Recreational fishing
Recreational fishing - Fishing techniques - Fishing tackle - Fishery - Fishing Derby - History of fishing NPR redirects here. ... Image File history File links Gnome-globe. ... Fishing from a Pier Fishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). ... Fishing from a Pier Fishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). ... Fishing tackle refers to the equipment and gear used when engaing in the pursuit of fish for sport and commercial value. ... A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing. ...

Big-game fishing
Big-game fishing - Game fish - Marlin fishing - Marlin - Bass fishing - Peacock bass - Striped bass fishing - Striped bass - Swordfish - Tuna - Land-based shark fishing - Larry Larsen - International Game Fish Association Big-game fishing, sometimes called offshore sport fishing or offshore game fishing, is a form of recreational fishing, targeting large bony fish such as tuna and marlin in the open sea, often some distance from land and, in some fishing grounds, out of sight of land. ... A Game fish is a fish that is pursued for sport, regardless of whether the fisherman ultimately eats the fish. ... Marlin fishing is considered by many game fishermen to be the pinnacle of offshore game fishing, due to the size and power of marlin, relative rareness and difficulty of capture. ... Spotted Bass from the Coosa River near Wetumpka, Alabama (Released) Bass fishing is the sport of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the black bass. ... Binomial name Cichla orinocensis The Peacock Bass (Cichla orinocensis), also commonly known as the Peacock Cichlid, is a freshwater fish native to South America (where it it is known as the pavon), and introduced to Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia deliberately by anglers as a popular game fish. ... Binomial name Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) The striped bass Morone saxatilis is a member of the temperate bass family native to North America but widely introduced elsewhere. ... This article is about a type of fish. ... For other uses, see Tuna (disambiguation). ... Larry Larsen is a world class freshwater sport fishermen and author. ... The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) is the leading authority on angling pursuits and the keeper of the most current World Record fishing catches by fish categories. ...

Angling
Angling - Casting - Surf fishing - Beach casting - Bank fishing - Trolling - The Compleat Angler Angling. ... In the sport of fishing with a fishing rod, casting is the act of throwing the hook into the water, by quickly flicking the rod from behind the angler toward the water. ... Surf Fisherman Surf fishing is the sport of catching fish standing on the shoreline or wading in the surf. ... Beach casting is a popular form of dinning which is carried out through out inner africa. ... Bank fishing is a method of fishing from the bank or shoreline. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler. ...

Fly fishing
Fly fishing - Trout bum - Fly rod building -Bamboo fly rod - Float tube - Fly fishing target species - Fly fishing waters - A River Somewhere - Catskill Museum - American Museum - Annotated bibliography of fly fishing Fly rod and reel with a wild brown trout from a chalk stream. ... Trout bum is an affectionate nickname for dedicated trout anglers, particularly those who practice fly fishing. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT The American Museum of Fly Fishing, an educational and non-profit institution, was established in 1968 in Manchester, Vermont, USA, by a group of interested anglers. ... This annotated bibliography is intended to list both notable and not so notable works of english language, non-fiction and fiction related to the sport of fly fishing listed by year published. ...

Artificial flies
Artificial fly - Fly lure - Fly tying - Amadou - Diawl bach - Cul De Canard - Klinkhammer - Flesh Fly (Fly-Fishing) - Hare's Ear - Clouser Deep Minnow - Woolly Worm (imitation) - Egg sucking leech - Muddler Minnow - Woolly Bugger - Pheasant Tail Nymph - Trolling tandem streamer fly Blue Winged Olive, a classic dry fly for trout. ... Fly Tying is the art of creating an artificial lure, usually made of thread, fur, and/or feathers, for use in fly fishing (See fly lure). ... Amadou is a natural fungus of brown colour used by fly fishermen for drying out fly lures. ... Cul De Canard (CDC) (french for Duck bottom) is the fluffiest down feathers from the bottom of a duck; they are very buoyant and are used when tying dry flies. ... The Clouser Deep Minnow is an artificial fly commonly categorized as a streamer and is fished under the water surface. ... The Typical Muddler Minnow Pattern The Muddler Minnow is a popular and versatile streamer pattern used in fly fishing and fly tying. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

