Lets go the opposite route of "Todd" & his is it just me? post. What are some of your best nicknames/slang. Example, fish club (for bonking hatchery fish only) = the priest. The pyramid anchor on the back of a drift boat = the hook. Your buddy coming back on a major hook-set with nothing to show for it = the air bite. Bring it on!

Premature-ejerkulation: You moochers Know what I am talking about.

Hawk Stick: Club used for bonking brats

Drone: Cigarette smoking, expressionless faced, run stompin, fish whackin, rude, eastern block snaggers

Cooned em: Succesful Trip

One Hook Otis: The guy who walks out in the center of the run and kicks the bottom to free his hook from a snag. Perhaps the next time he fishes, he will bring more than one hook

Candy: Bobs egg recipe with a minor alteration, tied in mesh bags (8 eggs or less)

Tyra Banks: Orvis Models (wannabees) that parade the river in their over priced duds like fishing fashion models on a runway

Westy Gig and Rig: All of the little tips I have picked up for thumpin fish from the guys I fished with in Washington. it drives these gusy nuts around here.

Stix and Twigs: Float rods and floats

United Nations Hole: Great fish run, where every country in the world is represented

Prophet and his Disciples: Term I use to refer to Bob, and all of the guys that post fishing tips and info on this board.

Setting a Pick --Anchoring the drift boat

Pinner---Small hatchery fish

Just a couple

Cracker... and I dont mean the saltines

we've all fished with one

How about...

Wood Shampoo: applying the bonk to a brat with a chunk of stove wood.

Bumper Boats: Similar to bumper cars at the fair, only on the Hoh in March and April.

Yahoo: another term for "cracker"

I remembered another one:

When I lived in Santa Barbara and we used live sardines/anchovies for Calico Bass, when you missed a strike and lost your bait, we called it "farmin' 'em". I suppose that meant we were fattening them up for next time.

They also had wierd names for fish down there, the same fish we have here. They called rockfish "sugar bass". I think that was because they made really good bait for other fish, especially because they were mainly pretty small. At least they didn't call them sea bass like crackers do around here.

Some of the pier fishers called the leopard sharks "tiger sharks". Even if I didn't have a degree in marine bio., I think that's a pretty easy distinction to make, and not a mistake you want to make if you happen to surf in the South Pacific anywhere!

They called cabezon "lingcod", and also called lingcod "lingcod", but somehow never confused themselves over which was which. They did, however, confuse me.

They like to call dogfish "sand sharks", which is fine with me, as lots of folks around here call them that. However, they maintained that dogfish and sand sharks were two different things, and that sand sharks were preferable for catching and eating. I never saw them catch what they called a dogfish, but I saw many dogfish caught and called sand sharks, then taken home to eat.

Barracuda were called 'gators, which I like, but I think that names already taken for pike and muskies and gars, isn't it?

Todd

Todd,

Wood shampoo......I love it!!

If you don't mind, I'd like to use it.

Fish on......

ankle biter - Smolt

Orvy - Person that looked like they stepped out of an orvis catalog

Captian Flog - a guy that takes 2 million casts off the same rock without moving

bubba - Snagger

Captain Flog = Reiter Rat ??????????

Captain Cranky = Bob before his 62oz coffee in the morning

Captain Cryonics = Bob in Soldotna after 28 double trips in a row

Okay, fair's fair Kent

How 'bout some more:

"crackers" in guide language refers to ALL private traffic ... this is in fun now, so no nasty emails!

bank maggots

pukers = private boats on the salt

farmers, farmed fish = losing fish through screw-ups

home run = swinging too hard on a fish and busting it off

good 'uns = all pre-spawn fish

I love the word "bonk" as in "Yeah hit a nice brat yesterday?" "Did you bonk him?" "Ofcourse"

Bonk=Kill 'em

So now that ReiterRat is a 'Definate Keeper', does that mean I can bonk him?
...not to be confused with 'boink'



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Ryan S. Petzold
aka
Sparkey and/or Special

Bob Ubank - Bankie/Bank fisherman

Tub/bath tub - Driftboat

Jet pilot/fighter pilot - Sled operator

Wherehauser - casting to far on the other side of the river and getting snagged in a branch ten feet up on the bank.

