·        Albies = Albacore

·        Albas = See Domes

·        Barries = Barracudas

·        Barelycuda = small or short barracuda.

·        Barney = a term used to describe an angler who claims to know everything about fishing but can’t get hung.

·        Bird’s Nest = Line overrun on the spool.

·        Boil = Topwater Disturbance Caused By Big Fish Chasing Little Fish. Never leave a spot where fish are boiling.

·        Bones = Bonito

·        Bowser = seal

·        Brady = An abnormally large cylindrical rapala used to catch tuna, whitefish, or ex-hookers.

·        Braille = To throw net fulls of chum at a time.

·        Breezers = Fish That Are Just Swimming Through The Area. Not Necessarily Feeding, Just Teasing.

·        Brown Cod = Head use without enough current for dispersal.

·        Buffalo = Dorado (a.k.a. a Jim Lewis)

·        Buzz Saw = Getting cut off by another line crossing yours, other person not following their fish.

·        Cabinboy = One Who Is Constantly Sleeping In The Cabin, Can't Take The Boredom.

·        Candy = The 'preferred' Baitfish, Usually Live Squid.

·        Cannelloni = I can with a partner too

·        Cattle Boat = An Overcrowded Open-party Sport-fishing Boat. "Wow, Those Guys Are Packed On Like Cattle!"

·        Chewing = Fish are biting

·        Chicken = A Sea Gull; Especially One That Ate Your Hook. "Look, I Caught Some Chicken!"

·        Chovies = Anchovies.

·        Chummer = Seasick Person.

·        Circus Animal = An annoying seal

·        Condo = Massive Sized Kelp Paddy

·        Dead-heads = Those Scraggly, Un-shaved "friends" Of The Deck-hands That Get To Ride On The Boat For Free. Often Seen Hogging The Best Corner Of The Boat To Fish On And Always Getting The "primo" Baits From The Guy On The Tank. They Are Not Considered Paying Customers, Just Dead (extra) Weight.

·        Deens = Sardines

·        Desert = No fish for miles.

·        Dinies = Small Sardines.

·        Dinks = Little Fish.

·        Dinos = Large Sardines.

·        Dodo = Dorado

·        Dogs = Seals

·        Domes = Area Out In Front Of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Where The Reactors Look Like Two Very Big Fake Tits.

·        Drag = Two Definitions Here. And No, One Of Them Is Not Dennis Rodman. This Could Be Referred To As The Braking Mechanism In Your Reel Or The Art Of Trolling, Which Is Simply Dragging Lures Behind The Boat.

·        Farmer = One Who Constantly Loses Fish. Don't Know How This One Came About. (1)

·        Firecrackers = Small Yellowtail

·        Fish Heads = What's left after a sea dog gets a hold of your catch!

·        Flattie = Halibut.

·        Foaming = Lots Of Big Fish Feeding Heavily Upon Lots Of Little Fish. The Topwater Disturbance Is So Great It Creates A "foam" On Top Of The Water.

·        Frisco Style = When you snag a fish in the butt.

·        Gaff Master G = One especially adept at gaffing fish

·        Galley Bitch = The cook.

·        Going through the ghetto = fishing through a large school of NOTS

·        Footballs = Little Tuna.

·        Gorillas = Big Tuna.

·        Grumps = Big Calico Or Sand Bass. Too Tough To Eat, Should Be Released.

·        Hemp = Kelp Paddy, Kelp Beds

·        Hollywood = term Used For The Guy That Fishes With The Clicker On Each Time The Fish Runs.

·        Hook-up! = Term Used When You Have Hooked Into A Fish.

·        Hooker = A Prostitute

·        Hung = Hooked Up With A Big Fish.   As in, “I’m well hung”.

·        La Scala = Is there a good place to eat around here?

·        Laguna Tuna = A small mackerel.

·        Logs = Big Barracuda.

·        Longfins = Albacore.

·        Lunker = Huge Trout Or Big Bass

·        Mack Attack = Mackerel Eating Every Bait Thrown Making It Impossible To Catch Targeted Species.

·        Macks = Mackerel.

·        Make Bait = Catching Live Bait Yourself As Opposed To Buying It.

·        Mangler = Idiot That Doesn’t Look Behind Before Casting His Jig. Watch Out For This Guy, Unless You Want Your Nose Pierced For Free.

·        Mossbacks = Yellowtail. This Is Usually A "large Yellowtail" Being Caught In An Area That He Shouldn't Be In Or Being Caught In The Winter Months. -

·        Masterbaiter = One who can quickly and efficiently put his hook through the lower lip and head of a deen.

·        Night Fishing = generally a bad time to catch fish.  They can’t see the lures.

·        N.O.T.S. = Albacore

·        Paddy = Floating Kelp. Sometimes Lots Of Fish Hiding Underneath.

·        Paddy Mak Daddy = Master kelp fisherman and captain of The Black Diamond

·        Pinheads = Tiny Baitfish, Usually Die Immediately After Being Hooked.

·        Pocket = Area Of Fish

·        Professional Over-Run = See Bird’s Nest

·        Rats = Little Yellowtail.

·        Rhinos or Trout = Big Sardines

·        Rigs = Offshore Oil Platforms.

·        Salad = Snagging kelp or other plantlife

·        Sammy the Samurai = Legendary San Diego fisherman

·        Sea Dog = Seal -- Or Sea Lion. Those Fish-robbing Dogs!

·        Sewer Trout = See N.O.T.S.

·        Shoe = Horseshoe Kelp. Located 3-5 Miles Off Long Beach Breakwall.

·        Shoulders = Reference To A Big Fish That Is Really Thick Up By The Head

·        Skinning the Dolphin = Just what is Cabinboy up to down there?

·        Skippies = Skipjack Tuna

·        Slammed! = Getting Hooked On A Fish.

·        Slow Troll = Term Used For Nose Hooking A Bait And Kicking The Boat In Gear And Moving Slowly To Keep The Bait Alive

·        Snot Sticks = Barracudas

·        Soakin’ Bait = Casting Out Your Bait And Waiting To Get A Bite.

·        Spooked = Finicky Fish

·        Spooled = All The Line Has Been Stripped From The Reel. Panic Time!

·        Squirt Gun = Squid

·        Stick or Gig = Gaff

·        Stinky Pinky = An old dead squid.

·        String = Fishing Line

·        Tails = Yellowtail.

·        Tangler = An Unhappy Angler Trying To Fish Aboard An Overcrowded Boat.

·        Toads = Huge Fish

·        Wide-open = Drop A Bait Into The Water, Catch A Fish.

·        Worms = Live Bait, Sardines, Chovies Etc.

·        Yellows = I Use This One A Lot And What's Worse Is It Could Be Referring To Either Yellowtail Or Yellowfin Tuna. Not Yellowfin Croaker.

·        Zzzzzzzzz = The Sound Your Reel Makes After Your Bait Is Slammed At 50 Mph By A Hungry Tuna. Hookup! Yeah Baby!!!

(1) The way I heard about the term "farmer" came from an old crusty skipper who watched the passengers on his boat while they fished. Having nothing better to do on slow days, he sized them up based on the way they looked and their obvious skill - or the lack thereof - and would then make his sarcastic comments to the crew as to what kind of job that person probably did – like "college boy" or "ditch-digger". Throughout history, a farmer was a lowly peasant that had absolutely no talent, no worth. He was the bottom of the barrel in society and has been until this century. He simply stuck a seed in the ground and waited for it to grow. No rocket science needed there. So "Farmer" was the insult to the person that the skipper deemed "stupid " or "hopeless".