Baits and lures
Bait - Bait fish- Groundbait - Fishing lure - Boilies - Deadstick - Little Cleo - Mormyshka - Original Floater - Plastic bait - Plastic worm - Plug - Sabiki - Soft plastic - Spinnerbait- Spin fishing - Spoon lure - Spoonplug - Surface lure - Topwater lure- Texas Rig - Zara spook - Heddon Bait is any substance used to attract prey, e. ... Bait fish Minnow or carp family (Cyprinidae), sucker family (Catostomidae), top minnows or killifish family (Cyprinodontidae), shad family (Clupeidae), sunfish family (Centrarchidae), excluding black basses and crappie. ... In-line spinner lure with ring, dish, body/weight and hook In terms of sport fishing, a lure is an object attached to the end of the fishing line and designed to resemble and move like an item of fish prey. ... Mormyshka ( or Mormishka, or Marmooska) is a sort of Fishing lure or a jig. ... Orange plastic worm. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... A spoon lure is, in terms of sport fishing an oblong, concave metal piece resembling a spoon. ... A surface lure is a fishing lure designed to waddle, pop, pulse, twitch or fizz across the surface of the water as it is retrieved, and in doing so imitate surface prey for fish such as mice, lizards, frogs, cicadas and moths. ... The Texas Rig is a technique used for fishing soft plastic lures. ... Heddon is a brand of artificial fishing lures created by James Heddon, who is credited with the invention of the first artificial fishing lure in the late 1890s. ...

Hooks and bite detectors
Fish hook - Hookset - Circle hook - Hair rig - Bite alarm - Float - Shortfloating - Quiver tip - Pellet waggler Fishhook redirects here. ... In recreational fishing terminology, the hookset is a motion made with a fishing rod in order to impale a fishing hook into the mouth of a fish once it has bitten a fishing lure or bait. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Hair Rig is a very useful piece of fishing tackle allowing you to present baits without them sitting directly on your hook therefore improving its efficiency. ... Different types of fishing floats. ... Shortfloating is an angling method developed to increase the chances of catching a willing fish while decreasing the loss of terminal gear. ...

Rods, reels, lines and sinkers
Fishing rod - Fishing rod tapers - Bamboo fly rod - Fishing reel - Fishing swivel - Coarse fishing - Arlesey Bomb - Bombarda - Fishing line - Braided fishing line - Monofilament line - Multifilament line - Power pro - Hand-line fishing - Long-line fishing - Sinker - Sandsinker - Jig - Dropline - Downrigger - Trotline - Jiggerpole A fiberglass spinning rod and reel circa 1997. ... The taper of a rod, describes how it bends or flexes under pressure. ... A spinning reel A fishing reel is a device used for the deployment and retrieval of fishing line using a spool mounted on an axle. ... This article needs more context around or a better explanation of technical details to make it more accessible to general readers and technical readers outside the specialty, without removing technical details. ... This Angling weight was developed by Richard Walker at the lake in Arlesey. ... Fishing line is any cord made for fishing. ... Braided line is one of the strongest kinds of lines in relation to its diameter. ... Multifilament line is also referred to as The Super Lines[1]. This is a braided line which is made up of a type of polyethylene, an extremely thin line for its strength. ... Power Pro is a type of fishing line made out of a material called Spectre Fibers. ... Handlining is one of the oldest forms of fishing and is still common. ... Long-line fishing is a commercial fishing technique that uses hundreds or even thousands of baited hooks hanging from a single line. ... A sinker is a weight used in fishing to force a lure to sink more rapidly or to increase the distance that it may be cast. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The desktop where the word processor and the spreadsheets are running. ... A downrigger is a device used in fishing by the trolling method which places a lure down th the desired depth. ... A Trotline is a length of cord or lightweight rope used in conjunction with several hooks hanging at given intervals along the cord for the purpose of catching fish, particularly catfish. ... A jiggerpole (or jigger pole) is a very long fishing pole that is used with a very short and very heavy line, usually a foot (0. ...

