Speak the water.
A name makes sense when you know the place.
Use these definitions with their linked trip types. Local names can mean different fish or formats in different regions.
82 local terms
- albie blitz
A feeding event involving little tunny, commonly called false albacore or albies.
Montauk fall run ↗- Ascension Bay slam
The bonefish, permit, and tarpon objective used here.
Ascension Bay Grand Slam ↗- bait ball
A concentrated school of baitfish; its presence is not guaranteed.
Mag Bay bait balls ↗- barra
Barramundi.
Top End barra run-off ↗- Big O
A local nickname for Lake Okeechobee.
Okeechobee wild-shiner bass fishing ↗- blackfishing
Fishing for tautog in this regional context.
New Jersey tog fishing ↗- blues
Bluefish in this Montauk target list.
Montauk fall run ↗- bonefishing
Fishing for bonefish; here the place is Andros.
Andros bonefishing ↗- bottom fishing
Presenting bait or lures near the bottom or structure.
Gulf red snapper season ↗- bull reds
Large adult red drum; “bull” is a size nickname.
Louisiana bull reds ↗- Buoy 10
The named Columbia estuary fishery; it is not a general label for every Columbia salmon trip.
Buoy 10 salmon ↗- Cabo marlin
A broad trip phrase; ask which marlin species is intended.
Cabo striped marlin ↗- canal trip
A trip defined by its canal access and water, not by a marine charter format.
Miami canal peacock bass ↗- catch-and-release charter
The charter category discussed by the cited fishery notice; check its current conditions.
Prince Edward Island giant bluefin ↗- combo
A charter format that combines target species or methods.
Seward halibut and salmon combo ↗- DH
Short for delayed harvest; check the designated water and current rules.
North Carolina delayed-harvest trout ↗- dorado
A shared common name; this page means the freshwater golden dorado.
Iberá golden dorado ↗- dorado del Iberá
Golden dorado in the Iberá wetland context.
Iberá golden dorado ↗- drum run
A seasonal drum-fishing event; here it means Outer Banks red drum.
Outer Banks drum run ↗- El Salto bass
A lake-specific bass trip phrase, not a separate species.
El Salto lobina fishing ↗- eyes
A short name for walleye.
Lake Erie walleye charter ↗- FAD
Fish aggregating device; a structure used to concentrate fish.
Costa Rica FAD marlin trip ↗- flats
Shallow fishing areas; the access and casting method still need a local plan.
Florida Keys Grand Slam ↗- fly-in
Aircraft access to a fishing destination.
Ontario fly-in fishing ↗- grander
A marlin over 1,000 pounds; an exceptional outcome, not a promise.
Kona blue marlin and the grander tradition ↗- greenbacks
A Lake Winnipeg nickname for walleye.
Lake Winnipeg greenback ice fishing ↗- hatch
An insect-emergence event whose timing and location can vary.
Madison River salmonfly hatch ↗- heavy-tackle season
The local specialist black-marlin format described for September–December.
Cairns heavy-tackle black marlin ↗- Kenai coho
A species-and-water name that distinguishes the trip from Kenai sockeye fishing.
Kenai silver salmon ↗- Keys Grand Slam
The bonefish, permit, and tarpon combination used on this page.
Florida Keys Grand Slam ↗- kings
Chinook salmon.
Buoy 10 salmon ↗- Kona blue marlin
A species-and-port description for the offshore trip.
Kona blue marlin and the grander tradition ↗- ladder fishing
Fishing from a ladder or platform in the lake’s shallow shore zone.
Pyramid Lake ladder fishing ↗- Lahontan cutthroat
The cutthroat trout target named in the Pyramid Lake sources.
Pyramid Lake ladder fishing ↗- lake-run
Movement between a lake and its tributaries, not an ocean migration.
Steelhead Alley ↗- live shad
Baitfish used alive in the documented Texoma method.
Texoma stripers ↗- live-lining
Fishing a live baitfish as the presentation.
Chesapeake rockfish charter ↗- lobina
The Spanish bass name used in this El Salto sport-fishing context.
El Salto lobina fishing ↗- low-water season
A water-level context that needs a named tributary; not one basin-wide date range.
Rio Negro tucunaré-açu ↗- Mag Bay
A short name for Bahía Magdalena.
Mag Bay bait balls ↗- marlin rayado
The Spanish local name used here for striped marlin.
Cabo striped marlin ↗- marsh bulls
Bull redfish in a marsh-trip context.
