Itasca County Fishing Definitions -
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 its limit.
Hook
(1) A curved piece of metal used to catch fish.
(2) A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his life 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 co-workers 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... 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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