Possible Clues:

• Tries to get a reaction out of
• Prepares a hook
• Puts a worm on, as a fishhook
• Puts cheese in the mousetrap
• Prepares, as a fishhook
• Invites to fight
• Taunts cricketers - one gets caught
• Entices cricketers to accept one
• Prepares to cast
• Puts on the hook?