Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| angle | to fish with a hook and line. |
| angler | one that angles. |
| angleworm | a earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. |
| angling | the sport of fishing > ANGLINGS. |
| backcast | a backward movement with a fishing-line prior to casting; (verb) to make such a cast. |
| bait | food put on a hook to attract fish or make them bite; (verb) to put bait on a hook. |
| baiter | one who baits. |
| baitfish | fish used as bait. |
| baker | an artificial fly used in salmon-fishing. |
| bellyboat | a water safety device, chiefly used in angling, consisting of a large, circular inflated rubber tube attached around a person's waist. |
| bobfloat | a small buoyant float used in angling. |
| bonefishing | the sport of fishing for BONEFISH. |
| bucktail | a type of fishing lure. |
| buzzbait | an artificial bait with small blades that stir the water. |
| bycatch | an immature fish, esp. one caught along with the main catch. |
| cast | to throw a fishing-line or net into the water. |
| catworm | a polychaete worm frequently used as a fishing bait. |
| cauf | a basket for fish > CAUVES. |
| chum | a groundbait of chopped fish, etc used by anglers. |
| conder | a person who, stationed on high ground, signals the direction taken by shoals of herring etc. to a fishing boat. |
| crabber | a crab fisherman. |
| crankbait | a fishing lure with a shape that enables it to dive and stay under water. |
| creel | an angler's basket; (verb) to put fish into a creel. |
| croove cruive cruve | a wattled fish-trap used in a river or estuary. |
| dap | to fish with a fly bounced gently on the water. |
| dapper | one who daps, in angling > DAPPERS; (adj.) trim, neat > DAPPERER, DAPPEREST; DAPPERLY. |
| dib | to dip bait gently into the water when fishing. |
| dipnet | a hand-held fishing scoop; (verb) to fish with this > DIPNETS, DIPNETTING, DIPNETTED. |
| doryman | one that fishes from a dory. |
| doughball | a kind of bait used in carp fishing. |
| dragnet | a large net drawn behind a boat. |
| driftnet | a large fishing net arranged to drift with the current. |
| dropfly | an artificial fly attached to a leader in angling. |
| eeling | the act of fishing for eels. |
| electrofishing | fishing by stunning fish with electric shock > ELECTROFISHINGS. |
| fishability | the state of being FISHABLE. |
| fishable | that can be fished. |
| fisher | a fisherman; also a type of marten, aka PEKAN or WOODSHOCK. |
| fisherman | a man who fishes as an occupation or for pleasure. |
| fisherwoman | a woman who fishes as an occupation or for pleasure. |
| fishery | the business or practice of catching fish. |
| fishhook | a barbed hook for catching fish. |
| fishing | the occupation or pastime of catching fish. |
| fishline | a line for catching fish. |
| fishnet | a net for catching fish. |
| fishpole | a fishing rod. |
| fishway | a device for enabling fish to get round a dam. |
| fishworm | a worm used as bait. |
| flyfisher | one who fishes with a fly. |
| flyline | a type of line used in fly fishing. |
| flymaker | a person who ties artificial flies for angling. |
| flyrodder | an angler using artificial fly. |
| flytier | one who ties flies for angling. |
| gaff | a hook for catching large fish; (verb) to catch with such a hook. |
| gamefish | a fish caught for sport. |
| gill | to catch fish by the gills > GILLS, GILLING, GILLED. |
| giller | one that GILLS, catches fish with a gillnet. |
| gillnet | a type of fishing net in which fish are caught by the gills; (verb) to fish with a gillnet > GILLNETS, GILLNETTING, GILLNETTED. |
| grannom | a type of caddis fly used in angling. |
| groundbait | bait dropped to the bottom to bring fish to the neighbourhood. |
| guddle | to catch fish barehanded. |
| gurdy | a winch on a fishing boat. |
| haaf | in Orkney, a deep-sea fishing-ground. [ON haf, sea]. |
| hairwing | a fishing lure tied with hair. |
