| 100% | BAIT | 4 | What tempts a fish to bite a hook |
| 58% | BAIT | 4 | What's put on a hook to attract fish |
| 52% | BAIT | 4 | Something that attracts a fish to a hook |
| 49% | RIBCAGE | 7 | What a hook might connect to? |
| 48% | FIN | 3 | What a fish uses to steer itself |
| 48% | BAIT | 4 | What a fisherman uses to attract a fish |
| 47% | FIN | 3 | What a fish uses to steer through the water |
| 47% | LURE | 4 | Bright-colored attachment to a fishing hook |
| 47% | LURE | 4 | Brightly colored attachment to a fishing hook |
| 46% | ION | 3 | What's a bit of a shock to a chemist? |
| 46% | BAIT | 4 | Food placed on a hook to trap fish |
| 46% | BAIT | 4 | Stuff put on a hook to attract fish |
| 46% | CORAL | 5 | What the beaklike teeth of a parrotfish are used to bite |
| 45% | AMP | 3 | What a Fender might be hooked to |
| 45% | AMP | 3 | What a guitar may be hooked up to |
| 44% | SNELL | 5 | Part of a fishing line to which a hook is attached |
| 44% | SNELL | 5 | Part of a fishing line to which the hook is attached |
| 43% | AMP | 3 | What a guitar may be hooked up to, for short |
| 43% | MEANDMYSHADROE | 14 | What a person about to eat fish eggs might be thinking? |
| 41% | KITKATMINIS | 11 | Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | LURE | 4 | What brings a fish toward the bait |
| 40% | STEM | 4 | What attaches a fruit to a tree |
| 40% | SIEVE | 5 | What's a strain to cook with? |
| 40% | CATCH | 5 | Hook a fish |
| 39% | TOW | 3 | What a breakdown vehicle has a hook for |
| 39% | CORD | 4 | What connects a landline phone to a wall |
| 39% | ANTE | 4 | What you may do to get a hand |
| 39% | OLDFORM | 7 | What one might return to after a slump |
| 39% | OAR | 3 | What may be used to paddle a lifeboat |
| 39% | ROT | 3 | What some things do to raise a stink |