Most of these fit Ryan, just kidding!!
but you forgot a couple:
Cross some eyes = hooking a fish.
Come to papa = netting the fish.
"Another hook please" = what I said to Bob all day on the "Duc".
duckhunter
Bass fishing= casting on the other side of the logs.

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Oh, so that is why we kept refering to Vic as the bass fisherman.




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Ryan S. Petzold
aka
Sparkey and/or Special

Heard a gentleman on the Kalama refer to nappy looking Kings as "Soreheads"

"released a veggie" means you dragged a stick or some such debris to shore

"rockfish" often take a fly on a sinktip...sometimes small rocks will hang onto the fly all the way to shore

"ass biters" refer to chum, in particular...

my type VI sinktip has been dubbed a "dredger"

have heard the term "launcher" when referring to small fish that are inadvertently sent airborne on the hookset (often over your shoulder)

have taken to calling probing deeper holes "spelunking"

"rubber duckie hatches" and "Gore-Tex hatches" often occur along the Skagit when the eagles show up

When talking to another fisherman, "prime water" is water you've never seen a fish come out of...lol

"sex snot" is what's left over once your eggs disintegrate

"gale force mends" are inevitable when fly fishing on windy days...

"padrow" is what I do to try to keep the canoe in one spot on a windy day using one hand for the paddle and one hand for the fly rod...

"snoopy" is any guy who shows up with an inadequately cheap spin fishing combo (after the ubiquitous Snoopy rods of kiddie-combo fame)

Thats Right
duckhunter

Parker and I have our own fishing language in which some of it is of our own creation while the rest is borrowed from respected guides and other good fisherman.

"The Hurt" - Pluggin'

"Worm" - Eggs(thanks Robbo )

"Bugs" - Sandshrimp

"Saukin' it to 'em" - Using my fist instead of the wood fish bonker (hatchery fish only...don't panic, guys)

"Flat-Buried" - When the plug rod goes down and stays down

"Tampons" - white dink floats

"Spawners" - Any fish that Parker catches

"Hoity Toities" - Nicely dressed flyfisherman with no clue

"Neophytes" - Fisherman that are so clueless they don't even deserve cracker status

"Pucker Factor" - Degree of difficulty given when navigating rapids

My all time favorite:
Release a boneless Brown trout = going #2

Randy-
I hope those brown trout don't return and spawn......

PS. Watch out for the Trouser Trout...

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"Just Say No To Sovereign Nations!"

"confession booth"-driftboat (it stays on the river)

"count wormula"-delicious, nutritious pink worm

"daisy sniffers"-you can figure that one out

"boat maggot"-a guide that sits in one hole all day

"slug trail"-what you see on every rock in the Sol Duc (mostly from my boat lately)

"long linin'"-using binoculars to see your float a half mile downstream

"half hitchin"-spey casting in a stiff breeze

"monkey fishin"-pitching into the trees

"looky loo's"-scenic trippers

"slimers"-humpies

"slickery's"-hatchery coho

"drive by shooting" A take down thats missed before you can even touch the rod.

"tin boat" Aluminium drift boats

"tupperware boat" Fiberglass drift boats

Aluminum hatch = the day the kill season opens on the Clearwater River and the jet boat traffic and boat wakes make wade fishing unpleasant, if not hazardous for a few days

Fishin' the worm = a marabou streamer fly

Bait = wet flies

Portable sauna = neoprene waders

High percentage water = where steelhead live

Tar Heel Season = 365 days/year

Skinny water = too shallow to hold steelhead or too shallow to float through

Too thick to fish and too thin to plough = the river is "out"

You forgot a couple, Saukit2em.

RimFire - What happens when someone prematurely grabs the bait diver rod and pulls the bait out of the fishes mouth.

