Fishing Terminology

[Diver Dan]

Originally Posted by littledavid123

Flucy Creek: Fictional name for where you are catching the fish. Directions are usually as follows. "it's near the upper end of (insert name of lake).

Dave

I used to live in a town that had three Mud lakes on the map the Chamber of Commerce gave out. I used to tell people all the time, "caught it in Mud Lake!"
P.S. Never fished even one of them.

[striper swiper]

A cheat stick= spinning rod
thats one that i use to rip my buddies constantly

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linesider= striped bass

[ssmith]

oak tree = often the ban of the fly fishermans existence
oakfish = usually more then 20' long and hard to land, never fits in the **** net
Hank = my muskrat friend that laughs at me while out fishing me on a consistant basis

[milt spawn]

Originally Posted by milt spawn

Hoover>>>Carp

Kirby>>>Sucker Thought this thread needed a bump, there are more out there. milt.

[caseywise]

i'm game,

crappie>>>>paper mouth

[gatortransplant]

I've always heard Lunker as a term for large bass, does this apply to other fish as well? I didn't see it elsewhere on the list.
Wiper - another name for a striped bass hybrid

From the saltwater side:
Specks are another name for sea-trout, at least in my area.
Silver King is a tarpon
Jumping a tarpon, to answer Milt's question from a few months back, is somewhere between a hook and a landing, and a bonus if you also land the fish. Some tarpon will jump the instant they are hooked, while others run deep.
Bowing to the King is what you do when a tarpon jumps; this is the action you see where an angler pushes his rod toward the fish so as to not have a perfect aerial venue for watching your lure come flying out of the tarpon's mouth because of the tension.
Baitstealers - encountered when fishing with bait and pretty self-explanatory, though not always; these can be fish or weeds, anything that manages to extricate your bait from your hook without replacing said bait with its jaws

I saw it mentioned earlier, but is this list still being compiled into a more digestible format? I have a lot of free internet time on my hands in the evenings while still in Sweden until mid-August... that's what happens when you don't have any fishing gear on hand...

[canonman]

Like this one... not hear this

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Bucket Banger... ice fisherman or shore bait fisherman

[trout trekker]

Wading Staff: The six guys you hire to carry all of your excess gear to and from the water.

Steelhead: Oncorhynchus mykiss ascending tributaries of the Pacific Ocean.

Motorhead: Oncorhynchus mykiss ascending tributaries of the Great Lakes.

TT



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[fishingguru]

Has anyone said big lips yet? Awesome thread!

Fishing for Trout

[theboz]

Slaying> Catching a ridiculous amount of fish
Stick> Rod
Meat stick>11wt rod or bigger
Gorilla Gator> Monster Bluefish
Cow>Monster Striper
Linesider> Striper
Under the ladies skirt> Casting close to the Statue of Liberty
Birthday suit> Wet wading
Regular> distinct group of Montauk casters