Fishing Terminology

3. The act of taking or attempting to take aquatic animal life by any means.
8. Any lure (including flies) with hook or hooks attached that is man-made and is used as a bait while fishing.
9. A person who has lived continuously in Texas for more than six months immediately before buying their license
11. The maximum number of fish a person may possess before returning to their residence.
12. Release of a fish after it was held in an angler’s possession to be replaced with another fish of the same species.

1. Something used to lure any wildlife resource.
2. All species not listed as game fish except endangered and threatened fish which are defined and regulated under separate rules.
4. Any wild animal, wild bird, or aquatic life.
5. A tag constructed of material as durable as the device to which it is attached.
6. To take or kill and includes an attempt to take or kill.
7. A 24-hour period of time that begins at midnight and ends at midnight.
10. Quantity of a species of a wildlife resource, such as fish, that may be taken in one day.