Fishing Terms Explained
Catch and Release -
A conservation motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and Game officer pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.
Hook -
1. A curved piece of metal used to catch fish. 2. A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his life savings on a new rod and reel. 3. The punch administered by said fisherman's wife after he spends their life savings, (see also, Right Hook, Left Hook)
Line -
Something you give your co-workers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past weekend.
Lure -
An object that is semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a frenzy that he will charge his credit card to the limit before exiting the tackle shop.
Reel -
A weighted object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.
Rod -
An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.
School -
A grouping in which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for Spam instead.
Tackle -
What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back overboard.
Tackle Box -
A box shaped alarmingly like your comprehensive 'first aid kit'. Only a tackle box contains many sharp objects, so that when you reach in the wrong box blindly to get a Band Aid, you soon find that you need more than one.
Test -
1. The amount of strength a fishing line affords an angler when fighting fish in a specific weight range.
2. A measure of your creativity in blaming "that darn line" for once again losing the fish.
A conservation motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and Game officer pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.
Hook -
1. A curved piece of metal used to catch fish. 2. A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his life savings on a new rod and reel. 3. The punch administered by said fisherman's wife after he spends their life savings, (see also, Right Hook, Left Hook)
Line -
Something you give your co-workers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past weekend.
Lure -
An object that is semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a frenzy that he will charge his credit card to the limit before exiting the tackle shop.
Reel -
A weighted object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.
Rod -
An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.
School -
A grouping in which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for Spam instead.
Tackle -
What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back overboard.
Tackle Box -
A box shaped alarmingly like your comprehensive 'first aid kit'. Only a tackle box contains many sharp objects, so that when you reach in the wrong box blindly to get a Band Aid, you soon find that you need more than one.
Test -
1. The amount of strength a fishing line affords an angler when fighting fish in a specific weight range.
2. A measure of your creativity in blaming "that darn line" for once again losing the fish.
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