Action – Measure of rod performance that describes the elapsed 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; also refers to gear of reels.
Active Fish – Bass that are feeding heavily and striking aggressively.
Adaptation – Biological adjustment that increases fitness.
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.
Amp – 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 is produced.
Angler – Person using pole or rod and reel to catch fish.
Anti-reverse – System that prevents reels from spinning in reverse.
Backlash – Tangle of line on a bait-casting reel due to spool overrun.
Backwater – Shallow area off a river.
Bag Limit – Restriction on the number of fish that an angler may harvest in a day.
Bail – Metal, semicircular arm on an open-face spinning reel that engages the line after a cast.
Bait – An artificial lure is usually what is meant even though bait can also mean live bait.
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 bass: reproduction, security, and food.
Bay – Major indentation in the shoreline of a lake or reservoir.
Bite – When a fish takes or touches (or hammers) a bait so that the fisherman feels it. Also known as a hit, bump, or a strike.
Black Bass – Common term used to describe several types of bass, including the largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass.
Blank – Fishing rod without grip, guides or finish.
Brackish – Water of intermediate salinity between seawater and freshwater.
Break – Distinct variation in otherwise constant stretches of cover, structure, or bottom type. Basically anything, that “breaks up” the underwater terrain.
Break line – A line of abrupt change in depth, bottom type, or water clarity in the feature of otherwise uniform structure. A place where there is a sudden or drastic change in the depth of the water, or weed type. This may be the edge of a creek, a submerged cliff, or even a stand of submerged weeds.
Brush line – The inside or the outside edge of a stretch of brush.
Brush pile – Usually refers to a mass of small- to medium-sized tree limbs lying in the water. Brush piles may be only one or two feet across, or they may be extremely large and they may be visible or submerged. They can be created by Mother Nature or manmade. They usually hold fish. And fishermen.
Bumping – Refers to the act of making a lure hit an object such as a log, tree, or pier piling in a controlled manner. This is often done unintentionally, but can get the same reaction from the fish. Also, a lure making contact with the bottom.
Buzzbait – Topwater bait with large, propeller-type blades that churn the water during retrieve. Comprised of a leadhead, rigid hook, and wire that supports one or more blades.
Buzzing – Retrieving a lure, such as a spinnerbait or buzzbait, at a rate fast enough to cause it to remain partially out of the water, causing a noisy disturbance. Sometimes called ripping or burning.
Cabbage – Any of several species of weeds, located above the surface or underwater, of the genus Potamogeton.
Carolina Rig – A style of terminal tackle normally used to keep a lure a foot or two (or more) off the bottom. This is most commonly used with a plastic worm, but is also used with floating crankbaits and other lures as well. A barrel slip sinker of 1/2- to 1-ounce is first slipped on the line and then a swivel is tied to the end of the line. A piece of line 18 to 30 inches long is then tied to the other end of the swivel and a hook or lure is tied to the end of this piece line. Rigged Texas style (weedless with the hook buried in the body of the bait), the combination is excellent for fishing ledges, points, sandbars, and humps.Diagram
Channel – The bed of a stream or river.
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