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A life stage of young fish where the food sac has not been completely absorbed.
- Browse Related Terms: Anadromous, Fry, larva, nares, PFD, Recruitment, Sac fry, Smolt, Test, Topminnow, young-of-the-year
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A thin piece of land that extends out (sometimes an extended point) from the shoreline and connects to an island (sometimes underwater), reef or a hump. Submerged saddles can hold lots of fish.
- Browse Related Terms: bay, cove, drawdown, ledge, Lentic, pocket, saddle, Terrestrial, water column, Watershed, Winter-kill
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Also called a safety liner. A safety feature often referred to as a "tire within a tire." This inner tire is used in the NASCAR Winston Cup series and will hold a car up if the outer tire is cut down.
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A type of egg bait typically used for trout fishing.
- 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 type of wet fly designed to look like a small aquatic worm that was popularized on the San Juan River in New Mexico, but is also used at Lees Ferry, the Lower Salt River and other riverine trout fisheries.
- Browse Related Terms: Backing, bag limit, Bait restrictions, bead-headed midges, Break, dry fly, Edge effect, float tube, fly, flies, Light Cahill, mayfly, night-fisherman, peacock ladies, Pro, San Juan worms, wet fly, wooly worm, or wooly bugger, zug bug
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A brand of soft-plastic lure that resembles a shad.
- 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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Any scheme to defraud someone.
Any scheme to defraud a player or casino.
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A card that may well turn the best hand into trash. If you have T ♣-8♣ and the flop comes Q♦-J♦-9 ♠, you almost assuredly have the best hand. However, a turn card of T ♦ would be very scary because it would almost guar-antee that you are now beaten.
- Browse Related Terms: Backdoor, Blank, Bottom Pair, Free Roll, Gutshot Straight, Jackpot, Nuts, Out, Ragged, Runner, Scare Card, Second Pair, Semi-Bluff, Top Pair, Top Set
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Money a player can't afford to lose.
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If it doesn't hurt to play as if something is true, then you have nothing to lose by playing this way as long as you don't increase your time or risk at the table.
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Slang term for tires that have been used at least once and saved for further racing. A lap or two is enough to "scuff" them in. Most often used in qualifying.
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A pair with the second highest card on the flop. If you have A ♠-T♠, and the flop comes K♦-T♥-6 ♣, you have flopped second pair. See "top pair."
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A dealer who tries to hit certain numbers or sections on the wheel.
A dealer who tries to hit certain numbers or sections on the wheel.
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The act of placing the ball in a given section of the wheel.
The act of placing the ball in a given section of the wheel.
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Dividing the wheel into sections based on which numbers have been hitting to discover biases.
Dividing the wheel into sections based upon which numbers have been hitting for the purpose of discovering biases.
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A rectangular fishing net designed to hang vertically in the water, the ends being drawn together to encircle fish.
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Deciding to release or keep fish based on species, size, relative abundance, or culinary plans.
- 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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As in "sell a hand." In a spread-limit game, this means betting less than the maximum when you have a very strong hand, hoping players will call whereas they would not have called a maximum bet.
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A powerful concept first discussed by David Sklansky. It is a bet or raise that you hope will not be called, but you have some outs if it is. A semi-bluff may be correct when betting for value is not correct, a pure bluff is not correct, but the combination of the two may be a positive expectation play. Example: you have K♠-Q♠, and the flop is T♥-5 ♠-J♣. If you bet now, it's a semi-bluff. You probably don't have the best hand, and you'd like to see your opponents fold immediately. Nevertheless, if you do get callers, you could still improve to the best hand.
- Browse Related Terms: Backdoor, Blank, Bottom Pair, Free Roll, Gutshot Straight, Jackpot, Nuts, Out, Ragged, Runner, Scare Card, Second Pair, Semi-Bluff, Top Pair, Top Set