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BAITFISH [11 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

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

A small fish produced commercially in aquaculture to be used as food to entice a larger fish.

CONT

When bait fish are jumping, it usually indicates they are being chased by predators. The predators could be game fish.

French

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

Petit poisson produit commercialement en pisciculture pour être utilisé comme nourriture pour attirer un poisson plus gros.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
  • Pesca comercial
  • Acuicultura
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
DEF

Pez pequeño producido comercialmente en acuicultura para ser usado como alimento para atraer un pez más grande.

Key term(s)
  • pez carnada
  • pez cebo
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Record 2 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 3 2022-06-27

English

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

[Thirty-seven percent] of the commercial fishers surveyed reported collaborating with fishers other than their own crew when catching bait, and the owner of the vessel used is the person that is responsible for reporting the catch. This highlights an important social aspect of the bait fishery that is missing from official catch records.

Key term(s)
  • bait fish fishery

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)
Ammodytes americanus
Latin
CONT

The sand eel is an extremely important forage for all of the gamefish which frequent the Atlantic; everything from whales to yellowfin to striped bass have been seen gorging on sand eels. And with the decimation of other baitfish populations(like bunker), sand eels have become an even more important staple for the northeast gamefish's diet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ammodytes americanus
Latin
OBS

Classe : Gastéropodes; embranchement : Mollusques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

A dodger does what it says, it dodges. Left to right and back again, it drives trout crazy with the evasive maneuvers of a panicked baitfish. Drawn to the pulsating flash of silver or gold colored metal, fish chase and strike the trailing bait or lure as with they do with the flashers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
OBS

On l'utilise l'attracteur surtout pour la pêche à la traîne du saumon et de la truite grise.

OBS

L'équivalent «attracteur» a été relevé dans quelques articles de la revue Sentier, Chasse-Pêche et il a été confirmé par des spécialistes du domaine de la pêche sportive.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

An important component of the U. S. aquaculture industry... Baitfish are sold primarily to the recretional fishing industry, but a portion is sold to the ornamental fish industry where these fish are used as "feeder" fish for carnivorous species... Golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas, is the most important farm-raised baitfish in the U. S.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

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Record 7 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 8 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A type of lure that is hard-bodied or made of sponge.

OBS

These lures imitate mice, frogs, baitfish or large insects. Some draw strikes by splash and noise and resemble nothing specific in a fish's diet. Bugs are fished on the surface, or pulled beneath it and allowed to float back up... While some bugs imitate real food, they attract fish mainly by the surface disturbance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

[Type de leurre] à corps rigide, fait de poils ou d'éponge.

OBS

Ces leurres imitent des souris, des grenouilles, des poissons-appâts ou de gros insectes.

OBS

Une touche fracassante à la surface constitue l'un des moments de pêche les plus excitants. Mais l'excitation n'est pas la seule raison pour utiliser ces mouches de surface que sont les «bourdons». Peu d'autres leurres sont aussi efficaces lorsque les poissons s'alimentent d'aliments de surface comme les gros insectes, les grenouilles ou les souris.

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

An artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.

CONT

Streamers differ from most other types of flies in that they imitate baitfish rather than insects.

OBS

[The streamer] has a long wing made of feathers or hair.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Grande mouche en plumes ou en poils [...] qui imite un petit poisson.

OBS

Les streamers sont récupérés sous l'eau ou à la surface, souvent par gestes saccadés.

OBS

Les streamers sont plus productifs lorsque les mouches sèches et noyées sont inefficaces, soit durant les périodes où l'eau est très froide ou turbide.

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

[A large, elongated plug] imitating a big baitfish in distress, diving below the surface, then floating back up or darting erratically from side to side.

OBS

The term jerkbait results from the sharp, jerky retrieve needed to give the plug its action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

Les devons à récupération saccadée, tels les «Suick» et «Teddy Bait», flottent au repos.

OBS

Utilisé dans des endroits peu profonds, ce leurre, qui imite un méné blessé, excite entre autres le brochet et le maskinongé.

OBS

La majorité d'entre eux flottent au repos, calent lorsqu'on leur impose une forte secousse, puis remontent à la surface. Plusieurs portent une queue métallique qu'on peut recourber pour modifier l'action.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

Like crankbaits, these plugs have lips and may float or sink. Designed to imitate thin-bodied baitfish, minnow plugs have an attractive side-to-side wobble.

CONT

Minnow plugs have a shape and swimming action remarkably similar to those of shiners or other slim-bodied baitfish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

Ces poissons-nageurs possèdent une bavette, et peuvent flotter ou caler. Conçus pour imiter un poisson-appât au corps étroit, les poissons-nageurs élancés ont une action ondulante de gauche à droite très attirante pour les poissons.

CONT

Les poissons-nageurs et devons plongeants conviennent très bien à la pêche à la traîne le long des structures en eau profonde ou au-dessus des lits de végétation.

Spanish

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