Fishing Terms and Jargon from the Predator c-e

Fishing Terms
and Jargon

Predator Fishing Charters, Inc.

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C&R - Catch and Release.
CPR - Catch, Photograph, Release.
Cabbage - Any of several species of weeds, located above the surface or underwater.
Caddis - An insect of the order Trichoptera, characterized by swept-back wings; also, an insect that goes through a complete metamophisis much like a butterfly.
Canal - A man made waterway used for navigation.
Canoe - A light, long, narrow boat with sharp ends and curved sides
propelled by hand-driven paddles.
Carolina Rig - A deep-water assembly comprised of a heavy slip sinker, plastic bead, barrel swivel, 16-to 18-inch leader, hook, and soft-plastic bait such as a worm, lizard, or crawfish. Rigged weedless with the hook buried in the body of the bait, this combination is excellent for fishing ledges, points, sandbars, and humps.
Channel - The bed of a stream or river.
Chugger - Topwater plug with a dished-out (concave or "cupped") head designed to make a splash when pulled sharply.
Cisco - Any of several whitefishes found primarily in the Great Lakes
region.
Clevis - The swivel device to which a spinner blade is attached and which allows the blade to rotate.
Cold Front - A weather condition accompanied by high, clear skies, and a sudden drop in temperature.
Contact Point - The deepest position on structure where a bass angler can first effectively present his lure to bass as they migrate from deep water.
Coontail - Submerged aquatic plant of the hornwort family typically found in hard water; charactreized by stiff, forked leaves.
Cosmic Clock - The sun's seasonal effect on water and weather conditions relating to barometric pressure, wind, and cloud cover.
Cove - An indentation along a shoreline.
Cover - Natural or manmade objects on the bottom of lakes, rivers, or impoundments, especially those that influence fish behavior. Examples include stick-ups, tree lines, stumps, rocks, logs, pilings, docks, and weed patches.
Crankbait - A plug with a lip that causes it to dive. The bigger the lip,
the deeper it dives.
Crappie - Common name of two species of North American fish found in ponds and streams of the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes areas. They resemble the various species of bass and sunfish. The white crappie has six spines in its dorsal fin and the black crappie has seven or eight dorsal spines. Both fish weigh up to 5 lbs. An adult crappie measures 12 in.
Creek - A natural stream of water usually small in size and often a
tributary of a river.
Creel limit - The number of fish an angler can keep as set by local or
state regulations.

DEC - Department of Enviromental Conservation.
DNR - Department of Natural Resources.
Depthfinder - A sonar device, either a flasher unit or LCR recorder, used to read the bottom structure, determine depth, and in some cases actually spot the fish; also called a fishfinder.
Dink - Fish not long enough to meet state fisheries regulations or
tournament standards.
Dipsy Diver - A round planing device used to take lures down to a certain depth, Dipsy Divers are adjustable so that lures can be caused to go the side as well as down.
Disgorger - Device for removing hooks deeply embedded in the throat of fish.
Dorsal Fin - A median fin along the back which is supported by rays. There may be two or more dorsal fins, in which case the most anterior one is designated the first.
Downrigger - A reel containing a spool of wire mounted on your boat that is use to lower a heavy weight to a certain depth. A downrigger release is hooked to the wire and your fishing line is hooked into the release. When a fish hits, your line is released and you fight the fish on your rod free of the heavy weight.
Drag - The device on reels that puts pressure on the line as it plays out and prevents the line from breaking.
Drop-Off - A sudden increase in depth, created by gulley washes, small creek channels, land points, and the general lay of the land.
Drum - see Sheepshead.

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency.
Ecology - The branch of biology dealing with the relationship between organisms and their environment.
Emerger - An aquatic insect in the process of rising to the surface to
become a flying adult.
Esox lucius - Latin name for Northern Pike
Esox masquinongy - Latin name for Muskellunge
Eutrophic - A classification of geologically "old" bodies of water with weed-choked, oxygen-poor water which can only support fish such as bullheads and carp.
Eyelets - The eyelets, line guides or rings on a rod through which fishing line is passed.