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F

FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service.
Falldown (or Laydown) - A tree that has fallen into the water.
Fancast - A systematic series of casts to a specific area of water.
Farm Pond - Small manmade body of water.
Feeder Creek - A tributary that runs into a larger stream, lake or river.
Feeding Cycle - Certain regular intervals during which fish satisfy their appetites. Examples: Major or Minor Solunar periods; sunrise, sunset.
Filamentous Algae - Type of algae characterized by long chains of attached cells that give it a stringy feel and appearance.
Fillet - In fish, a slice of meat without bones, cut out for human
consumption.
Finesse Fishing - An angling technique characterized by the use of light tackle - line, rods, reel and artificial baits (often tube worms, grubs, or other small-sized soft-plastic lures); often productive in clear, fairly uncluttered water.
Finfish - A term used to separate true fish from shellfish, crayfish,
jellyfish, etc.
Fingerling - A young fish of about 10 cm length.
Fins - Folds of skin supported by cartilaginous tissue in elasmobranchs and by bony rays in bony fishes. Used for locomotion, display, and sometimes specialized functions such as fertilization.
Fish - Literally, a vertebrate (animal with a backbone) that has gills and lives in water, but generally used more broadly to include any harvestable animal living in water. Fishes refers to more than one type of fish; finfish refers to sharks, some rays and bony fishes, and scalefish refers to fish bearing scales
Fisherman - One who engages in fishing for sport or occupation. Fishery - Term to describe the collective enterprise of taking fish, usually used in conjunction with reference to the species, gear or area involved
Fishfinder - 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 Depth Finder.
Fishhook - A barbed or barbless hook used for catching fish.
Fish Ladder - A series of pools arranged like steps that fish utilize to
move upstream over a dam.
Fish On! - A shout that indicates the angler has hooked a fish, as in "a  fish is on the line"(this is heard alot on the Predator)
Fishout - To exhaust the supply of fish in a body of water.
Fishway - A contrivance that allows fish to pass around a dam.
Flat - An area in a body of water with little if any change in depth.
Flipping - Basically a long-rod technique where a lure, such as a jig or worm, is dropped - rather than cast - into heavy cover at close range. Also called "Flippin'."
Flipping Stick - Heavy action fishing rod, 7 to 8 feet long, designed for bass fishing.
Floating (float fishing) - to transverse a river or stream by some type of watercraft while fishing, most commonly in a tube, raft, canoe, or kayak.
Floss - Material for tying flies.
Fly - A hand-tied artificial lure made of various material tied to a hook.
Fly Dope - A dressing that makes artificial flies water resistant so they float.
Fly Fishing - A method of fishing that utilizes an artificial fly, a long
flexible rod, a reel, and line.
Fly Rod - A light springy rod used in fly fishing.
Flytier - One who makes his own artificial flies for fishing.
Forage - Something eaten; the act of eating.
Freshwater - In a broad sense 'freshwater' is used for all continental
aquatic systems such as rivers and lakes. In a technical sense it refers to water with less than 0.5 grams per liter of total dissolved mineral salts.
Front - Weather system that causes changes in temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, wind and barometric pressure.

G

Gear - Any tools used to catch fish, such as hook and line, nets, traps, spears, etc.
Gear Ratio - Measure of a reels' retrieve speed; the number of times the spool revolves for each complete turn of the handle.
Gill - Respiratory organ of many aquatic animals; a filamentous outgrowth well supplied with blood vessels at which gas exchange between water and blood occurs.
Gill Arch - Bony or cartilaginous arches in the throat of fish to which
the filaments and rakers of the gills are attached. Bony fish usually have four gill arches.
Gill Opening - An opening behind the head that connects the gill chamber to the exterior. Bony fishes have a single such opening on each side whereas cartilaginous fishes (sharks and rays) have five to seven. The gill opening of sharks and rays are called gill slits.
GPS - Global Positioning System, provides specially coded satellite
signals that can be processed in a GPS receiver, enabling the user to get a readout of current position, speed and time.
Grub - A short, plastic type of worm usually rigged with a weighted jig hook.

H

Habitat - The natural environment where animals and plants live.
Hard Bottom - River bottoms composed of firm or hard material such as rock, sand, gravel, or clay.
Hawg - A slang term used to describe a very large fish
Holding Area - Structure that habitually holds three to five catch-able fish
Holding Station - Place on lake where inactive fish spend most of their time.
Honey Hole - A slang term used to describe a specific hole or an area containing big fish and/or a high number of fish.
Hydrology (Hydrologic) - The science that deals with the distribution, properties, and circulation of water on land surface, in the soil, underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.

I

IGFA - International Game Fish Association
Ichthyology - The science dealing with the study of fish.
Inactive Fish - Fish that are in a non-feeding mood. Examples of typically inactive times: following a cold front; during a major weather change that causes a sudden rise or fall in water temperature, or when a lake level is abruptly lowered.
Internet - The most widely used international communications computer network. To get access to the Internet, you need a modem or a connection to a LAN with Internet access. "What does that have to do with fishing?" you ask. Simple, that's how you got here.
Isolated Structure - A possible holding spot for fish; examples include a single bush on a point; a midlake hump, or a large tree that has fallen into the water.

J

Jerkbait - plugs that move with no built-in action of their own; any
action comes from the fisherman's maneuvering the rod and line.
Jig - a hook with a leadhead that is usually dressed with hair, silicone, or plastic.
Jig 'n Pig - a jig supplemented with a pork rind trailer.

K

Kayak - A portable boat styled after the Eskimo kayak with a small opening in the center and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
Keeper - Any fish that conforms to a specific minimum length limit
established by the state fisheries department.
Kentucky (Spotted) Bass - A black bass with a patch of teeth on its tongue.

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