| halieutic | pertaining to fishing. |
| halieutics | the art or practice of fishing. |
| handline | a fishing line worked by hand. |
| handliner | one who fishes with a handline. |
| harl | a fibre of flax, etc; a barb of a feather, esp one used in making an artificial fly for angling; such a fly; (verb) to drag along the ground, to troll for fish. |
| icefish | to fish through a hole in ice. |
| jacklight | a kind of fishing lure; (verb) to fish with a jacklight > JACKLIGHTS, JACKLIGHTING, JACKLIGHTED. |
| kakivak | an Inuit fishing spear. |
| keepnet | a cone-shaped net suspended in a river, in which fish caught by anglers can be kept alive. |
| kiddle kidel | a stake-fence set in a stream for catching fish. |
| longline | a long fishing line with many hooks attached. |
| longliner | one who fishes wiht a longline. |
| maggotorium | a place where maggots are bred for sale to fishers > MAGGOTORIA. |
| monofil | a single strand of synthetic fibre; a fishing-line so constituted. |
| norsel | a short piece of line for fastening fish-hooks; (verb, obs.) to fish with a norsel > NORSELS, NORSELLING, NORSELLED. |
| norseller | one who fishes with a NORSEL. |
| outfish | to surpass in fishing. |
| overfish | to fish to excess. |
| overnetting | the act of covering with a net > OVERNETTINGS. |
| panfishing | fishign for small fish suitable for the pan > PANFISHINGS. |
| piscator | a (male) angler. |
| piscatory | of or pertaining to fishes or fishing. |
| piscatrix | a (female) angler > PISCATRIXES. |
| prawner | one who fishes for prawns. |
| putcheon putcher | a wire trap for catching salmon. |
| rebait | to bait again. |
| rodfisher | one who fishes by rod. |
| rodfishing | fishing with a rod and line. |
| rodster | an angler. |
| saltchucker | a saltwater angler. |
| scalloper | one who fishes for scallops. |
| sean | a kind of fishing-net; (verb) to fish with such a net. |
| seine | a kind of fishing-net; (verb) to fish with such a net. |
| seining | fishing with a seine-net > SEININGS. |
| setline | a strong fishing line between buoys. |
| sinker | a weight for siking anything, such as a fishing-line. |
| snagger | a person who uses illegal fishing methods. |
| snell | (noun) a short line used to attach a fish-hook to a main fishing line; (verb) to attach such a hook; (adj.) keen, sharp > SNELLER, SNELLEST; SNELLY. |
| sniggle | to fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places. |
| sniggler | one who SNIGGLES, fishes for eels. |
| spoonbait spoonhook | a lure on a swivel, used in trolling for fish. |
| sportfisherman | a motorboat equipped for sportfishing. |
| sportfishing | fishing for sport. |
| squid | (verb) to fish using squid as bait > SQUIDS, SQUIDDING, SQUIDDED. |
| surfcaster | one who fishes from the shore by casting into the surf. |
| swimfeeder | a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface. |
| swoffer | one who engages in SWOFFING, the sport of saltwater fly-fishing. |
| swoffing | the sport of saltwater fly-fishing. |
| tailfly | in angling, the lowest fly on a wet-fly cast. |
| trat | a type of fishing line holding a series of baited hooks. |
| trawl | to fish by dragging a net along the sea bottom. |
| trawlnet | an open-mouthed bag-net for dragging along the sea-bed. |
| troll | to fish by drawing bait along in the water. |
| troller | a person who trolls, esp. in fishing; a fishing boat used for trolling a line. |
| trotline | a fishing line across a waterway with baited hooks. |
| trouter | a person who fishes for trout. |
| troutful | full of trout. |
| trouting | trout-fishing > TROUTINGS. |
| troutless | without trout. |
| trouty | containing trout > TROUTIER, TROUTIEST. |
| underfish | to fish insufficiently. |
| unfished | not fished. |
| whiff | to fish with a hand line towed behind a boat. |
| whiffer | one that WHIFFS, fishes with a hand-line. |
| wormfly | a type of lure used by anglers. |