BC Fishing Glossary
This glossary is a listing of fishing related terms, slangs, lingos that are commonly used by sport fishermen and fishery biologists in British Columbia.
- A -
adipose fin | anadromous | anal fin | annual quota
- B -
bait | baitcasting reel | baitcasting rod | baitfish | bar | barbless hook | bar fishing | boat launch | bonk | boot | bottom bouncing | brackish | braided line | braided river | broodstock | by-catch
- C -
cannon ball | catch and release | centerpin reel | centerpin rod | char | chironomid | chumming | clinch knot | crankbait | creel survey | current
- D -
daily quota | derby | dew worm | DFO | dorsal fin | downrigger | dry fly
- E -
egg beater | egg loop | escapement | estuary
- F -
fillet | float | float depth | flossing | fly | fly fishing | foul hooked | freshet | freshwater | fry
- G -
gooey bob | gravel | groundfish
- H -
hatch | hatchery | hatchery marked fish | high grading | hook
- I -
in-season estimate | invasive species
- J -
jack | jig | jigging
- K -
- L -
land locked | leader | live well | long-line release | lure
- M -
main line | mending | minimum size | minnow | monofilament line | mooching
- N -
natal stream | nymph
- O -
- P -
pectoral fin | pelagic | pelvic fin | pencil lead | poaching | pocket water | pool | possession quota
- Q -
- R -
regulation | residualized | riparian zone | river | rockfish | rockfish conservation area | roe | roe sac | run
- S -
salmon | short floating | side channel | single egg | single hook | skunked | slough | smolt | snagging | soft plastic | spawn | spincasting | spinner | spin n' glow | spinning reel | split shot | spoon | strike indicator | swivel
- T -
tailout | test fishery | tidal boundary | tide | treble hook | tributary | triploid | trolling | trout | trout bead
- U -
- V -
- W -
weight | wild fish
- X -
- Y -
- Z -
zinger
