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
The bite is good at dawn.
Standard kanji spelling for the noun meaning 'bite' in fishing.
Alternate kanji spelling with okurigana, sometimes seen.
Alternate kanji spelling, less common but still used.
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').