operated from specialised boats called ''longliners'', which use a special [[winch]] to haul in the line and can operate in deeper waters targeting [[pelagic]] species such as [[swordfish]], [[tuna]], [[halibut]] and [[sablefish]].

==== Droplining ====
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Droplining involves setting a longline vertically down into the water (instead of being more horizontally deployed like longlining) with a series of baited hooks. Droplines are [[fishing sinker|weight]]ed at the bottom and have a [[fishing float|float]] at the top. They are not usually as long as longlines and have fewer hooks, and tend to be stationary.

==== Trotlining====
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Trotlining uses a longline that, instead of being tethered to the water surface only at one end, are fixed at/near the surface at both ends of the longline, with hooked snood lines hanging vertically down along the main line. Trotlines are used for catching crabs or fish (e.g. [[catfish]]), particularly across rivers. They can be physically set in many ways, such as tying each end to a fixed structure and span the line across the water in-between like a [[boom (navigational barrier)|boom]], and adjusting rest of the line with weights and floats.

==== Slabbing ====
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Slabbing is a [[bass fishing]] technique that resembles [[jigging]], and involves repetitively lifting and dropping a flat lure, usually made of 1 to 2.5 oz of lead painted to look like a [[baitfish]] (or heavy slabs of metal), through a school of actively feeding fish that the angler has located on a [[fishfinder]]. It is used on [[white bass|white]] and [[striped bass]] in the reservoirs of the southern US.

==== Trolling====
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Rodless trolling is typically used in commercial fishing, with one or more baited lines drawn through the water behind a slow moving [[fishing boat]] that is usually equipped with [[outrigger#Fishing|outrigger]]s, [[downrigger]]s and [[trolling motor]]s. Trolling is used to catch [[list of commercially important fish species|economic]] [[pelagic fish]] such as [[mackerel]] and [[king mackerel|kingfish]].

''Pahila'' (literally meaning "pulled") is a [[Philippines|Filipino]] traditional shoreline trolling, uniquely using baited hooks tied to a laterally flattened float called ''palyaw'', which is shaped like a small [[bangka (boat)|outrigger boat]], a [[catamaran]] or a fish. A longline is attached to the float, and set unto the water's edge and dragged by someone running or walking along the beach. The combination of the water resistance and the diagonal pull forces the float outwards into deeper waters, like a [[kite]]. Once the line reaches its maximum line length, it moves rapidly parallel to the person pulling it along the beach, and is pulled back to the shore intermittently to check for catches. It is also called {{transliteration|ceb|italic=no|subid-subid}}, {{transliteration|tl|italic=no|sibid-sibid}}, {{transliteration|war|italic=no|paguyod}}, {{transliteration|akl|italic=no|pahinas}}, hilada, or {{transliteration|akl|italic=no|saliwsiw}}, among other names, in other [[Philippine languages]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Umali |first1=Agustin F. |title=Guide to the Classification of Fishing Gear in the Philippines |journal=Fish and Wildlife Service Research Report |year=1948 |issue=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXciAQAAIAAJ&q=pahila%20fishing&pg=RA2-PA11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Super Effective Technique for Beach Fishing! Quick catch using Improvised Miniature boat! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60YW_q-BO3o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/60YW_q-BO3o |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Youtube | date=12 June 2019 |access-date=22 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kawamura |first1=Gunzo |last2=Bagarinao |first2=Teodora |title=Fishing Methods and Gears in Panay Island,Philippines |journal=Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University |date=1980 |volume=29 |pages=81–121 |url=https://www.divescotty.com/brochure/fishing-philippines.pdf}}</ref>