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Working a lure up and down in the same spot a dozen or more times in a bush, or beside a tree or other structure.
- Browse Related Terms: Action, angling, dabbing, die-off, dip net, feeding times, holding station, inactive fish, moon times, put-and-take
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Daily catch limits is the amount of fish, by species, that can be caught in one day. Possession limits refer to how many an angler may have in possession while in the field or during transport.
- Browse Related Terms: creel limit, Daily catch and possession limits, fingerling, keeper, limit-out, possession limit, size limit, Size limits, slot
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A small member of the dragonfly family.
- Browse Related Terms: Bass, bluegill or bluegills, Cube' powder, damselfly, game fish or game-fish, IGFA, marker buoy, nongame fish, pan fish, Parr, parr marks, pike, redd, Sporting, strain, Taxonomist, warmwater
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A method of fly-fishing in which the fly is allowed to skip or dance on the water while line and leader are held above the water from a high rod.
- Browse Related Terms: back cast (n.) or back-cast, bank-fishing, bank-fish, blind cast, dapping, false-casting, false-cast, fan cast, flipping, flutterbait, fly-casting, fly-cast, overcast, presentation, rollcast, Sight-cast, sight-casting, sight-fish, sight-fishing, skipping, spook
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A trademark for a brand of spoons typically used for trout and northern pike fishing.
- Browse Related Terms: Bass Assassin, Belly Boat, Crickhopper, Curly Tail, curly-tailed grub, Dardevle, Devle Dog, doll Fly, Sassy Shad, Slug-Go
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A tree that has fallen into the water.
- Browse Related Terms: Aquatic, Brackish, brush pile, bumping, clarity, coldwater fishery, deadfall, Fall overturn, Fishing closures, sonar, stickups
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A floating fly-rodding lure made from hollow deer hair and used principally for bass and panfish.
- Browse Related Terms: angler, baitcasting, bite indicator, deer-hair bug, eyelets, finesse fishing, flipping stick, fly line, fly-line, gear, handline, line guides, Pitching, slack line, spider trolling, spincaster, spinning, tiptop, ultralight
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A sonar device used to read the bottom structure, determine depth, and in some cases actually locate fish. Also called a fishfinder.
- Browse Related Terms: Acre-foot, Core trench, depthfinder, depth recorder, or depth sounder, Freeboard, hydrology, point, Spillway barrier, suspended fish
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A native Arizona fish typically found in rivers and streams that can weigh over four pounds.
- Browse Related Terms: Backwater, buffalofish, clearwater, desert sucker, Fishery, floating or float fishing, Lees Ferry, Lotic, oxbow, re-stocking, reservoir, Slough, smallmouth bass, stocking, Tributary, tubing
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A trademark for a brand of fishing lure.
- Browse Related Terms: Bass Assassin, Belly Boat, Crickhopper, Curly Tail, curly-tailed grub, Dardevle, Devle Dog, doll Fly, Sassy Shad, Slug-Go
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Refers to having many fish die at the same time, quite often baitfish; also referred to as a fish kill.
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A type of small earthworm popular for catching sunfish and trout.
- Browse Related Terms: caddis fly, dillys, dobsonfly, hellgramite, Mealworms, nymph, water dog
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A small bass, usually under 6 to 8 inches long (also called a subcatchable).
- Browse Related Terms: amur, bottom feeder or bottom-fish, carp, dink, Grass carp, Hatchery, migration route, stragglers, White amur
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A smelly paste-type bait primarily used for catfish.
- Browse Related Terms: bell sinker, bite, bullet sinker, culling, dip bait, doughball, egg sinker, filamentous algae, fillet, pegging, ROE, salmon eggs, slip-sinker, stink bait
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A net with a handle used to capture baitfish.
- Browse Related Terms: Action, angling, dabbing, die-off, dip net, feeding times, holding station, inactive fish, moon times, put-and-take
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Device for removing hooks deeply embedded in the throat of fish.
- Browse Related Terms: angleworm, Barb, barbless, bobber, break-off, disgorger, fishhook, foul-hook, in-line spinner, leadhead, lead-head, slow roll or slow rolling, snagging, stinger-hook, tail-spinners, trailer hook, Treble, treble hook, weedguard
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The amount of free (usable) oxygen in water. Usually designated in parts per million.
- Browse Related Terms: acidity, Alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, eutrophic, lake zones, light intensity, off-color, pH, seine net, stained
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A large aquatic insect, the larva of which is the popular hellgrammite bait.
- Browse Related Terms: caddis fly, dillys, dobsonfly, hellgramite, Mealworms, nymph, water dog
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A trademark for a brand of chenille-bodied, hackle-wrapped jig.
- Browse Related Terms: Bass Assassin, Belly Boat, Crickhopper, Curly Tail, curly-tailed grub, Dardevle, Devle Dog, doll Fly, Sassy Shad, Slug-Go
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A method of cane-pole or long-pole fishing in which a lure or bait is repeatedly dipped and dragged through likely fish structures. Used in largemouth bass and crappie fishing. Very effective when fish are holding tight to cover.
- Browse Related Terms: back-trolling, baitwell, doodlesock or doodlesocking, Downrigger, livebox, livewell, long-lining, transducer, trolling, trolling motor