Fishing definitions beginning with M

marabou jig - permalink - collapse

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A weighted jig with light, fluffy feathers attached to the body.
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Browse Related Terms: buzzbait, jig, jig-and-pig or jig-n-pig, jig-fishing, jig-fish, leadhead, lead-head, mini-jig, spider jig, spinnerbait

marker buoy - permalink - collapse

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A small plastic buoy, often fluorescent color that is tossed into the water to mark a fish holding area or a school of fish. Such buoys are popular for those fishing schooling sport-fish, such as crappie, white bass, or striped bass, in open water.
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Browse Related Terms: anchovy or anchovies, crappie or crappies, striped bass, white bass, yellow bass

Maximum size limit - permalink - collapse

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A fishing regulation which protects larger fish. Fish at or above stated size must be released.
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Browse Related Terms: catch-and-release, culling, keeper, Minimum size limit, slot, Slot limit

mayfly - permalink - collapse

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A small aquatic fly that is an important food for trout, which means it is also important for fly-anglers.
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Browse Related Terms: bead-headed midges, deer-hair bug, doll Fly, dry fly, fly, flies, Light Cahill, peacock ladies, San Juan worms, wet fly, wooly worm, or wooly bugger, zug bug

Mealworms - permalink - collapse

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Small beetle larvae often used for catching crappies or sunfish.
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Browse Related Terms: Carrying capacity, Mosquitofish, pan fish, Topminnow

Mepps spinners - permalink - collapse

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A brand name in-line spinner.
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Browse Related Terms: break, break-off, in-line spinner, Panther Martins, Rooster Tails, tail-spinners

mesotrophic - permalink - collapse

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A lake classification describing middle-aged bodies of water between oligotrophic (young) and eutrophic (old) classifications. It is a body of water with a moderate amount of dissolved nutrients.
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Browse Related Terms: Hypothermia, Lateral line, oligotrophic, stream, Watershed

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migration route - permalink - collapse

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The path followed by bass or other fish when moving from one area to another.
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Browse Related Terms: brownie, dink, smallmouth bass, stragglers

A fishing regulation which protect smaller fish. Fish not meeting the minimum size must be released.
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Browse Related Terms: catch-and-release, culling, keeper, Maximum size limit, slot, Slot limit

mono - permalink - collapse

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Short for monofilament fishing line.
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Browse Related Terms: back-trolling, filamentous algae, long-lining, monofilament, spider trolling, trolling, trolling motor

monofilament - permalink - collapse

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A single, untwisted, synthetic filament.
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Browse Related Terms: back-trolling, filamentous algae, long-lining, mono, spider trolling, trolling, trolling motor

moon times - permalink - collapse

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The four phases or quarters of the moon are usually what the fisherman is concerned with. Generally, the bad times in a month occur three days prior and three days after the full moon or new moon. The first-quarter and second-quarter periods are considered as the good moon times.
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Browse Related Terms: active fish, bedding, cove, feeding times, flat, Pocket, post-spawn, prespawn

Mosquitofish - permalink - collapse

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The common name of Gambusia affinis (Baird and Gunther). A small fish found in practically all ponds. Also known as topminnow, it reaches a size of up to 3 inches, inhabits shallow water and feeds on mosquito larvae and plankton.
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Browse Related Terms: Carrying capacity, Mealworms, pan fish, Topminnow

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marabou jig - permalink - collapse

marker buoy - permalink - collapse

Maximum size limit - permalink - collapse

mayfly - permalink - collapse

Mealworms - permalink - collapse

Mepps spinners - permalink - collapse

mesotrophic - permalink - collapse

migration route - permalink - collapse

milfoil - permalink - collapse

mini-jig - permalink - collapse

Minimum size limit - permalink - collapse

mono - permalink - collapse

monofilament - permalink - collapse

moon times - permalink - collapse

Mosquitofish - permalink - collapse

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