Fishing definitions beginning with A

acidity - permalink - collapse

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The degree of sourness of a usually water soluble substance. Acidity is measured in pH, with 7 being neutral and 2 being a strong acid.
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Browse Related Terms: Alkalinity, off-color, pH

A.C. Plug - permalink - collapse

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A brand name of a large trout-imitating, jointed topwater lure made of wood.
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Browse Related Terms: A.C. Plug, buzzing, chugger, Pencil Poppers, Pop-R, popper, stick bait, topwater, Zara Puppy, Zara Spook, Zara Pooch

Acre-foot - permalink - collapse

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One surface acre of water 1 foot deep or 43,560 cubic feet of water. The total acre-feet of water in a pond is determined by multiplying the number of surface acres by the average depth in feet.
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Browse Related Terms: air bladder, Epilimnion, Fall overturn, otolith, stratification, swim bladder, thermocline, turnover

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Action - permalink - collapse

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Measure of rod performance ranging from slow to fast and describes the elapse time from when the rod is flexed to when it returns to its straight configuration. Also refers to the strength of the rod, light, medium and heavy, with light being a limber rod and heavy a stout rod.
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Browse Related Terms: eyelets, finesse fishing, fly line, fly-line, line guides, slack line, Test, tiptop, ultralight

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active fish - permalink - collapse

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Fish that are feeding heavily and striking aggressively.
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Browse Related Terms: bedding, cove, feeding times, flat, moon times, Pocket, post-spawn, prespawn

adipose fin - permalink - collapse

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On some species, the fatty fin located between the dorsal and tail fin.
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Browse Related Terms: anal fin, dorsal fin, pectoral fin, pelvic fins, ventral fin

air bladder - permalink - collapse

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A gas-filled sac in the upper part of the body cavity of many bony fishes. It is located just beneath the vertebral column; its principal function is to offset the weight of the heavier tissue such as bone.
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Browse Related Terms: Acre-foot, Epilimnion, Fall overturn, otolith, stratification, swim bladder, thermocline, turnover

algae - permalink - collapse

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Simple plant organism (typically a single cell) commonly found in water.
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Browse Related Terms: Aquatic, gill, gill opening, habitat, milfoil, plankton, Plankton bloom, Riparian zone, Rotenone, Species, Wetland, zooplankton

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Alkalinity - permalink - collapse

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The total concentration of bases in water.
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Measure of the amount of acid neutralizing bases.
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Browse Related Terms: acidity, off-color, pH

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amur - permalink - collapse

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A member of the carp family found in China's Amur River. Commonly called a white amur or grass carp. These fish are highly effective weed eaters and are stocked to control nuisance weeds and algae. They can weigh up to 47 pounds.
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Browse Related Terms: bottom feeder or bottom-fish, carp, Grass carp, White amur

Anadromous - permalink - collapse

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Fish that live most of their adult life in saltwater but spawn in freshwater.
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Browse Related Terms: fry, larva, Sac fry, Smolt, young-of-the-year

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anal fin - permalink - collapse

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The unpaired fin that lies along the midline of the body beneath the anus, usually on the back half of the fish.
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Browse Related Terms: adipose fin, dorsal fin, pectoral fin, pelvic fins, ventral fin

anchovy or anchovies - permalink - collapse

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A species of 4- to 8-inch baitfish found in the ocean that is also a popular bait used for striped bass at places like Lake Powell, Lake Mead, Lake Mohave and Lake Pleasant but can be used for catfish as well.
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Browse Related Terms: crappie or crappies, marker buoy, striped bass, white bass, yellow bass

angler - permalink - collapse

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Person using a fishing pole or rod and reel to catch fish.
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Browse Related Terms: backing, bow-fishing, cane pole, Drag, flipping stick, gear, handline, pitching

One of Arizona's two native trout species. Body color is yellowish-gold, with dark, bold spots on dorsal and tail fin, and sparse body spotting that may extend below the lateral line. Purebred Apache trout are only found in the White Mountains of east-central Arizona. Although they are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, it is legal to fish for them in certain prescribed waters.
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Browse Related Terms: brookie, brookies, brook trout, brown trout, crayfish or crawfish, cutthroat trout or cutthroat, desert sucker, Gila trout, grayling, Lees Ferry, live baitfish, nonnative fish, rainbow trout, rainbows

Aquatic - permalink - collapse

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Having to do with water.
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Browse Related Terms: algae, gill, gill opening, habitat, milfoil, plankton, Plankton bloom, Riparian zone, Rotenone, Species, Wetland, zooplankton

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artificial lures and flies - permalink - collapse

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Means man-made devices intended as visual attractants for fish and does not include living or dead organisms or edible parts thereof, natural or prepared food stuffs, artificial salmon eggs, artificial corn, or artificial marshmallows.
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Browse Related Terms: attractant, chum, doodlesock or doodlesocking, holding area, Lure

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acidity - permalink - collapse

A.C. Plug - permalink - collapse

Acre-foot - permalink - collapse

Action - permalink - collapse

active fish - permalink - collapse

adipose fin - permalink - collapse

air bladder - permalink - collapse

algae - permalink - collapse

Alkalinity - permalink - collapse

amur - permalink - collapse

Anadromous - permalink - collapse

anal fin - permalink - collapse

anchovy or anchovies - permalink - collapse

angler - permalink - collapse

angleworm - permalink - collapse

angling - permalink - collapse

anti-reverse - permalink - collapse

Apache trout - permalink - collapse

Aquatic - permalink - collapse

artificial lures and flies - permalink - collapse

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