FISHING
TERMS EXPLAINED
Catch and Release - A
conservation motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and Game officer
pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.
Hook - (1) A curved piece
of metal used to catch fish. (2) A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his
live savings on a new rod and reel. (3) The punch administered by said fisherman's wife
after he spends their life savings (see also, Right Hook, Left Hook).
Line - Something you give
your coworkers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past weekend.
Lure - An object that is
semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a frenzy that he will charge his
credit card to the limit before exiting the tackle shop.
Reel - A weighted object
that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.
Rod - An attractively
painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.
School - A grouping in
which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for spam instead.
Tackle - What your last
catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back
overboard.
Tackle Box - A box shaped
alarmingly like your comprehensive first aid kit. Only a tackle box contains many sharp
objects, so that when you reach in the wrong box blindly to get a Band Aid, you soon find
that you need more than one.
Test - (1) The amount of
strength a fishing line affords an angler when fighting fish in a specific weight range.
(2) A measure of your creativity in blaming "that darn line" for once again
losing the fish.
 
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