- 食い
- くい【食い】【釣り】 a bite (by [from] a fish).
●食いがいい[悪い] get a good [bad] bite 《by [from] a fish on some bait》
・今日は食いがいい. The fish are biting [taking] well today.
・午後になると食いが立ち始めた. In the afternoon the fish started biting.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.