Slang names & nicknames for fish, gear

[charliepete2]

After landing a pike = 'Dem Norturn Pike are good fer picklin yah'

[genegodawa]

we use the "shoulders" line too....and then they are usually a "basket fish" = a keeper

"death well" = livewell/cooler

"disco fishing" = fishing in a lightning storm

"swim through the hoop" = into the basket

and how often have you said "this one thinks he is bigger than he really is"

[BoxMN]

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"Beach-ball": An inappropriately large, round bobber.

"Wettin' a Line": Fishing.

"Show'em Who's Boss": Catch that fish.

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Oh yeah!

Channel Marker = round red and white bobber of gargantuan size

"Cross their eyes" = set the hook

"Swing your purse at it" = poor hook set

A bass pro I was fishing with once told me, when I asked why he was hooking more fish than me, said my hook sets looked like I was "swinging my purse at the fish - gowd dangit, cross their eyes! Teach them who's boss!" After a day of fishing on Okeechobee his whole side of stomach was bruised and rugburned from where he was setting the hook with the end of rod against his body. Man, did he cross their eyes, and caught a ton of fish. Now I use some, well, big hooksets Sometimes little bass shoot out of water, hehe.

[Ebiz]

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(censored) covers----sunfish

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For us that usually refers to little crappies as well!

[JP Z]

dunkin' pumpkins = Bobber fishing

[McGurk]

More winter fishing, I guess. When using a multi-color flasher over school of fish;

"Lit up like a goll-dern Chrishmash tree!"

[genegodawa]

and I'm sure we've all used this one:

"It doesn't get any better than this"

and when it's about a million degrees on a bright, sunny day and the fish aren't biting:

"too hot to fish"

or when they are really biting well:

"screw the limit" which leads me to the one we came up with about 10 yrs ago when we hit the rockbass and my buddy and I sat there for 1 1/2 hrs and KEPT 189 because we thought the limit was 100:

"what's the limit on these - 100?"

and from the first time we drove all night long from Chi-town to Minn with "super coffee" = black coffee and a bunch of no-doze - we now do this annually

which leads to the next one from our fishing vacs during which we go from 9-6, then dinner, then 7-10, then cleaning 'em until about 1am ----> "sleep is overrated"

and who knows what a "poofy" minnow is? = dead as a doornail from the prior day usually, and when you stick a jig in them, they kind of explode and really stink badly.

and we also got one kinda like the "swing your purse at it" - when one guy really misses a good bite and we chide him with "way to go, Alice"

or this one from way back in my early days when I consistently got fooled and swore I had a bite and was telling my buddies I just missed a good one and they came up with, "yeah right, set the weeds"

or the one from a few yrs ago when I was really, really hungry and at our fish dinner in camp I ate 12 small northern, along with some trimmings, so now my buddy says about me: "my boy can eat alotta fish"

and we have this one from about 30 yrs ago on a trip that we had very, very good luck:

"poundage" = "putting meat on the table"

[UMDSportsman]

mud puppies - bull heads

[LBSPORTSMEN]

Here in SW Minnesota we use "Batter UP" quite often. Which means "grab the ore, I just hooked a bullhead!" Or as we often call "Iowawigin Walleye"

[schweady]

"Weed bite."

(usually muttered without eye contact when your partner gets that 'on point' look, trying to decide when to set the hook)

[Lisa Almquist]

How bout when you set the hook and then lose your fish, you reel up and you "farmed your bait!"

Lisa

[Big Fish Hunter247]

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I can't believe nobody has mentioned the one true and only the best one liner...............

"BOBBER DOWN"

MR

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thats what I have on the license plates on my truck only its spelled BOBRDWN

[lookincalifornia]

am i the only one who practices LDR?

long distance release

[troutchaser]

A few that we use:

Beer = Porkchop

"Pull" = When Someone is in the cooler and you need another beverage - Usually a Porkchop

"I am spitting class 5 over here!" - Used when the "pull" was unsuccessful - once again usually referring to a porkchop.

[McGurk]

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"I am spitting class 5 over here!"

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I may have to steal that one. Should go over well in Dent.

Funny how a post called "Slang Names and Nicknames for fish, gear" has adult beverages classified as equipment.

When cans get tipped high;

"Doctor?"

"Doctor. Doctor?"

"Doctor."

[Weed Shark]

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"I am spitting class 5 over here!"

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You are referring to a category of hazardous material, correct?

[McGurk]

Let's just say most of the Class 5 in Hennepin County gets covered by a layer or 2 of MORE hazardous material: Asphalt.

[genegodawa]

"bank shot" = using the cover of the deathwell like a basketball backboard

"death dance" = the way they flop very fast trying to jump out when they land in the bottom of the boat instead of in the deathwell

"creating new structure" = when something goes overboard, usually someone's baseball cap

"punk fish" = tiny perch

"aquarium fish" = smaller than punk fish, they belong in the kid's aquarium not on the end of my line. (see also: "little bandit")

[CatManLee]

Here are a few that I've heard from a buddy who used to live in Louisiana...

White Drum/Sheephead are: Goo's or Gabber Goo's

Fish that don't bite "good enough" to get hooked are: Turd Tappers

Small Mud Cats are: Pollywauds

I know there are others, just can't think of them right now...

[IcemanMN]

When I am catching alot more fish than my fishing buddy. "putting on a clinic"

[wingnutken]

Eelpout: Fugly Fish

Frozen minnows on the ice: Eagle Pickles

A walleye in the slot: Dinner

[troutchaser]

Class 5 is refering to gravel. Most gravel roads and driveways are covered with class 5 gravel.

[Weed Shark]

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Class 5 is refering to gravel. Most gravel roads and driveways are covered with class 5 gravel.

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Thanks, McGurk helped me with that, too. I knew that...remind me to think a little harder before I speak...How do I take a response back after hitting the submit button, anyway?

I have enjoyed this thread...filed some stuff in the memory banks...had some good laughs. I taught some (...not all!) to my kids and heard a couple in the boat Sunday. Does a "Curt Gowdy" work, if your wife catches a big Bullhead? Thats right, you guys dream of this kind of "structure"! We've only scratched the surface. I'd like to hear more from the Great Lakes, stream trout, or ocean fishing...types of fishing I do less of.

"Loopers": Kamloop Rainbows

"Silver": Coho Salmon

"King": Chinook Salmon

"Coaster": A type of Steelhead

"Barn Door": A large Halibut

"Swingggg and a Miss": Didn't hook the fish.

"Close the Deal": Catch that fish

"Mine Field": Dangerous, boulder abundant area of the lake

[CodyDawg]

well this isnt a slang name or a nickname, but it is pretty funny if you happen to be fishing with someone elses kid. as the kids starts to head off toward the bathroom, pipe up loud and clear to make sure his dad can hear and say "Remember, we ain't got time to wipe!".

[genegodawa]

"Thin them out" = keeping little ones for the good of the rest of the lake's population

"Hell of a spot" = a spot that looks so good there has to be some nice ones there and it has actually produced some nice ones in the past on just about every time you fish that spot

"you're working on our limit now" = often said to your boat partner who is the only one catching them