Fishing terms the REAL ones (an anecdote)  

Fishing - What most of us do instead of CATCHIN  

Bassboat - A large hole in the water for you to pour your money in to. Usually requires a new pickup to pull it.   

Fisherman - A jerk at one end of a line waiting for a jerk on the other.  

Clear Water - What comes out of the Ozarks bottles on a hot fishing day  

Dirty Water - What you drink from the bottom of the ice chest when all the beer is gone on a hot fishing day

Point - What everyone does at the ramp when you forget to put the plug in. (sometimes "laugh" goes with point)

Point (2nd definition) - The part of a hook you can't see when it is imbedded in your finger   

Stick up - What happens to you if you are alone after dark at a boat ramp  

Finesse Fishing - Talking your wife into letting you go. 

Hump - What married guys have to do to get to go fishing 

Pre-spawn - Foreplay

10 inch Power Worm - Nevermind...  

Trick Worm - What she expects from it.  

Drop-off - What you do post-spawn 

Channel - What guys that don't hump, flip, on Saturday mornings   

Flat - What you get on the way home from the lake  

Cut - What you do to get the hook out of your finger 

Troll - A catfisherman's wife   

Jig - What you do when your wife finds you at the bar instead of the boat ramp. 

Line - What you give your wife when you come back late from fishing.  

Backlash - What you get from your wife after you give her your line. 

Bed - The place you will not get to sleep if your wife doesn't believe your line.

Doghouse - Your new home if your wife doesn't believe your line.      

Lure - What tackle makers use to get your money.  

Tackle Shop - The place where more bass are caught and more deer killed, than any other place on earth.   

Crankbait - A lure designed specifically for catching boat carpet, landing nets, and thumbs

Favorite bait - The one you caught your last fish on  

Tackle box - A contraption designed to tangle all of your lures together into one giant ball. 

Sunny beach - The guy that is fishing in your spot   

Bass Hole - The guy that mooches in on the spot you are fishing

Reel - How big you wish your last bass was.

Confidence - What you would have if you actually caught a fish, but that you need in order to catch that dam Bass in the first place.   

Milk-Run(s)- What you get when you forgot about your lactose intolerance and ate too much ice-cream.  

Flip and Pitch (as in "a fit")- What your wife does when she finds out the real cost of your equipment.

Twitch twitch, pause - The end of a good whizz   

Texas Rig - '65 Chevy pulling a battered 14 foot LoneStar with a 5 hp Evinrude with two adults and six kids piled in to go catfishin'.

Trolling Motor - Gift given to wife for the 10th Wedding Anniversary 

BassMaster - One who has donated all his worldly possessions and money to his Master- the bass.