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What you did with the bait the day you fished? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dangled

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'what you did with the bait' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'day you fished?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'day' could be 'd' (abbreviation for day) and 'd' is found within the answer.
'fished?' could be 'angled' ('angle' can be a synonym of 'fish') and 'angled' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dangled that I've seen before include "suspended" , "Hung" , "was on gibbet?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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