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BAIT FISHING [27 records]

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Record 1 2023-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A boat that takes paying passengers for a day or several hours of fishing, as in coastal waters or a bay, and usually rents fishing tackle and sells or provides bait.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Chasse et pêche sportive

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
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Record 2 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A diesel-powered boat used on the Pacific coast for tuna fishing and made with the deckhouse forward, bait tanks aft, and iron racks around the stem from which [fishers] fish with heavy bamboo poles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Types de bateaux
  • Pêche commerciale
Key term(s)
  • thonier-clipper

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

A lobster trap or lobster pot is a portable trap that traps lobsters or crayfish and is used in lobster fishing.... Lobster traps can be constructed of wire and wood, or metal and netting or rigid plastic. An opening permits the lobster to enter a tunnel of netting or other one-way device. Pots are sometimes constructed in two parts, called the "chamber" or "kitchen[, ]" where there is bait, and exits into the "parlour[, ]" which prevents escape.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Trout fishing with salmon eggs is one of the most popular and effective methods for catching these... fish. Salmon eggs are a great bait choice for trout, as they are high in protein and have a strong scent that attracts them. Not only do salmon eggs make an excellent bait, but they can also be used to catch other species of fish such as steelhead and bass.... When tying the knot, ensure it is tight enough so that the eggs do not slip off the hook when casting or retrieving.... Once everything is in place, you can cast and start catching fish with your salmon egg bait[. ] With proper preparation and technique, you should be able to successfully hook salmon eggs for bait and enjoy a successful day of fishing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

... bottom fishing involves lowering a weighted hook or lure to the bottom of the water column.... No bottom fishing expedition would be possible without three essential items. These are the sinker, the hook, and the line.... When a good fishing rig is coupled with quality bait, you get a combination no bottom fish can ignore.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Live bait fishing is an essential component of the pole-and-line tuna fishery, whereby small fishes are caught in rectangular lift nets, often using lights at night to lure them to the water's surface... Bait fishing takes place within the atoll lagoon around reefs prior to each offshore tuna fishing trip. The captured baitfish are kept alive in tanks in the vessels’ hold until the pole-and-line fishing begins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Chasse et pêche sportive

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Colaboración con la FAO
  • Pesca comercial
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
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Record 7 2022-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Small fishes are an important link in the food chain, but are exploited by commercial and recreational fishers for bait.... bait fishing and bait use practices [by commercial and recreational fishers were examined].... Most catch some bait themselves but also purchase bait from other fishers and retailers.... Most recreational fishers... catch at least some bait themselves, and [some] expressed interest in purchasing chum [salmon scrap] alternatives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Chasse et pêche sportive

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

Bait thrown to the bottom of a fishing ground [to attract fish].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
OBS

amorce : Composition, malléable ou dure, de matières comestibles ou non, mise à l'eau pour attirer le poisson et le rassembler.

OBS

Comme son nom l'indique, elle est destinée aux poissons de fond.

Spanish

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Record 9 2021-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Handlining is a fishing method in which a line with a hook, usually baited, is lowered into the water from a drifting, anchored or moving boat or from a jetty, pier or rock on the shore overlooking the water. Handlining is just as its name implies—holding a line in the hand while waiting either actively or passively for a fish to take the bait.

Key term(s)
  • hand lining
  • hand line fishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

La pêche à la ligne à main est une technique consistant à mettre à l'eau une ligne garnie d'un hameçon généralement appâté; cette mise à l'eau peut se faire à partir d'un bateau ancré, dérivant ou en route aussi bien qu'à partir du rivage, d'une jetée, d'un môle ou d'un enrochement surplombant l'eau. Comme son nom l'indique, la pêche à la ligne à main revient simplement à tenir une ligne à la main tout en attendant, soit activement, soit passivement, qu'un poisson vienne mordre à l'appât.

Spanish

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Record 10 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bait box : an item in the "Fishing and Trapping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

boîte à appâts : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de pêche et de piégeage» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bait casting reel : an item in the "Fishing and Trapping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

moulinet à tambour tournant : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de pêche et de piégeage» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 12 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bait bucket : an item in the "Fishing and Trapping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

seau à appâts : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de pêche et de piégeage» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 13 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bait basket : an item in the "Fishing and Trapping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

panier d'appâts : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de pêche et de piégeage» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 14 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bait container : an item in the "Fishing and Trapping Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

conteneur à appât : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement de pêche et de piégeage» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 15 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
Gobio gobio
Latin
DEF

A small freshwater fish(Gobio gobio) of the minnow and carp family found in Europe and N Asia, having a barbel on each side of the mouth... used for food and also for fishing bait.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Gobio gobio
Latin
DEF

Petit poisson téléostéen dulcicole, très commun en France, à dorsale et anale courtes, caudale fourchue, portant un court barbillon à la commissure buccale. (Nom scientifique Gobio gobio; famille des cyprinidés; taille : 15 cm.)

Spanish

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Record 16 2014-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

[Type of fishing in which the] fishing gear consists of a bamboo pole, to which is attached a line having a feather or other lure with a barbless hook; alternatively bait may be used. In some cases, two men using poles connected to a common line and hook may be required for large fish. The fisherman heaves on his pole to fling the fish behind him on to the deck; as the hook is barbless the fish is disengaged automatically as the line tightens and slides forward along the sloping deck.

OBS

Method applied to types of fish (such as tuna or large size mackerel) having a high individual value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Pêche du thon, du maquereau, de l'encornet, etc.

Spanish

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Record 17 2011-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

The act of casting; a throw of a fishing net or line.

OBS

[A cast is also] the light piece of gut or nylon on the end of a fishing line, to which the weights, hook and bait are attached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Jet de l'appât ou du leurre dans la pêche au lancer.

