The Dictionary For Anglers, By Anglers
Find meanings and definitions of the specialized words, phrases, lingo, and terminology used for fishing. It is written by anglers like you, for anglers like you.
Fishing Slang of the Day - May 26
weedline
In salt water, normally made up of floating yellow sargassum weed, created when two offshore currents flow together. A solid weedline is a unique environment, inhabited with all sorts of small of juvenile fish and the predators that feed on them.
Fishing Slang of the Day - May 25
emerger
The stage of an aquatic insect's life cycle when it rises to the surface, sheds its nymphal shuck, and "emerges" as a winged insect.
Fishing Slang of the Day - May 24
grumps
Big Calico Or Sand Bass. Too Tough To Eat, Should Be Released.
Fishing Slang of the Day - May 23
crawfish
Small fresh water crustaceans similar to lobsters only smaller. A favorite food of bass. Also describes a reddish color used in all sorts of lures.
Fishing Slang of the Day - May 22
yo-yoing
retrieve technique in which the lure is presented vertically in an up-and-down motion; commonly used with jigging spoons or tailspinners
Fishing Slang of the Day - May 20
do nothing
technique developed by Charlie Brewer using light spinning tackle to swim a small, weighted plastic worm with a steady retrieve