My fishing partner have developed a number of terms while fishing over the years. I am sure many of you have many as well.

Pressure Strike: When a bass gently grabs your bait without a jerking or tapping sensation: often confused with a stick hit and a scum hit.

ISP: Isolated scum patch; generally lurking below the surface waiting to slime one's crankbait.

Hipster: The one a__hole that lives near each fishery with nothing better to do than nose into other peoples business and keep watch for anything out of the ordinary; Characterized by:The propencity to stand with hands on hips, equipped with binoculars, mobile phone with 911 on speed dial. A nagging wife may be nearby.

Catfish Shake: Hook extraction method used on undesirable fish of several species--catfish,gar,tilapia--or when pliers are not within reach. Simply grab the hook and shake violently until the fish falls off or the hook breaks.

Twitchin Like a Crack addict: Violently twitchin a plastic worm to trigger a bass strike.

Dink: Bass less than 14 inches long.

Broken Neck: When the guide tube on the inside of a screw-in weight breaks. Also the action one would like to take on the CEO of the weight company each time this occurs.

Haulin Water: Casting several thousand times without getting a bite or fish to the boat.

One Fish Mode:Phase occuring after fisherman has exhausted all means for possible catching a fish or near the end of the day when the fisherman seeks one last fish to end the trip properly.

Jiz: Megastrike Fish Attractant--no disrespect Bobby, just what we call it.

SCRUB: a fish that is just above the minimum legal size that you hope to cull (scrub) from your bag before weigh in.

re-riggerman: The guy in the boat who changes lures every two minutes

Haha pretty funny stuff, but isn't it just easier to say "violently shaking" instead of "twitchin' like a crack sleeper"?

We use:

Pokin' stick: a stick for poking anything you don't want to touch with your bare hands- could be a dead bloated fish, a snake, a dead body...whatever floats into view.

The older obligatory ones:

Grass Bass: reeling in a big old clump of grass

Limb Bream: reeling in a stick instead

Rock Bass:  snagging into some rocks

My brother and I call all plants(in the water) "poop".  Not sure why either. Grass bass is a good one, my dad has used that one for as long as I have been fishing. So when I catch a stick I call it a stick bass.

Paul

re-riggerman: The guy in the boat who changes lures every two minutes

Hey, you just described my fishing buddy, LOL!!!  ;D

"Biggobbagoo":  The green stuff that you drag in with your Jitterbug.

"Handwarmers": the panfish you catch after getting soaked in a chilling rainstorm.

"Huge":  Any fish you lost and never actually saw more than a glimpse of.

"I think I got a hit":  What you say every time your lure bounces off a rock or stick.

"Florida Strain bass": The term you use to describe your buddy's dink fish (see also "Wallhanger")

"You should've been here yesterday!":  The oft heard expression after getting skunked.

re-riggerman: The guy in the boat who changes lures every two minutes

I call that Heddening a lure......as in aww man i had to hedden that lure.....

Named after my pal whose last name is Hedden....that kid changes his lure after every 5 casts....its ridiculous!!

Flier: a little smallmouth that spends more time in the air than the water when you're bringing him in. (this does not apply while flipping)

Scumbag, buckethead, loser - Names for those who leave their styrofoam worm containers on the ground, along with other trash. No offense to bait fishermen, just the ones who can't see the trash can 30 feet away.

Fishwig - when you pull a fish out of the slop and it's face pokes through the salad that came with it. Looks like it has a wig on.

Surface to air missile - A lure that that flies at your face at 100 MPH after being thrown by a fish or yanked from a snag.

Skunkbait - anyone that shows up to fish with my brother in law after he's been fishing a while. He'll always swear he was "killin' em" until you got there ;D

My fishing lingo is much too harsh for a family forum.  Just ask Long Mike.  

Tree Pounder. Pretty much self explanatory.

almost forgot........

"a what the $@#& is that!!!!!"

thats what happens when you catch a "big mouth sleeper" for the first time!!!!!!!

surprised me, and many others....until you actually find out what it is ;D

weird fish, none the less!!!

Scumbag, buckethead, loser - Names for those who leave their styrofoam worm containers on the ground, along with other trash. No offense to bait fishermen, just the ones who can't see the trash can 30 feet away.

x2 along this river i fished i found little blue worm container after little blue worm container. and then bags of empty soda and water bottles hanging from the bushes near the spot. I picked up probably around 25 of those things.

Tight eyes: a small bass with eyes are close together

Jimmy Houston quick release: a bass that shakes off at the boat

Spinner Bug: spinner bait

Bottom of the lake: what you've caught when you hang a log or stump

Texas Redneck Bubba Bass: a 2 pound plus bass that fights like a hawg

Hawg: y'all call em Pigs but a hog is bigger than a pig

Death in a bag: Gene Larew Salty Ring Worms they simply kill em!

Scumbag, buckethead, loser - Names for those who leave their styrofoam worm containers on the ground, along with other trash. No offense to bait fishermen, just the ones who can't see the trash can 30 feet away.

x2

Dooshes: Legal guardians (REFUSE to call them parents >) that will let their children run wild, screaming and throwing rocks, sticks in the water several feet away from someone trying to fish.

Perfection: Any cast you make that couldn't have been set there better AND catching a fish on it.

Murphy's Perfection: Any cast you make that couldn't have been set there better that results in an IMMEDIATE snag.

Aya-toll-a aya-hole-a: Guy that decides to run his leaf blower, brush trimmer or chainsaw only when he sees someone pull their boat up anywhere near his bank.

Doghouse phone call: Sometimes the planets align and you're tearing up the fish. Good size and good numbers only to be broken up by a call by either The Boss or The REAL Boss (wife) wondering if you can handle something that for them is an emergency and for you it ranks up there with watching paint dry. If you don't leave the lake to go handle it you'll be sharing a bed with Rover for at least two weeks.