ABSP - Fishing

Fishing

Words

angle	to fish with a hook and line.
angler	one that angles.
angleworm	a earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait.
angling	the sport of fishing > ANGLINGS.
backcast	a backward movement with a fishing-line prior to casting; (verb) to make such a cast.
bait	food put on a hook to attract fish or make them bite; (verb) to put bait on a hook.
baiter	one who baits.
baitfish	fish used as bait.
baker	an artificial fly used in salmon-fishing.
bobfloat	a small buoyant float used in angling.
bonefishing	the sport of fishing for BONEFISH.
bucktail	a type of fishing lure.
buzzbait	an artificial bait with small blades that stir the water.
bycatch	an immature fish, esp. one caught along with the main catch.
cast	to throw a fishing-line or net into the water.
catworm	a polychaete worm frequently used as a fishing bait.
cauf	a basket for fish > CAUVES.
chum	a groundbait of chopped fish, etc used by anglers.
crabber	a crab fisherman.
creel	an angler's basket; (verb) to put fish into a creel.
croove cruive cruve	a wattled fish-trap used in a river or estuary.
dap	to fish with a fly bounced gently on the water.
dapper	one who daps, in angling > DAPPERS; (adj.) trim, neat > DAPPERER, DAPPEREST; DAPPERLY.
dib	to dip bait gently into the water when fishing.
dipnet	a hand-held fishing scoop; (verb) to fish with this > DIPNETS, DIPNETTING, DIPNETTED.
doughball	a kind of bait used in carp fishing.
dragnet	a large net drawn behind a boat.
dropfly	an artificial fly attached to a leader in angling.
electrofishing	fishing by stunning fish with electric shock > ELECTROFISHINGS.
fishability	the state of being FISHABLE.
fishable	that can be fished.
fisher	a fisherman; also a type of marten, aka PEKAN or WOODSHOCK.
fisherman	a man who fishes as an occupation or for pleasure.
fisherwoman	a woman who fishes as an occupation or for pleasure.
fishery	the business or practice of catching fish.
fishhook	a barbed hook for catching fish.
fishing	the occupation or pastime of catching fish.
fishline	a line for catching fish.
fishnet	a net for catching fish.
fishpole	a fishing rod.
fishway	a device for enabling fish to get round a dam.
fishworm	a worm used as bait.
flymaker	a person who ties artificial flies for angling.
flyrodder	an angler using artificial fly.
flytier	one who ties flies for angling.
gaff	a hook for catching large fish; (verb) to catch with such a hook.
gill	to catch fish by the gills > GILLS, GILLING, GILLED.
giller	one that GILLS, catches fish with a gillnet.
gillnet	a type of fishing net in which fish are caught by the gills; (verb) to fish with a gillnet > GILLNETS, GILLNETTING, GILLNETTED.
grannom	a type of caddis fly used in angling.
groundbait	bait dropped to the bottom to bring fish to the neighbourhood.
guddle	to catch fish barehanded.
haaf	in Orkney, a deep-sea fishing-ground. [ON haf, sea].
halieutic	pertaining to fishing.
halieutics	the art or practice of fishing.
harl	a fibre of flax, etc; a barb of a feather, esp one used in making an artificial fly for angling; such a fly; (verb#) to drag along the ground, to troll for fish.
jacklight	a kind of fishing lure; (verb) to fish with a jacklight > JACKLIGHTS, JACKLIGHTING, JACKLIGHTED.
keepnet	a cone-shaped net suspended in a river, in which fish caught by anglers can be kept alive.
kiddle kidel	a stake-fence set in a stream for catching fish.
longline	a long fishing line with many hooks attached.
maggotorium	a place where maggots are bred for sale to fishers > MAGGOTORIA.
monofil	a single strand of synthetic fibre; a fishing-line so constituted.
norsel	a short piece of line for fastening fish-hooks; (verb, obs.) to fish with a norsel > NORSELS, NORSELLING, NORSELLED.
norseller	one who fishes with a NORSEL.
outfish	to surpass in fishing.
overfish	to fish to excess.
piscator	a (male) angler.
piscatory	of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.
piscatrix	a (female) angler > PISCATRIXES.
prawner	one who fishes for prawns.
putcheon putcher	a wire trap for catching salmon.
rebait	to bait again.
rodfisher	one who fishes by rod.
rodfishing	fishing with a rod and line.
rodster	an angler.
saltchucker	a saltwater angler.
scalloper	one who fishes for scallops.
sean	a kind of fishing-net; (verb) to fish with such a net.
seine	a kind of fishing-net; (verb) to fish with such a net.
seining	fishing with a seine-net > SEININGS.
setline	a strong fishing line between buoys.
sinker	a weight for siking anything, such as a fishing-line.
snell	(noun) a short line used to attach a fish-hook to a main fishing line; (verb) to attach such a hook; (adj.) keen, sharp > SNELLER, SNELLEST; SNELLY.
sniggle	to fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.
sniggler	one who SNIGGLES, fishes for eels.
spoonbait spoonhook	a lure on a swivel, used in trolling for fish.
sportfisherman	a motorboat equipped for sportfishing.
sportfishing	fishing for sport.
squid	(verb) to fish using squid as bait > SQUIDS, SQUIDDING, SQUIDDED.
surfcaster	one who fishes from the shore by casting into the surf.
swimfeeder	a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface.
swoffer	one who engages in SWOFFING, the sport of saltwater fly-fishing.
swoffing	the sport of saltwater fly-fishing.
tailfly	in angling, the lowest fly on a wet-fly cast.
trawl	to fish by dragging a net along the sea bottom.
trawlnet	an open-mouthed bag-net for dragging along the sea-bed.
troll	to fish by drawing bait along in the water.
troller	a person who trolls, esp. in fishing; a fishing boat used for trolling a line.
trotline	a fishing line across a waterway with baited hooks.
trouter	a person who fishes for trout.
troutful	full of trout.
trouting	trout-fishing > TROUTINGS.
troutless	without trout.
trouty	containing trout > TROUTIER, TROUTIEST.
underfish	to fish insufficiently.
unfished	not fished.
whiff	to fish with a hand line towed behind a boat.
whiffer	one that WHIFFS, fishes with a hand-line.
wormfly	a type of lure used by anglers.

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