Spanish

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Record 18 2008-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Aquaculture
DEF

... the method of fishing in which a lure or bait is pulled along behind a moving boat.

CONT

Trolling, or trailing as it’s sometimes called, is fishing by pulling an artificial lure or mounted baitfish behind a moving boat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Procédé de capture au moyen de lignes remorquées.

CONT

Traîne (Pêche à la). En mer, pêche de gros poissons à l'aide d'une canne type bateau, d'un moulinet big game et d'une ligne tournée ou torsadée. [...] On pêche en général du pont arrière d'un bateau à moteur. [...] En eau douce, la pêche à la traîne a le plus souvent pour objet le brochet, la perche ou la truite. On traîne alors un leurre derrière un bateau à rames ou à moteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pesca comercial
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
  • Acuicultura
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Record 19 2006-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Environment
CONT

Any resident when fishing with live or natural bait, using poles or lines which are not equipped with a fishing line retrieval mechanism, and fishing for noncommercial purposes in the county of her or his residence. A valid Fishing License is required to fish by any method in a Fish Management Area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Environnement
OBS

zone : territoire, périmètre soumis à un régime ou à un statut particulier, sur le plan administratif, économique ou légal.

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Tenebrio molitor
Latin
DEF

The larva of various beetles of the family Tenebrionidae that infests, feeds on, and pollutes grain products(as flour and meals) but is often cultured for food for insectivorous animals, laboratory use, or as bait for fishing; esp : a pale brown to yellowish larva of a cosmopolitan beetle.

Key term(s)
  • yellow meal worm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Tenebrio molitor
Latin
CONT

Entreposées dans de mauvais locaux, les farines peuvent être attaquées par de nombreux déprédateurs : mites de la farine, blattes, ténébrions meuniers et leurs larves, lesquelles portent improprement le nom de «vers de farine».

CONT

Le ver de farine est une larve allongée, presque cylindrique, qui atteint 35 mm de long et dont la couleur est jaunâtre ou brunâtre. Ses pattes sont courtes et épineuses. L'insecte adulte a le corps allongé, de forme parallèle, brun noir et de 20 mm de long.

Spanish

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Record 21 2002-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
CONT

Your fishing itinerary is put together in a wooden floathouse which is a complete facility with tackle, live bait, rental and guided boats.

CONT

A "floating home" is defined in the [Exercise Tax Act] ETA to mean a structure that is composed of a floating platform and a building designed to be occupied as a place of residence for individuals that is permanently affixed to the platform, but does not include any free-standing appliances or furniture sold with the structure or any structure that has means of, or is capable of being adapted for, self-propulsion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier
CONT

La [Loi sur la taxe d'accise] LTA définit une maison flottante comme une construction constituée d'une plate-forme flottante et d'un bâtiment, fixé de façon permanente sur cette plate-forme, qui est conçu pour être occupé à titre résidentiel, à l'exclusion des appareils ou du mobilier non encastrés vendus avec la construction.

Spanish

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Record 22 1994-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

[A terminal tackle attached to the fishing line] that revolves freely and absorbs torsion of lure or bait to minimize twist on line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Petit accessoire terminal que l'on attache au bout de la ligne ou du fil pour l'empêcher de vriller.

OBS

Il est utilisé, par exemple, pour changer les leurres sans avoir à couper la ligne chaque fois.

Spanish

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Record 23 1994-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
OBS

The main regulations governing sport fishing in the province of Quebec define the term bait trap as a small hoop-net, without wing or supporting guard, measuring no more than 60 cm in length and 25 cm in diameter and having no openings greater than 2. 5 cm in diameter.

OBS

A bait trap is used to catch fish or bait.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
OBS

Dans les principales règles de la pêche sportive au Québec, le terme bourolle est défini comme étant un petit verveux, sans aile ni guideau, d'au plus 60 cm de longueur et 25 cm de diamètre, dont la plus petite ouverture de l'entonnoir ne dépasse pas 2,5 cm de diamètre.

Spanish

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Record 24 1993-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Phraseology
DEF

Equipment, apparatus, appliances and supplies for use in the operation of a fishing vessel and not forming part thereof, or for use in fishing, and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes detachable engines and machinery, books, trawls, nets, anchors, traps, bait, salt, fuel and stores. [Bank Act].

Key term(s)
  • fishing equipment
  • fishing supplies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Phraséologie
DEF

Engins, appareils, dispositifs et fournitures destinés à l'armement d'un bateau de pêche mais n'en faisant pas partie, ou destinés à la pêche, et, notamment, moteurs et machines amovibles, lignes, hameçons, chaluts, filets, ancres, nasses, casiers, et parc, appâts, sel, combustible et provisions. [Loi sur les banques].

Key term(s)
  • engins de pêche
  • fournitures de pêche

Spanish

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Record 25 1993-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Another spincasting advantage is that many different sizes and weights of lures can be used effectively.

OBS

This method of fishing is probably a "marriage" of spinning and bait casting, although it should not be confused with either of these fishing techniques.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

En combinant les mécanismes des moulinets pour lancer léger et lourd, on a réussi à obtenir le lancer combiné (spin-casting).

OBS

Pour ce type de pêche, on utilise habituellement un moulinet à bouton-poussoir.

OBS

lancer combiné : équivalent confirmé par les spécialistes de la revue Sentier Chasse-Pêche.

Spanish

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Record 26 1991-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Bonito are usually found in schools 25 to 35 kilometers offshore and can be caught by trolling, casting, jigging or live bait fishing using cut fish and strip baits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
OBS

Équivalents établis de concert avec le Service de traduction de Pêches et Océans Canada.

Spanish

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Record 27 1988-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

[A] man in charge of scattering bait at the surface of the water in tuna fishing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Pêcheur responsable de l'amorçage dans la pêche des thons.

Spanish

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