Fishing definitions beginning with S

Sac fry - permalink - collapse

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A life stage of young fish where the food sac has not been completely absorbed.
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Browse Related Terms: Anadromous, fry, larva, Smolt, young-of-the-year

saddle - permalink - collapse

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A thin piece of land that extends out (sometimes an extended point) from the shoreline and connects to an island (sometimes underwater), reef or a hump. Submerged saddles can hold lots of fish.
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Browse Related Terms: hump, point, Terrestrial

salmon eggs - permalink - collapse

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A type of egg bait typically used for trout fishing.
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Browse Related Terms: bait, Bait restrictions, Bite, bite indicator, dip bait, doughball, Gizit, organic baits, Power Bait, Power Worms, Power Craw, Power Eggs, Power Grubs, Power Worms, ROE, slush bait, stink bait, water dog

San Juan worms - permalink - collapse

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A type of wet fly designed to look like a small aquatic worm that was popularized on the San Juan River in New Mexico, but is also used at Lees Ferry, the Lower Salt River and other riverine trout fisheries.
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Browse Related Terms: bead-headed midges, deer-hair bug, doll Fly, dry fly, fly, flies, Light Cahill, mayfly, peacock ladies, wet fly, wooly worm, or wooly bugger, zug bug

Sassy Shad - permalink - collapse

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A brand of soft-plastic lure that resembles a shad.
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Browse Related Terms: Bass Assassin, cowbells, Crickhopper, Curly Tail, curly-tailed grub, grayline, jerkbait, pick-up, Slug-Go

seine net - permalink - collapse

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A rectangular fishing net designed to hang vertically in the water, the ends being drawn together to encircle fish.
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Browse Related Terms: Creel, dip net, Ethics, gill net, gill-net, Life vest, PFD

selective harvest - permalink - collapse

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Deciding to release or keep fish based on species, size, relative abundance, or culinary plans.
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Browse Related Terms: baitfish, fingerling, Game fish, Harvestable-sized fish, IGFA, Nongame, nongame fish, Sporting

shad - permalink - collapse

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Any of several species of forage fish that have a rather deep body. In Arizona, the most common is the threadfin shad.
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Browse Related Terms: forage, Shiner, threadfin shad

Shad Rap - permalink - collapse

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A brand name crankbait.
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Browse Related Terms: Bomber Long "A", crankbait, lipless crankbaits, Rat-L-Trap, swimming lures, triggering, weedless

Shellcracker - permalink - collapse

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Common name for Lepomis microlophus (Gunther), also called redear sunfish and bream. Redear sunfish are stocked in ponds in combination with bluegill and largemouth bass.
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Browse Related Terms: bass, black bass, Bluegill, bluegill or bluegills, Bream, largemouth bass, nest, Redear sunfish, Sunfish

Shiner - permalink - collapse

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A member of the shiner family often used for bait. The most common in Arizona is the gold shiner.
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Browse Related Terms: forage, shad, threadfin shad

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The legal length a fish must be is it is in possession (kept). Some fisheries have slot limits, where fish in the specified slot size range cannot be possessed.
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Browse Related Terms: bag limit, creel limit, Daily catch and possession limits, limit-out, Limiting factor, possession limit, Size limits, Yield limit

Size limits - permalink - collapse

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Fishing regulations which limits anglers to keep fish based upon size.
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Browse Related Terms: bag limit, creel limit, Daily catch and possession limits, limit-out, Limiting factor, possession limit, size limit, Yield limit

skipping - permalink - collapse

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A method of suing small lures and casting them hard and at a low angle to the water to make them skip, like a flat stone.
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Browse Related Terms: dapping, fillet, flipping, light intensity, presentation

slack line - permalink - collapse

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The loose line from the tip of the rod to the lure. This can be a slight bow in the line to an excess of line lying on the water. The opposite is fishing with a tight line, such as when using a drop shot outfit.
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Browse Related Terms: Action, eyelets, finesse fishing, fly line, fly-line, line guides, Test, tiptop, ultralight

slip-float - permalink - collapse

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A float rigged with a tin stop or bead on the line to make it stop at a pre-determined depth.
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Browse Related Terms: bell sinker, bobber, bullet sinker, egg sinker, pegging, slip-sinker, terminal tackle

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Sac fry - permalink - collapse

saddle - permalink - collapse

salmon eggs - permalink - collapse

San Juan worms - permalink - collapse

Sassy Shad - permalink - collapse

seine net - permalink - collapse

selective harvest - permalink - collapse

shad - permalink - collapse

Shad Rap - permalink - collapse

Shellcracker - permalink - collapse

Shiner - permalink - collapse

shoal - permalink - collapse

shore-fishing, shore-fish - permalink - collapse

short strike - permalink - collapse

Sight-cast, sight-casting, sight-fish, sight-fishing - permalink - collapse

size limit - permalink - collapse

Size limits - permalink - collapse

skipping - permalink - collapse

slack line - permalink - collapse

slip-float - permalink - collapse

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