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Fishing - Small juvenile of the trout or salmon family. Characterized by parr marks, which are pronounced, wide, vertical bars on the sides of these fish until they mature.
AZGFD - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Biomass, Cube' powder, damselfly, Parr, parr marks, redd, strain, Taxonomist, year class
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Fishing - A type of fly used by fly-anglers.
AZGFD - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: bead-headed midges, deer-hair bug, doll Fly, dry fly, fly, flies, Light Cahill, mayfly, San Juan worms, wet fly, wooly worm, or wooly bugger, zug bug
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Fishing - The hydrogen ion content, or the acidity or alkalinity of any substance. Most fish prefer a neutral pH range, about 7. A low pH means acidic water; high pH is caustic or alkaline. Either condition in extreme can be harmful to fish.
Idaho Fish and Game - Cite This Source - This Definition - A measurement for liquids to determine acidity or alkalinity. On a scale of one to 14, seven is considered neutral. Below sever is acidic and above seven is alkaline. This is a factor in the health or activity levels of fish.
AZGFD - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: acidity, Alkalinity, off-color
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Fishing - The act of a bass or other fish taking a slowly-fished lure, such as a plastic worm, crayfish or lizard. It can also be referred to as a "pressure" bite.
AZGFD - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Bass Assassin, cowbells, Crickhopper, Curly Tail, curly-tailed grub, grayline, jerkbait, Sassy Shad, Slug-Go
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Fishing - Collectively, all organisms (plants and animals) suspended in the water which are not independent of water movements. They are eaten by insects, worms, crustacea and small fish.
Alabama Wildlife and Fisheries Division - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: algae, Aquatic, gill, gill opening, habitat, milfoil, Plankton bloom, Riparian zone, Rotenone, Species, Wetland, zooplankton
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Fishing - A dense growth of microscopic plants and animals (plank-ton) that causes the water to be green, brown, or soupy in appearance. Plankton blooms occur after ponds are fertilized.
Alabama Wildlife and Fisheries Division - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: algae, Aquatic, gill, gill opening, habitat, milfoil, plankton, Riparian zone, Rotenone, Species, Wetland, zooplankton
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Fishing - A finger of land jutting into the water, which if pronounced, can form a peninsula. Some points are submerged and not visible at the surface but can often be detected in depth finders. Points often hold fish; they can become good ambush spots for predatory fish.
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Fishing - An analysis by a fisheries biologist of a fish population in a pond. A seine is used to catch fish, catch records are reviewed to determine angler success, and previous management records are studied to determine the present and past condition of the fish population.
Alabama Wildlife and Fisheries Division - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: bluebird skies, cartop, coldwater fishery, electro-fishing, electro-fish, electro-shocking, fishery, lipping, put-and-take, Put and take fishery