noun
Refers to a fish taking the bait; used in fishing contexts.
今日は食いつきが悪い。
The fish aren't biting today.
朝まずめは食いつきがいい。
The bite is good at dawn.
当たり is a more general term for a bite or strike in fishing, while 食いつき specifically emphasizes the fish taking the bait into its mouth.
Noun form of the verb 食いつく (to bite at, to take the bait), from 食い (stem of 食う, 'to eat') + つく ('to attach').