Split Shotting – Often called stitch fishing because you move the bait in increments no larger than a sewing stitch and made just as slowly and patience is the key. Use a small #5 split-shot and crimp it about 18 inches above a light wire 1/0 or lighter small hook. Spinning tackle is a must. Small worms, 3-inch salt craws and others are perfect for the gentle application required.
Spook – The act of alarming a fish in a negative way. Examples: excessive noise, casting a human shadow.
Stick-Up – Stationary structure – stump, limb, section of pipe, fence post – that extends about 5 feet or less above the surface; a favorite casting target of bass fishermen.
Stragglers – Bass that remain near shore following a general migration.
Stringer – Antiquated term for a limit of fish, used by tournament anglers to indicate their catch (10-pound stringer = 10 pounds of fish. Not actually used any longer to retain bass, just a term people can’t seem to stop using. (see livewell).
Structure – Changes in the shape of the bottom of lakes, rivers, or impoundments, especially those that influence fish behavior. This is probably the most misunderstood word in bass fishing. Structure is a feature on the bottom of the lake. Some examples of structure are creeks, humps, depressions, sandbars, roadbeds, ledges, and drop-offs. Some examples that are not structure: a stump, tree, or brush pile (these are cover).
Suspended Fish – Bass at midlevel depths, neither near the surface nor on the bottom.
Swimming Lures – Sinking-type artificial baits designed to resemble a swimming baitfish. Such plugs vibrate and/or wobble during retrieve; some have built-in rattles. Also called lipless crankbaits.
Tail-Spinners – Compact, lead-bodied lures with one or two spinner blades attached to the tail, and a treble hook suspended from the body; designed to resemble a wounded shad; effective on schooling bass.
Taper – An area in a body of water that slopes toward deeper depths.
Terminal Tackle – Angling equipment, excluding artificial baits, attached to the end of a fishing line; examples include hooks, snaps, swivels, snap-swivels, sinkers, floats, and plastic beads.
Texas Rig – The method of securing a hook to a soft-plastic bait – worm, lizard, crawfish, so that the hook is weedless. A slip sinker is threaded onto the line and then a hook is tied to the end of the line. The hook is then inserted into the head of a worm for about one-quarter of an inch and brought through until only the eye is still embedded in the worm. The hook is then rotated and the point is embedded slightly into the worm without coming out the opposite side. Diagram
Thermocline – The layer of water where the temperature changes at least one-half a degree per foot of depth. Basically, a layer of water where rising warm and sinking cold water meet.
Tight-Action Plug – A lure with short, rapid side-to-side movement.
Tiptop – Line guide at top of fishing rod.
Topwaters – Floating hard baits that create some degree of surface disturbance during retrieve.
Trailer Hook – The extra hook, or cheater hook added to a single-hook lure, such as a spinnerbait or weedless spoon.
Transition – The imaginary line where one type of bottom material changes to another.
Treble Hook – Hook with single or bundled shaft and three points.
Triggering – Employment of any lure-retrieval technique or other fishing strategy that causes a bass to strike.
Trolling Motor – A small electric fishing motor, typically mounted on the bow, that is used as secondary boat propulsion, for boat positioning, and to maneuver quietly in fishing areas.
Turnover – The period when the cold water on the surface of a body of water descends and is replaced by warmer water from below.
Vertical Movement – Up and down movement of fish. Can also be movement of a lure such as a spoon (verticaljigging).
Weedless – A description of a lure designed to be fished in heavy cover with a minimum amount of snagging.
Weedline – Abrupt edge of a weedbed caused by a change in depth, bottom type, or other factor.
Wormin’ – The act of fishing with a plastic worm, lizard, crawfish, or similar bait.
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