Fishing terms starting with E

10 terms

1. earthworm A common term for any of the many different fishing worms, including night crawlers (two words), garden worms, leaf worms, dillys, and red wigglers.
2. Ecosystem A complex ecological community or environment forming a functioning whole.
3. Edge The borders created by a change in the structure or vegetation in a lake. Examples are edges of tree lines, weed lines, and the edges of a drop-off.
4. Edge effect Where two habitat types join together resulting in increased diversity for vegetation and wildlife.
5. egg sinker An egg-shaped fishing weight with a hole through the center for the line to pass through.
6. electro-fishing, electro-fish, electro-shocking A term used to describe using electrical current to temporarily stun fish, typically during fish surveys.
7. Epilimnion The warm layer of surface water.
8. Ethics Of or relating to moral action and conduct; professionally right; conforming to professional standards.
9. Eutrophic Highly fertile waters characterized by warm, nutrient-rich shallow basins.
10. eyelets The eyelets are the line guides or rings on a fishing rod through which line is passed.