Nets, traps, spears and gaffs
Fishing net - Gillnet - Drift net - Seine - Surrounding net - Chinese nets - Glass float - Ghost net - Fish trap - Fish wheel - Fishing weir - Lobster trap - Lobster hook - Gaff - Turtle excluder device - Corf - Spearfishing - Speargun - Bowfishing - Polespear - Hawaiian sling - Trident Fishing with a cast net. ... Oil painting of gillnetting, The salmon fisher by Eilif Peterssen. ... Drift nets are nets used in oceans. ... Fishermen catching salmon on the Columbia River using a seine. ... Kochi fishing net Cheena vala (Chinese fishing net), Kochi Raising the net The Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala) of Kochi (formerly known as Cochin), a city in Kerala, south India are fixed land installations for an unusual form of fishing. ... Small glass float from southern tip of Taiwan Glass floats, glass fishing floats, or Japanese glass fishing floats are popular collectors’ items. ... Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been lost by fishermen. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fishing. ... Fishing Weir- a piece of early technology used by North American Natives and early settlers to catch fish for trade and to feed their communities. ... A lobster trap (British English: lobster pot) is an effective way for fishermen to catch many lobsters at once when lobster fishing. ... Fishing with gaff hook In fishing, a gaff is a pole with a hook on the end that is used to stab a large fish and then lift the fish into the boat. ... A turtle excluder device. ... // Spearfisherman hunting dog-tooth tuna in the Ryu-Kyu Islands Dutch fishermen using tridents in the 17th century Night spear fishing, Amazon basin, Peru. ... // For a large mounted gun used to kill whales, see harpoon gun. ... Bowfishing is a method of fishing that utilizes specialized archery equipment to shoot and retrieve fish. ... A polespear (or pole spear) is an underwater tool used in spearfishing, consisting of a pole, a spear tip, and a rubber loop. ... The Hawaiian sling is a device used in spearfishing. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Other types of fishing
Sea Fishing - Kayak fishing - Rock fishing - Bottom fishing - Flounder tramping - Trout binning - Trout tickling - Noodling - Clam digging - Lobster fishing - Yabbying - Seal hunting - Cormorant fishing - Portuguese water dogs - Pearl hunting - Ice fishing - Fish aggregating device - Light attractor - Payaos - Cyanide fishing - Electrofishing - Blast fishing - Flosser This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Rock fishing is the act of fishing, usually with a rod and line, from rocky headlands, cliff tops and break-walls into the sea. ... Bottom fishing is the act of fishing the bottom of a body of water. ... Flounder Tramping is a traditional method of catching flounder or other flat fish by wading in shallow water and detecting and catching them by standing on them. ... Trout binning is a method of fishing, possibly fictional, described in the English periodical The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (Vol. ... Trout tickling is the art of rubbing the underbelly of a trout using fingers. ... Noodling is the practice and sport of fishing for catfish using only ones bare hands. ... Clam digging is a common means by which to harvest clams from below the surface of the tidal mud flats where they live. ... A traditional Maine lobster boat, used to haul and maintain the lobster traps. ... ... Genera Nannopterum Phalacrocorax Leucocarbo The Phalacrocoracidae family of birds is represented by about thirty species of cormorants and shags. ... Portuguese Water Dogs are a dog breed bred by the Portuguese at least 500 years ago to help with fishing. ... Pearl diver in Japan Pearl hunting or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving pearls from oysters and, on rare occasions, other nacre-producing creatures, such as abalone. ... Ice fishing in the Finnish Miljoonapilkki fishing competition. ... A fish aggregating (or aggregation) device (FAD) is a man-made object used to attract ocean going pelagic fish such as marlin, tuna and mahi-mahi (dolphin fish). ... A fishing light attractor is an underwater light that can be used to attract fish of many species, including baitfish, and larger fish. ... Cyanide fishing is an illegal form of fishing common in South East Asia, which usually uses the chemical compound sodium cyanide - a close relation of potassium cyanide. ... Blast fishing or dynamite fishing describes the practice of using dynamite, homemade bombs or other explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection. ... A Flosser is an angler who uses the method of flossing to catch fish mainly from the Salmon species. ...

Miscellaneous equipment and issues
Bag limits - Catch and release - Tag and release - Panfish - Ike jime - Priest - Fishfinder - Gamekeeper - Snorkel - Diving mask - Wetsuit - Hip boot - Waders - Fishing tournaments A bag limit is a law imposed on hunters and fishermen restricting the number of animals within a specific species or group of species they may kill and keep. ... Catch and release is a term given to the recreational fishing where releasing the fish (catch) is believed to be a technique of conservation. ... In the US, Panfish are fish that are small enough to fit whole into a skillet for cooking. ... A priest is a tool, often resembling a blunt weapon, used for quickly killing fish. ... Cabin display of a commercial or oceanographic fathometer sonar A fishfinder is a type of Fathometer, both being specialized types of echo sounding systems, a type of Active SONAR. (Sounding is the measurement of water depth, a historical nautical term of very long usage. ... A gamekeeper is a person who looks after an area of countryside to make sure there are enough (game)birds for shooting. ... A snorkeler amid corals on a coral reef near Fiji. ... A diving mask Snorkeler wearing a soft silicone diving mask A diving mask is an item of diving equipment that allows scuba divers, free-divers, and snorkelers to see clearly underwater. ... A surfer in a wetsuit. ... Hip boots, or waders as they are colloquially called, are a type of boot initially designed to be worn by river fishermen. ... Waders refers to a waterproof boot extending from the foot to the chest, traditionally made from vulcanised rubber, but available in more modern PVC, neoprene and Gore-Tex variants. ...

