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Hey Ed - Do We Have A Glossary Of Terms on Crappie.com?
Let me add after our outing yesterday:
Water Lice: The kind of boaters that have zero disregard for fisherman and will pass within 20 yards of your boat at full speed pulling ski'ers.
Rogue Wave: A wave created when a ski boat comes barreling around a point 20 yards away from you and some green carp fisherman is late for his green carp weigh-in and decides to cut between you and the ski boat at 70mph!
NUFF SAID!
Originally Posted by Jerry Blake
If we already do have or if you want to start one, here's a few terms/definitions for you (IMHO of course):
Angler – Politically Correct term for Fisherman to include Fisherwoman
Bi-catch – Species other than crappie that are caught while crappie fishing
Crappie Size Classification:
Keeper – Any fish of any species that is big enough to “stink the grease” and therefore worth keeping. The decision as to whether a fish qualifies as a Keeper often depends on what is already “in the box”.
Dink – Crappie too small to keep. Also known as "Grease Tester" or “Desperation Keeper”.*
Desperation Keeper - Fish that would not normally be kept but is kept because nothing else is biting and the angler and/or angler's buddies and/or family are FISH HAWNGRY. May or may not be legal to keep.*
Suicide – Dink or other fish that would not ordinarily be kept either because of its sizes or species but is hook-injured and kept so it doesn’t go to waste. Also knows as a "Swallower", “Floater” or “Grease Tester”.
Eater – Average size crappie or other fish that is not big enough to brag about but big enough to contribute to “Getting A Mess”.*
Slab – Above average size crappie - gives an angler minimal bragging rights. Also known as “Pig”, “Barn Door”, *Hawg” or “Two Pound Crappie” (hefted weight, not weighed on a scale”.*
Good-Ole-Bigun – Crappie that is in the top 1% in length and weight of crappie caught in the fishery where it was caught. Gives an angler considerable bragging rights, especially if no one else on the trip catches anything comparable. Often considered for mounting or for having a replica made. Also knows as “Mounter”, “Wallhanger”, “Big-Ole-Goodun” and often shortened to just “Bigun”.*
*Length/weight varies from region to region and lake to lake depending on the size of fish available to catch in the fishery.*
Green Carp – Largemouth or Spotted Bass/Kentucky Bass caught while crappie fishing.
Green Carp Fisherman – An angler that primarily fishes for black bass, which often requires a high-powered/fast boat.
Green Carp Tournament Fisherman – An angler that fishes competitively for black bass, many of which believe that their entry fee into any given tournament gives them privileges that ordinary anglers are not entitled to. Many Green Carp Tournament Fishermen appear to believe that it is more important for them to get to their next “Honey Hole” than it is to be courteous to other boaters/anglers.
Mess – Enough crappie or other fish to feed any given number of people. As in, “We caught a mess of fish for the fish fry at the fire station (could be 5-people, could be 50)” or “I caught a mess for dinner for my family (could be 2-people, could be 20).”
Ruent – Southern term for a person that after being exposed to crappie fishing thinks about going fishing all the time, spends all their extra (and sometimes not extra) funds on boats, electronics and tackle and goes fishing whenever possible. Also known as, “Ate Up”, “Hooked”, “Ruined” and unfortunately sometimes “Divorced”.
I'll probably think of a few more and anyone that wishes to do so is more than welcome to add to this list. If you'll "Reply With Quoate" to the newest reply and insert your submissions in alphabetical order, everything will be together at the end of this thread in case we want to save it somewhere. CP, you can make it a "Sticky" for a while if you want too.
It will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with.