Louisiana bull reds ↗- Miami peacocks
Butterfly peacock bass in the Miami canal context.
Miami canal peacock bass ↗- mothership
A separate support or accommodation vessel paired with the fishing boat.
Cairns heavy-tackle black marlin ↗- mousing
Fishing an artificial mouse-pattern fly.
Mongolia taimen on mouse flies ↗- night jigging
Fishing jigs after dark; the method that defines this trip.
San Diego night-jig bluefin ↗- old drum
A local name for large red drum, not a separate species.
Outer Banks drum run ↗- outpost
A remote accommodation format; guide service and meals need separate confirmation.
Ontario fly-in fishing ↗- Pacific bluefin
The tuna species here, distinct from Atlantic bluefin.
San Diego night-jig bluefin ↗- palometa
A Spanish name used for permit in the local source context.
Ascension Bay Grand Slam ↗- pass tarpon
Tarpon targeted around Boca Grande Pass; the phrase identifies the water, not another species.
Boca Grande tarpon ↗- PEI giant tuna
A Prince Edward Island trip phrase for Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Prince Edward Island giant bluefin ↗- pickerel
A Canadian colloquial name for walleye in this context, not chain pickerel.
Lake Winnipeg greenback ice fishing ↗- release trip
A trip planned around release rather than keeping the fish.
Fraser white sturgeon fishing ↗- rockfish
In the Chesapeake context, striped bass.
Chesapeake rockfish charter ↗- run-off
The drainage of floodplain water that defines this seasonal trip context.
Top End barra run-off ↗- salmonfly
A large stonefly, not a salmon species.
Madison River salmonfly hatch ↗- sauger
A separate fish species included with walleye in the local target list.
Lake of the Woods sleeper-house ice fishing ↗- seamount marlin
An offshore-ground trip phrase; it does not confirm access to every site.
Costa Rica FAD marlin trip ↗- sight cast
A cast directed at a fish that the angler or guide can see.
Andros bonefishing ↗- silver king
A nickname for Atlantic tarpon.
Boca Grande tarpon ↗- silvers
Coho salmon; the salmon target in many local combo descriptions.
Seward halibut and salmon combo ↗Coho salmon in this Alaska context.
Kenai silver salmon ↗- slabs
Large crappie; a size nickname without a guaranteed catch size.
Grenada slabs ↗- slam
An objective involving a stated group of species; the definition varies by place.
Lowcountry Inshore Grand Slam ↗- sleeper house
An ice-fishing house offered for an overnight stay.
Lake of the Woods sleeper-house ice fishing ↗- snapper charter
A charter with red snapper as an intended target; it does not prove a legal opening.
Gulf red snapper season ↗- specks
Speckled trout, the local name for spotted seatrout in this saltwater context.
Lowcountry Inshore Grand Slam ↗- spider rigging
A crappie method with multiple rods; check the current local rod rules.
Grenada slabs ↗- spring walleye
A seasonal target phrase; it does not replace the river and date in a plan.
Detroit River walleye jigging ↗- Steelhead Alley
A regional name for the Lake Erie tributary fishery.
Steelhead Alley ↗- stocking
The agency’s placement of fish; a schedule is not a catch forecast.
North Carolina delayed-harvest trout ↗- stripers
Striped bass; the target in this Lake Texoma trip.
Texoma stripers ↗Striped bass.
Montauk fall run ↗- tailing
A fish feeds with its tail visible above shallow water; an observation, not a catch promise.
Lowcountry Inshore Grand Slam ↗- taimen
Here, Siberian taimen; a target that needs a named permitted river plan.
Mongolia taimen on mouse flies ↗- Texas Slam
Redfish, spotted seatrout, and southern flounder in this Matagorda Bay guide.
Texas Slam ↗- tog
A short name for tautog.
New Jersey tog fishing ↗- trout
Here, spotted seatrout; not a freshwater trout.
Texas Slam ↗- tucunaré-açu
The local name used here for speckled peacock bass.
Rio Negro tucunaré-açu ↗- vertical jigging
Working a jig beneath the boat rather than trolling a spread.
Detroit River walleye jigging ↗- walleye chop
Wind-driven surface conditions discussed by walleye anglers; not a separate trip product.
Lake Erie walleye charter ↗- white sturgeon
The standard species name for this lower Fraser target.
Fraser white sturgeon fishing ↗- wild shiner
A golden shiner used as live bait in the documented bass method.
Okeechobee wild-shiner bass fishing ↗
No matching term. Try another local name.