Manufacturers of fishing tackle
ABU Garcia - Acme Tackle Company - O. Mustad & Son - Orvis - Rapala Abu Garcia is a fishing reel and fishing equipment company from Svängsta, Sweden, and is best known the manufacturer of the famous Ambassadeur bait casting (overhead) reel. ... O. Mustad & Son A.S. manufactures and sells fishing tackle and accessories since 1877. ... Orvis[1] is a fishing and sporting equipment manufacturer based in Vermont, USA. It is one of the oldest fly fishing tackle manufacturers in the world, established in 1856. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: Wikipedia is not a pronunciation guide If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ...

Boats
Recreational fishing boats - Farley Boats A fishing vessel is any ship used to catch fish on seas, lakes or rivers. ...

Writers, photographers and other personalities
Sheridan Anderson -Charles Cotton - Frank Parker Day - John Dietsch - Henry van Dyke - Jack Gartside - John Gierach - Arnold Gingrich - Theodore Gordon - George F. Grant - Zane Grey - Paul Gustafson Roderick Haig-Brown - Charles Hallock - Henry William Herbert - Norman Maclean - James Prosek - Howell Raines - Skeet Reese - Ernest Schwiebert - Red Smith - Richard Walker - Chris Yates An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Charles Cotton (April 28, 1630 - February, 1687) was an English poet, best-known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French. ... Frank Parker Day (born 1881 at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, died 1950 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian fisherman and author. ... Henry van Dyke Henry van Dyke (1852 – 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman. ... Image:Jack gartside. ... John Gierach is an American author and freelance writer who formerly resided on the St. ... Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976), born in Grand Rapids, MI, founded Esquire (magazine) with David Smart (a Chicago publisher) in 1933. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. ... This article is an autobiography, and may not conform to Wikipedias NPOV policy. ... Alan Roderick Haig-Brown (born 1941) is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer who lives in New Westminster, British Columbia. ... Charles Hallock (13 March 1834 - 2 December 1917) an American author born in New York City to Gerard Hallock and Elizabeth Allen. ... Henry William Herbert (pen name Frank Forester) (April 3, 1807 - May 17, 1858), was an English novelist and writer on sport. ... Norman Fitzroy Maclean (23 December 1902 in Clarinda, Iowa — 2 August 1990 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American author and scholar most noted for his books A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (1976) and Young Men and Fire (1992). ... James Prosek ([[May 23]], [[1975]]) is an American writer and illustrator. ... Howell Raines was Executive Editor of The New York Times from 2001 until his resignation following the Jayson Blair scandal in 2003. ... Walter Wellesley Red Smith (September 25, 1905 in Green Bay, Wisconsin - January 15, 1982 in Stamford, Connecticut) was an American sportswriter who rose to become Americas most widely read sportswriter. ... Richard Walker (1918 – 1985) was an English angler. ...

Magazines and Organisations
Angling Times - American Angler - Best Angler ESPY Award - Fly Tyer - Fishing in Alabama - Golden Mile - Gray's Sporting Journal - International Game Fish Association - Operation liberty - Salt Water Sportsman The Angling Times is the UKs largest and most read angling newspaper,with also printing subsidiaries of Angling Times Advanced and Improve Your Coarse Fishing. ... The November/December 2006 cover of Grays Sporting Journal. ... The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) is the leading authority on angling pursuits and the keeper of the most current World Record fishing catches by fish categories. ... Fishingkaki. ...

Regional fishing
Fishing in Alabama - Hunting and fishing in Alaska - Fish in Australia - Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship - Golden North Salmon Derby - Golden Triangle (Rocky Mountains) - Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament - Lakeland Bassmasters - Fishing in Ohio - Redmire pool - Troutmasters - Fishing in Wyoming - Angling in Yellowstone National Park Hunting and fishing in Alaska are common both for recreation and subsistence. ... There are many species of fish in Australia, and fishing is a popular Australian activity. ... Historically, the premier flyfishing locations in the United States have been located in the Rocky Mountains in an area encompassing Yellowstone National Park, Montana and Idaho. ... Troutmasters is the name of an annual fishing tournament taking place in the Wilsons Creek district of Pisgah National forest in Western North Carolina. ...

Miscellaneous
Fishkeeping This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...