Fishing terms starting with T

25 terms

  1. tagging Marking or attached a tag to an individual or group of individual fish so that it can be identified on recapture.
  2. tail-spinners Compact, lead-bodied lures with one or two spinner blades attached to the tail and a treble hook suspended from the body.
  3. take-out A term describing the point where boats are taken out of the water at the end of a float trip.
  4. Taxonomist A scientist who classifies fish or animal by kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, and species.
  5. Terminal tackle Angling equipment, excluding artificial baits, attached to the end of a fishing line; examples include hooks, snaps, swivels, snap-swivels, sinkers…
  6. Terrestrial Things of the land.
  7. Test Line strength as stated on the label.
  8. Texas rig (Texas-rigged) The method of securing a hook to a soft-plastic bait, such as a worm, lizard or crawfish, so that the hook is weedless (doesn't protrude).
  9. Thermocline A distinct layer of water where rising warm and sinking cold water meet but do not mix.
  10. threadfin shad The most common baitfish in Arizona's warmwater lakes.
  11. tight-action plug A lure with short, rapid side-to-side movement. Typically used when fish are more active in spring, summer and fall.
  12. tiptop Line guide at the tip end of a fishing rod.
  13. Topminnow See mosquitofish.
  14. topwater The technique of using topwater lures for catching fish, especially bass at the water's surface.
  15. trailer hook The extra hook or cheater hook added to a single-hook lure, such as a spinnerbait or weedless spoon. Also called a stinger hook.
  16. transducer A device that converts electrical energy to sound energy, or the reverse. Typically associated with depth finders or fish finders.
  17. transition These are where one type of bottom material or structure changes to another, for instance, a rock pile to solid rock, or sand to gravel.
  18. Treble A hook with three points used on many lures.
  19. treble hook A hook with a single or bundled shaft and three points.
  20. Tributary A creek, stream, or river that feeds a larger stream or river, or lake.
  21. triggering Using a lure-retrieval technique that causes a sport-fish to react and strike. For instance, quickly speeding up a retrieve and then stopping.
  22. trolling Towing a lure or several lures behind a boat. When a fish is caught on the trolled lure, the boat is typically stopped and the fish is reeled in.
  23. trolling motor A small electric fishing motor, typically mounted on the bow, which is used as secondary means of propulsion for positioning or maneuvering a boat quietly…
  24. tubing A float fishing term that means to float down a river, stream or using a float tube in a lake while fishing.
  25. turnover In Arizona's warmwater lakes, a turnover is typically experienced in the fall and is a phenomenon associated with thermoclines.