Cougd it! - Basically, causing anything bad to happen, especially something on the lines of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Parker
Vision Pro Staff
President, Sauk River Steelhead Ranch


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Rubber Ducky Boat=pontoon boats (Kevin named Fishingfools' boat)

Here are some others.

Row Biatch—that would be the one rowing naturally

Rod Biatch—the guy setting the rod for the row biatch

Turn-around Biatch—The guy that goes to do the turn around.

Biatchin the Boat—getting the boat ready for launch and take out while the Turn-around Biatch is retrieving the truck.

WARNING!!!!! These terms are NEVER to be used with girlfriend or worse the wife. Should be used only for fishing buddies—“Where’s the love?”


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fumunda: That pleasant odor which is a combination of stinky socks, perspiration, and farts that are brewed in your 5 mil neoprenes on a 60 degree day.

twist and tangle= spin and glow

robbo's girlfriend= a beautiful rubber woman that swims through the water like a mermaid

smagma= the white remains of your eggs

BILL DANCE = WHEN YOU GET SNAGGED IN A TREE & KEEP JIGGLING YOUR ROD UNTIL YOU GET YOUR RIG
BACK WITHOUT BREAKING IT OFF.

BOBBER & WORMS = THE ANSWER ANYONE GETS WHEN THEY ASK WHAT YOU ARE USING.

BOOT = DARK FISH.

CORNER CLAY BANK LOG JAM TAILOUT SLOT = A GOOD PLACE TO FISH.

BEER ME = I'M THIRSTY.

I KNOW WE USE ALOT MORE & WILL POST EM WHEN I REMEMBER EM. SOME ARE ALWAYS X RATED. HEH HEH

A Dirt Nap = Bonking a hatchery fish

River dork= Any other angler that is observered doing stupid things, being a baby and usualy dressed head to toe in cabelas or some other catalog brand.

Zoo= Blue creek or any other mass fishing destination.

Broke it's neck= when you get a really good hook-set.

Training wheels= After last months STS article what my friends call bobber jig and/or bobber and worm fishing.

Fish be good stick= Fish bonking stick in my sled.

slayed em= good day on the river

dumb= bad day on the river

Headhunter's= 3 guys in a driftboat all throwing spinners(hopefully barbless)

Got another brainstorm for you (can you tell I have the afternoon off for web-surfing) "Schooled" A.K.A. "taken to school". When the fish work's you over so well and escapes from a sure hook-up. Had 1 sol-duc silver do this to me right in front of my Brother in law! Classic hard take on a spoon, at the tailout of a nice drift with a 75' run, then double's back at warp speed. Slack lines me big time and spit's the hook Man o' man at my (our) feet! MY 6.3 to 1 reel did'nt save me that time.

"rock cod"- laying a viscous hook set on the bottom ,thinkin it was a fish and gettin snagged

"hog leg"- big fish

"it's noon somewhere"- your first beer at 9:00 in the morning

"limb cod"- an errant cast that ends up in the trees

Shark!!--Large fish

FIIIIIIN!!!!--you guessed it--fish on

Drone-hatchery "fin"

Fu-Fu juice--any scent with the label taped over or in a different bottle. (Drives my brother nuts)

Putt'n the Hammer Down

I know there's more but I am at a standstill.

SECRET WEAPON = PINK WORM

SNAKE = SKINNY SPAWNER

FISH STICK NO FRIES = REEL IN A STICK OFF THE BOTTOM

SHINED = SALMON BITE ON HERRING WHEN YOU REEL IN JUST YOUR HOOKS.

SALAD = SEA WEED

BASSMASTER = GETTING A SNAG OUT OF A TREE. SAME AS BILL DANCE ON MY PREVIOUS POST.

GOOD BITING ROCK = YOU KNOW THE FEELING. SWING & MISS. COULDA BEEN ONE.

BALLS DEEP IN THE 'BUT HOLE = HALIBUT FISHING IN A GOOD SPOT.

Terms used while fishing with buddies.

