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Reader fishing Definition List

Post by Mike Carey » Tue May 01, 2007 6:10 pm

OK everyone, a great suggestion by Mikey to add a definition page - and you can help. Place the word and then the definition. Use the format as seen in the below sample. After we have a big enough list Aaron and I will alphabetize (spell check!) and post it to the site. Any word or phase pertaining to fishing is fair game. Here's a start:

Flipping - a primarily bass fishing technique used to accurately and gently present a bait into a difficult to cast to location/cover. Done by a pendulum-motion of the bait and manipulation of the line.
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Post by needabiggerboat » Tue May 01, 2007 9:04 pm

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koke -kokanee trout, landlocked salmon, landlocked sockeye
GW- our friendly game warden
bow- any rainbow trout
trip- triploid trophy trout, stocked 1.5lb to 2.0+ rainbow trout
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Post by parrydog » Tue May 01, 2007 9:49 pm

Bucketmouth, n. Slang term for largemouth bass.
Bugeye, n. Slang term for walleye
Hardwater Fishing, v. Slang term for ice fishing, see also: freezing butt off.

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Post by gpc » Tue May 01, 2007 10:08 pm

Just a thought but in the rules and reg. magazine there is 2 page of fishing def. there isnt any slang or anything like that mostly just common sense stuff but it might be a good start and get people thinking to where to start putting in some of their own def.

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Post by bigastrout » Tue May 01, 2007 10:41 pm

I would like to know the definition of (drains)?

Under the special rules for the Yakima River it says

"Yakima River (Yakima Co.)
entire river,including tributaries and drains"

is it anything that drains into the river or is it some kind of irrigation feature?
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Post by Marc Martyn » Tue May 01, 2007 11:03 pm

:-k My guess would be irrigation gate. Anything that flows into a river/stream is usually called a tributary.
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Post by Marc Martyn » Tue May 01, 2007 11:18 pm

Snake - Slang for Northern Pike (Term heard a lot in the mid-west)
Tiger Trout - A hybrid cross between a Brook Trout and a Brown Trout
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Post by Easy Limits » Wed May 02, 2007 7:50 am

Cracker = A fisherman who looses a fish before getting the fish in to the net.

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Post by gpc » Wed May 02, 2007 3:24 pm

SLAB- big crappie
TOAD- big bass
SKUNKED-when you dont catch any fish
TIGER MUSKIE- a hybrid of northern pike and muskie

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Post by Aaron » Wed May 02, 2007 7:34 pm

Just a suggestion... so that we don't actually have to rewrite all of this.. could everyone please follow Mike's format to the letter???

Example:

Fishing Term - My description of the fishing term.

Put the word, space, hyphen, space, description. No words in all caps please or we will have to erase them and fix them...

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Post by bigastrout » Fri May 04, 2007 5:37 pm

Holdover - A fish that was stocked at least one season prior to the current fishing season.

Murky Lurker - A fish of supernatural size that resides in the murky depths of any body of water.

Lunker - A large fish worth bragging about.

Lunks - Multiple lunkers.
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Post by gpc » Wed May 09, 2007 7:15 pm

wopper - big fish
bream - bluegill (down South)
snag - when your line gets caught on something other than a fish
smallie - smallmouth bass
king - chinook salmon
black mouth - small chinook salmon
silver - coho salmon or a kokanee
mackinaw - lake trout
wiskers - catfish
boil - refered to when a fish takes a fly off the surface
cutbow - a cross between a rainbow and a cuthroat
saugeye - a cross between a sauger and a walleye
squafish - northern pikeminnow
crawdad - crayfish
blues - the blue catfish

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Post by Rizzla » Thu May 10, 2007 4:04 pm

i think its spelled squaw fish not squa fish and besides the real slang term for it is "the scum of the waters"

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Post by iPodrodder » Fri May 11, 2007 8:14 pm

Rizzla wrote:i think its spelled squaw fish not squa fish and besides the real slang term for it is "the scum of the waters"
Right on.

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Post by beerman1981 » Sat May 12, 2007 10:15 pm

Nightcrawler - A large species of worm that is often used by fisherman. They often surface in the evenings, which is when many anglers collect them.

Beds - Sections at the bottom of a lake that have been cleared of debris and silt by by bass for the purpose of spawning and laying eggs. Often times the beds are located by some form of cover (ie stumps, logs, etc.)

Hawg - A large fish

Fishing Hole - A spot on a body of water that is known for good angling opportunities.

Catch-and-Release - The practice of releasing the fish you have caught so that they can be caught another day. This practice should be done carefully, leaving the fish in the water at all times if possible, and if not, keeping the fish out of water for a minimal time.

Strike - The action of a fish taking your bait or lure.
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Post by Rizzla » Mon May 14, 2007 3:41 pm

red eye - rock bass
saugeye - Part sauger part walleye
waldo - walleye

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Post by GJorgy » Tue May 15, 2007 10:59 am

Boot - a dark fish (salmon/steelhead)
Down Streamer - a steelhead that has spawned and is heading back to the salt.
Birds nest/rats nest - Backlash
Dog - Chum Salmon
"Silver Bright" Salmon - What they sell Chums as in the stores.
reds - spawning beds
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Post by bigastrout » Wed May 16, 2007 11:10 pm

Mending - The adjustment of ones fishing line while or after casting, usually done by fly fisherman to keep the fly in the strike zone longer.


I am sure there is a better definition of this term, so if you have it please post it.
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Post by iPodrodder » Fri May 18, 2007 7:12 pm

Hangup - snag
Suicide Salmon - a salmon that jumps when a large boat motors past it
Spawner - a salmon nearing the end of its life swimming upstream
Panfish - a small species of fish like bluegill, crappie, etc.
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Post by gpc » Fri May 18, 2007 7:34 pm

spooled - when a large fish rips all the line of your spool
prop. - short for propeller
shaker - a small fish, usually refering to a salmon
steal head - a sea run rainbow trout

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