"FISHING-ISMS"

[Lee Borgersen]

 It would be fun to see all the different terms we all use for fishing.  Let's call these terms "FISHING-ISMS". If you have a funny term or saying you use, please post it. Please include the name of the fishing-ism and its definition when submitting. 


Skunked= Going fishing and not catching anything.



Get Da Frabill- Telling your partner to get the net so you can land a fish.



Black on Da Back- Running a Mercury motor.



Running Meat- The act of using a crawler harness  rig to try and catch some walleyes.



Reefing and Gaffing= Going trolling



Goats= Sheepshead



Scummers= Whitebass



Perch Jerkin' = Going fishing for perch



Snakes= Small Northern Pike



Running Meat= Pulling crawler harnesses using night crawlers as bait while trolling



Cranks- Pulling different types of crankbaits while trolling



Gills= Another name for a Bluegill



Bugle Trout= White Suckers or Redhorse



Boilers= Anything other than a chinook, coho or rainbow from Lake Superior



Minnow Wench= non-fishing friend in college that we would buy a six pack for with the expectation that he would run up and down the river bank feeding us minnows during the walleye run (used in context: "Hey Minnow Wench, get down here, I'm empty!")



Salad Shooter= a boat propeller that's seen a couple of gravel piles. Cuts through weed beds better than a new, smooth prop.



Smelt= past tense of what flatulence results in (used in context: "That one really smelt! Prolly gonna itch when it dries!")



Toothy Mother= large northern pike



Stump Carp= largemouth bass



Trolling for bikinis= Fishing off the swimming beach



Sewer Salmon= Bullheads



Wood Bass= Snagged on a stump or catching a stick



Mr. Whiskers= Catfish



Game Warden= Carp Cop



Anchor= wife



Nag-O-Meter= cellphone



The Mud= An area in the middle of Lake Winnebago, mainly used for trolling



Chocolate Milk= An area where the water is very stirred up and resembles chocolate milk in color.



Pork Chop In A Can= Beer

 

That'll make the team= Keeper in a tournament



Got Shoulders= Big Eye



Big Creeker= Someone that just saw you catch a fish and pulls next to you



Salad= Refers to having a clump of weeds wrapped up in your line, or on the floor of your boat, or wrapped around your prop.



Shaker- A small salmon or trout you catch while trolling on Lake Michigan



Legless lizards  = Lake Trout (No teeth. No scales. No spines.)



Swing and a miss=  When you miss a bite



Long distance release= Fish getting off prior to being netted or landed



Cigars= Small walleyes

 

Bottom Bass= Snag



Lock Jaw = Fish are not biting



Roll 'em = Time to bring in the trolling spread



Pick 'em & stick 'em = Bringing in the trolling spread



3 to a side, 6 boards wide = Trolling spread



Winder= One who likes to reel in fish but cares little for knowing about the process. Common on charters both on the Great Lakes and saltwater.



Getting Slimed= To catch a musky. "I finally got slimed" or "Boat got slimed for the first time this year."



Speckled Suckers= Crappies for Muskies 



Bloaters/ Goatheads  = sheepshead



SWR ( Secret Weapon Rig) = 2 or 3 color lead pulled on a downrigger



Runin and Gunin  =  running from area to area looking for active fish



Fishing on Credit=  pull up the line and see nothing but a bare hook



Crawler Ball- Glob a bunch of night crawlers on a hook and cast it for anything that will bite.



"Here we go!"- What's said when a flag goes down on a planner board as you jump to the rod.



Jeet et?- What your partner says when he is getting hungry.



Green Carp- What walleye guys call Smallmouth Bass



Pulling Boards- Trolling while using planer boards



Snot Rocket- Another name for a Northern Pike

[tmjhamann]

SKUNKED that would be me!

[Fawkinnae]

"Oh no it's a rocky - get out of my boat." = My passenger just caught a rock bass.

