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A brand name of hooks.
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Fish that are fished for as sport and subject to regulations of take.
- Browse Related Terms: baitfish, Catch and release, fisherman, Game fish, Harvestable-sized fish, Maximum size limit, Minimum size limit, Nongame, selective harvest, Slot limit, Spawning
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Species of fish caught for sport that fights hard when hooked. In Arizona, includes trout of all species, bass of all species, catfish of all species, sunfish of all species, northern pike, walleye and yellow perch. Legal game fish are defined in statute. There are more fish sought for sport than are listed as game fish.
- 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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Any tools used to catch fish, such as rod and reel, hook and line, nets, traps, spears and baits.
- 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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One of Arizona's two native trout species. Gila trout had been extirpated (eliminated) from Arizona, but were reintroduced in the mid 1990s. They are listed as federally endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
- Browse Related Terms: anchovy or anchovies, Apache trout, brookie, brookies, brook trout, brown trout, crappie or crappies, crayfish or crawfish, cutthroat trout or cutthroat, Gila trout, grayling, live baitfish, nonnative fish, rainbow trout, rainbows, shad, shiner, striped bass, threadfin shad, white bass, yellow bass
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Respiratory organ of many aquatic animals, such as fish.
- Browse Related Terms: algae, Ecosystem, Food chain, gill, Habitat, milfoil, monofilament, Niche, plankton, Plankton bloom, Riparian zone, Rotenone, Smoltification, Species, Wetland, zooplankton
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A commercial (not sport-fishing) net used to harvest fish. So named because of the mesh sizes designed to catch the intended species by the gill. Commonly used by biologists when conducting fish surveys.
- Browse Related Terms: balance, biology, Biomass, Ethics, gill net, gill-net, ichthyology, Limiting factor, Mosquitofish, over-fishing, Overpopulated (overcrowded), Pond Check, Put and take fishery, tagging, Yield limit
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an opening behind the head that connects the gill chamber to the exterior.
- Browse Related Terms: adipose fin, anal fin, dorsal fin, gill opening, pectoral fin, pelvic fins, still-fishing, still-fisherman, ventral fin
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A brand name of tube bait (the original).
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Common name for Ctenopharyngodon idella, also called "grass carp." Grass carp are often stocked in ponds for weed control.
- Browse Related Terms: amur, bottom feeder or bottom-fish, carp, dink, Grass carp, Hatchery, migration route, stragglers, White amur
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The grayline on a fish finder lets you distinguish between strong and weak echoes. For instance, a soft, muddy or weedy bottom returns a weaker symbol, which is shown with a narrow or no gray line. A hard bottom returns a strong signal, which causes a wide and dark grayline.
- Browse Related Terms: brushline, Cover, Edge, grayline, hard bottom, isolated structure, lake bed, lake-bed, riprap, soft bottom, Structure, Transition, weed line
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A northern species of freshwater game fish; a member of the trout family. In Arizona, typically found at Lee Valley Lake in the White Mountains.
- Browse Related Terms: anchovy or anchovies, Apache trout, brookie, brookies, brook trout, brown trout, crappie or crappies, crayfish or crawfish, cutthroat trout or cutthroat, Gila trout, grayling, live baitfish, nonnative fish, rainbow trout, rainbows, shad, shiner, striped bass, threadfin shad, white bass, yellow bass
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A short, plastic type of worm, usually rigged with a weighed jig hook.
- Browse Related Terms: Carolina rig or Carolina-rigged, Florida rig, grub, pick-up, slip-float, Split shot, split-shotting, Terminal tackle, Texas rig (Texas-rigged), Westy Worm