Fishing terms starting with H

14 terms

1. Habitat The natural environment where people, animals and plants live. In an aquatic environment, it includes the water, topography, structure and cover present…
2. handline A fishing line used without a rod or reel; a line held in the hand.
3. hard bottom Usually a type of bottom that you would not sink far, if at all, were you to walk on it and can consist of clay, gravel, rock or sand.
4. Harvestable-sized fish A fish of a size normally kept by sport anglers. This size for bream is about 6 inches and larger and for largemouth bass it is about 10 inches and larger.
5. Hatchery A facility where fish and raised for stocking.
6. hawg A slang term describing a large lunker-size or heavyweight bass weighing 4 pounds or more.
7. hellgramite The larvae of the dobsonfly.
8. holding area Structure that habitually attracts and holds bass.
9. holding station Place on a lake where inactive fish spend most of their time.
10. honey hole A slang term describing a specific hole, spot, or area containing big fish or lots of catchable fish.
11. Hopkins spoons A brand name of spoon with a hammered appearance.
12. hump An underwater island that generally rises gradually. Humps can often hold fish.
13. Hydrology The science dealing with the distribution, properties and circulation of water on land, in the soil, and in the atmosphere.
14. Hypothermia this situation occurs when the core temperature of one's body falls below normal.