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Acidity - The degree of sourness of a usually water soluble substance.
Acidity is measured in pH, with 7 being neutral and 2 being a strong acid.
Action - Measure of rod performance that describes the elapse time between
flexion and return to straight configuration, ranges from slow to fast, with
slow being the most amount of flexion. Also refers to the strength of the
rod (light, medium and heavy) with light being a limber rod and heavy a
stout rod. The movement of a lure due to its built-in properties. Also
refers to gear ratio of reels.
Active Fish - Fish that are feeding heavily and striking aggressively.
Adipose Fin - On some species the fatty fin located between the dorsal and
tail fin.
Air Bladder - A tough-walled gas-filled sac lying in the upper part of the
body cavity of many bony fishes just beneath the vertebral column; its
principal function is to offset the weight of heavier tissue such as bone.
In some fishes used for sound production or respiration.
Alewife - A food fish belonging to the herring family.
Algae - Simple plant organisms.
Alkalinity - Measure of the amount of acid neutralizing bases.
Alley - An opening between patches of emergent weeds; also the parallel
space separating emergent weeds and the shoreline.
Ambloplites rupestris - Latin name for Rock Bass
Amp - Amperes - Measure of electrical current.
Amp Hour - Storage capacity measurement of a deep-cycle batter obtained by
multiplying the current flow in amps by the hours that it's produced.
Anadromous - Fish that ascend rivers to spawn
Anal Fin - The median, unpaired, ventrally located fin that lies behind
the anus, usually on the posterior half of the fish.
Angler - Person using pole or rod and reel to catch fish.
Angling - Usually refers to the recreational catching of fish by means of
hook and line; sport fishing; game fishing.
Annelids - Members of the phylum Annelida, a group of worm-like
invertebrates whose bodies consist of a series of rings or segments (e.g.,
earthworms, leeches).
Anti-reverse - System that prevents reels from spinning in reverse.
Artificial Baits - Lures or flies made of wood, plastic, metal, feathers,
or similar inert material.

B

Backlash - A tangle of line caused by spool overrun on a bait casting reel.
Also referred to as Professional Overrun or Spaghetti.
Backwater - Shallow area off a river.
Bag Limit - Restriction in the number of fish that an angler may retain,
generally on a per trip or daily basis.
Bail - Metal, semi-circular arm on an open-face spinning reel that engages
the line after a cast.
Bait casting - Fishing with a revolving-spool reel and bait casting rod;
reel mounted on topside of rod.
Baitfish - Small fish often eaten by predators.
Bar - Long ridge in a body of water.
Basic Needs - Refers to the three survival requirements of fish:
reproduction, security, and food.
Bay - Major indentation in the shoreline of a lake or reservoir.
Benthic - Occurring at or near the bottom of a body of water.
Biology - The study of living things.
Biomass - The aggregate amount of living matter or a specific species
within a specific habitat. The total number of a specific species in a
specific habitat.
Black Bass - Term used to describe several types of bass; the most common
being smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass.
Blank - The main component of a finished fishing rod, minus the guides and
handle.
Blue Bird Skies - A term used to describe bright, sunny, blue sky
conditions that often makes fishing tougher.
Brackish - Water of intermediate salinity between seawater and freshwater.
Break - Distinct variation in otherwise constant stretches of cover,
structure, or bottom type.
Break line - A line of abrupt change in depth, bottom type, or water
clarity in the feature of otherwise uniform structure.
Brush line - The inside or the outside edge of a stretch of brush.
Bucket mouth - Largemouth Bass - A black bass, body green-shaded with a
broad, continuous dark stripe along each side, belly white to yellowish,
dorsal fin almost completely separated between spiny and soft portion and
lower jaw extends past the gold-colored eye. Also called bigmouth bass,
green trout, green bass.
Bullet Sinker - A cone shaped piece of lead, zinc or steel of varying
weights that slides up and down the line.
Buzz bait - An artificial lure with propeller-style blades that stirs up
the water surface upon retrieve; a type of top water lure.
Buzzing - Retrieving spinner baits or buzz baits along the surface so they
splash water.
 

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