Chug Chug Chug = drink up mofo so you can have another (have a DD handy please)

Die Fish Die = term given when you are beating a fish with your fists instead of a rock or bonker.

Snipe-ing = flinging lures at a jet sled that decides to drop anchor 30 feet in front of the spot you've been fishing for the past 2 hours since sunrise.

Beeyotch slap = when a cold beer is not given.

doggy-style = ummmmm...boondoggin', yeah that's it.

Seattle Cronies = a gang of guys that pour out of vehicles who you know read the "so accurate" Tacoma Tribune fishing report. They are the guys that have driven since 3am to get to a spot and their buddies stack up beside them. Thus results in the next term:

Wall of Pain = a wall of "anglers" (usually Seattle Cronies or bubbas) who have their closet friends or kin, elbow to elbow, snagging fish...or the PC term "foulhooking".

Pele' Release = those bubbas who think catch and release is to kick the fish from the rocks back into the water.

And my signature "stop licking on that ice cream cone like that before I put you out on the corner and make me some money" = get your @ss in gear and fish instead of dilly dallying.

Lots of good ones used up already . Hmmm. ...

~ ~ "Class 5 rapids" - the first time a novice rows thru some mild riffles.
~ "Boot Wars" - When SAUKit & Parker post pics of each other holding up boots they kept. (true story stay tuned )
~ "Ring o' fire" - ask SAUK for the definition
~ "Watch this" - what Hey_'Yall and other guys from 'Bama say just before they are killed.
~ "OH SHEEYAT - THAT WAS A FISH!!!" - What Superfly says everytime a rock takes his float under. ... jk = just kidding
~ "Bar closin' horny" - when some guys haven't scored a fish all day and then hook and keep a boot just before the boat ramp take out.
~ "Cracker box" - group of rude fishers in a boat together.
~ "Paintin 'em" - when you pour a gallon of bright red oil-based paint onto the water behind your boat after some cracker pulls up on your backtrolling lines and starts fishing despite a warning not to.
~ "Boat talk" - the things guys usually talk most about while out fishing together w/o the ladies around; you know, like the stock market
~ "Milestone" - a real long stretch of annoying light colored basalt rock shelves; like you'd find on the upper 'Nooch or Naselle.
~ "T-Bomb Eggs" - when your buddy puts your freshly rigged egg cluster into a cup of Long Island Tea and you hook a moody King on the first cast with them (try it!).

RT

salmonhead=brown trout trying to surface while you're fishing

"DICKDORK" or "SLAPDICK"-
Any wanna be angler that attempts to fish your hole and is within a fifty feet range of where you are at. Especially when the area has very little traffic!

Here are a couple
Dopehead: a guy that dosen't even see or know when his float was last present on the top of the water.

Mexican Driftboat: Side planer

Smackin da *****: Killing a hatchery hen

Bassmaster : when you succesfully pull your gear that you casted into a tree free without loosing it.

Fishermans friend: Vicodin

Girl can cast: when you have a girlfriend or wife that can fish with the best of them.

I think that is it for now.
Peace Superfly

Craker Jacket - any bright colored rain coat

I always thought "Tube Sock" was a pretty good description of a spawned out hatchery steelhead.

Dildo Hatch. This happens when there is a fishing report in a local newspaper and every person that owns a yellow Eagle Claw
rod hits the river.
GamaGotchaMotherF***er. What you say when you hook a fish on a Gamakatsu hook.
Put your purse down. What you say. When a fishing partner starts whining about the torrential downpour you are caught in with no shelter around.
Pilgrim. People who dont have clue.....
Jig Pimp. The guy who sales jigs out of the back of his car.
Limp lining river fairy. The stuck up no fish catching Orvis catalog wearing wannabe fly fisherman.
Railed em! A good day!
Cooned em! My wifes term for a good day.
In the kitchen. My wifes saying when shes is her favorite hole.
Whiffed it.A missed fish.

row boat maggot- drift boaters
dragon- dark salmon
dragon slayer- someone who doesn't know when to let one go(anyone at Vernita)
glory day- good day fishin w/lots of fish