* Catch and Release - A motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and Game officer pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.

* Hook:
(1) A curved piece of metal used to catch fish.
(2) A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his life savings on a new boat n motor.
(3) The punch administered by said fisherman's wife after he spends their life savings (see also, Right Hook, Left Hook).

* Line - Something you give your co-workers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went the past weekend.

* Lure - An object that is semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a frenzy that he will charge his credit card to the limit before exiting the tackle shop.

* Reel - A weighted object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.

* Rod - An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever getting too close to a fish.

* School - A grouping in which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for Spam instead.

* Tackle - What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he wrestled free and jumped back overboard.