Fishing terminology

[billfish4853]

its a whopper

 

[codcatcher3000]

billet=small coalie

 

[over par]

Bell end - a bell you attach to the end of ya rod

which end

The one with the eye

 

[g-force]

A "plop" - a short cast
A "bray" - a big cast
A "snake" - a big whiteworm
A "fresh / frozen pie" - a nice big fresh / frozen crab
A "donkey's knob" - a nice big lugworm
A "Gorgon's Head" - a big crab bait with a handful of lugworms lashed around so it looks like...a gorgon's head
"Pulled it's head off" - got a bit eager trying to get a fish in too fast & losing it
"Deein' the dance" - those involuntary jigging leg movements that often occur when reeling in a fish
"Clemmies" - rocks & boulders, often slippery when clambering over them
"Weirs / cabbage / veg" etc...- kelp beds
"Plum" - a clueless angler, as in "the pier was full of plums".....
I'm sure I'll think of some more.....

Gary

 

[codhw]

Jiggy or Jiggin = Not what you think

 

[codster]

sandy macnab crab

 

[g.ordon]

Hit - The venue your going to fish. eg 'hit the walkway' or the time during a chuck when maximum power is applied
Worth a shot - A venue that is fancied either through reports or conditions.
Line lay - Reeling in whilst making sure the line is spread evenly across the spool on a multi

 

[g-force]

A few more.....

"Poddler" - coaley
"Scotchie" - scotch haddock / pouting
"Slug" - rockling
"Twizzler" - levelwind, on a multiplier reel
"Thumbing" - braking your reel mid cast by applying light thumb pressure to the spool
"High-sticking" - lifting your rod too high, putting too much pressure on the tip trying to lift up a fish, often resulting in a snapped tip

Gary

 

[billfish4853]

handballin

 

[ROBBIEMAC]

mangle ---fixed spool reel
pillin---peeler crab

 

[fozally]

Reducer - A short section of rod blank which is inserted into the butt to assist in reeling in when the reel is fitted in the low position.

 

[codhw]

handballin

again not exactly what you think:red:

 

[codhw]

The Groin = a famous fishing mark

 

[wheres the fish?]

Mark X = A fishing mark where your not ment to go, but you go there anywhere due to the fishing being fantastic

 

[codster]

numpty some one who nars nowt

 

[david.northeast]

Sized - above legal size requirements
Undersize - opposite of above

 

[FISHERMAN]

check my tyres/to check well placed car tyres in the rivers for carbs to use as bait

poker/ stiff rod

eyes/ ring gides on the rod

level wind/ a device on a multiplier reel to put the line on evenly

no level wind/ a multiplier with out level wind

excellent thread this sum very helpfull information for people starting out

 

[Mogthemackem]

Time to bump up. Mods can you please make this thread a sticky? Would be great to have the final findings on the site somewhere. I'm going to categorise them when I get the time but I have just updated the list so far at the top.

 

[g.ordon]

Blaster - A really poweful big chuck
Not a sniff - Not even any bites, bait coming back as it went out.
Feeding the crabs - No fish around, bait eventually getting chomped by the crustaceans

 

[Ivor Spraggon]

Dobied = Fishing on a peg next to Jim.