What is "bottom fishing"

alt. 1 Fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed. 2 (context idiomatic business finance English) buy, or seeking opportunities to buy, investment securities or other valuable properties at a time when markets are depressed and prices are low. n. 1 Fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed. 2 (context idiomatic business finance English) buy, or seeking opportunities to buy, investment securities or other valuable properties at a time when markets are depressed and prices are low.

Bottom fishing, called legering in the United Kingdom, is fishing the bottom of a body of water.