[HD]

Beer B*tch....guy closest to the cooler 

[Lee Borgersen]

foo foo = That's the stuff that gets on your rig when your Carolina riggin. Many of my clients start to re-cast with foo foo still on their line. That's when I yell "STOP and clean the foo foo off first!" They get so lazy at times

[HD]

Green Grass Carp = what pike fisherman call large mouth bass

[Bobby Bass]

I think every boat has a few of these in my boat some of the common ones are

"A Curt Gowdy" When you call your cast to a perfect spot and catch a fish.

"Ringing the doorbell" When you bounce a lure off a dock post.

"Timber Muskie" A snagged branch

And of course fishing in the rain or snow and nothing is biting is called " Just Livin the Dream"

[dakids]

Rippin lips=  Setting hook to soon and "rippin the lips" of your bait off

Brim=  What people from the south call sunfish

Flag up=  Means that the flag on a tipup is up

Cross its eyes=  set the hook

Flippin=  casting underhand/usually used for catching grass carp

Bottle bass= beer

The queen is winning=  GirlGuide is winning the contest/term is usually used in jest because everyone in the contest knows she has NOOOOO chance.

[Fawkinnae]

Fawkinnae = I just caught a rock bass.

Fawkinnae = I just caught the fish of a lifetime.

Fawkinnae = I'm snagged.

Fawkinnae = My good muskie rod just fell over the side of the boat.

Fawkinnae = There's a boat full of topless women going by.

Fawkinnae = I forgot to put the plug in and my boat's sinking.

[HD]

Fawkinnae = I just caught a rock bass.

Fawkinnae = I just caught the fish of a lifetime.

Fawkinnae = I'm snagged.

Fawkinnae = My good muskie rod just fell over the side of the boat.

Fawkinnae = There's a boat full of topless women going by.

Fawkinnae = I forgot to put the plug in and my boat's sinking.

Fawkinnae..........I use that one alot! (And half the time I ain't even fish'in) 

[HD]

Tank Tender.......the dude closest to the live well

[HD]

"Tuna!"......what we say when we got a big fish on

[HD]

(this is gonna be a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGGG thread) 

[Lee Borgersen]

Poych = Perch (Curly on the 3 stooges would pronounce it ( Poych )

Rocket = Rock bass

Slobasourous = Any fat fish

Slobasourous T Rex = An extra massive fish.

You just donated = Just lost your bait to a fish smarter than you. (AGAIN) 

[HD]

Snot.....the black, dead weeds you get stuck on your spinner bait

[Lee Borgersen]

snot = the stuff that sticks on your partner's shirt when he blows his nose using one finger and no hanky

[Lee Borgersen]

snot = the stuff that sticks on your partner's shirt when he blows his nose using one finger and no hanky

[HD]

cell wench.........when the wife calls you on the cell phone to check up on you

[HD]

birds nest........a Bobby Bass backlash (in his bait caster)......

[HD]

snot = the stuff that sticks on your partner's shirt when he blows his nose using one finger and no hanky

eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww............................gross

[HD]

screamer..........fish tak'in drag

[Bobby Bass]

Ma Bell.  - What you call a fishermen who is always answering his phone or texting. ( see hunterdown for picture }   

[HD]

feed da fish'es.......when the fish keep stealing your live bait

[HD]

Ma Bell.  - What you call a fishermen who is always answering his phone or texting. ( see hunterdown for picture }   

(see cell wench) 

[HD]

dock dipstick..........guy who takes to long loading or un-loading his boat

[HD]

Launcher.........a guy tossing muskie lures

[HD]

skipper.........a small stealhead caught while either trolling or fishing the delta of a river.

[HD]

Whiff......when you set the hook and don't connect

Whiffer.....the guy that set the hook that didn't connect 

[Lee Borgersen]

Bragging stick = something you don't see to often these days thanks to CPR philosophy 

[Lee Borgersen]

Cane poll = bamboo fishing pole like Bobby Bass, Hunterdown and  Fawkinnae still use and The General still can't figure out. 

Side note:**
Cane poll = also is used for a form of corporal punishment around the world (caning)