French: bac à vifsEnglish translation: live bait tank 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | bac à vifs | | English translation: | live bait tank | | Entered by: | Chappy |
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Fisheries / Fishing | | French term or phrase: bac à vifs | describing a gîte.
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bac à vifs 200 litres
Is this for bait or for the fish you catch? |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseTony M: 3:18pm Apr 18, 2006: Unless the bait if needed for xhaling, I should think at 200 l this would be quite a big tank suitable for keeping your catch alive in. -
Tony M: 3:19pm Apr 18, 2006: Sorry, 'is needed for whaling'
On a boat, they call it a fish-well, but I don't know how you'd describe it for a gîte; maybe a fish-tank or a fish holding tank??? -
David Goward: 4:23pm Apr 18, 2006: Chappy, is there any clue as to the type of angling offered in the area? Where is the gîte located? -
Chappy: 6:20pm Apr 18, 2006: David. Thanks for you help and question. It's close to a lake. Pike and carp seem to be the main types of fish caught.
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| | live bait tank | Explanation:
Yes, it's where live bait is kept to keep it.... errr.... alive!
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Note added at 27 mins (2006-04-18 15:31:45 GMT)
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As Tony points out, 200 L does seem quite large for such a tank, unless the gite is designed to accommodate several anglers. However, I can't see why you would keep your catch alive... if you didn't want to kill the fish, you'd chuck 'em back!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-04-18 20:08:18 GMT)
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"Pêche au vif" using live bait is a common pike-fishing technique in France. Given the extra info provided by Chappy above, I'm fairly sure that the gîte would offer a live bait tank for anglers on a fishing holiday.
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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2006-04-20 10:15:09 GMT)
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Re. the size: 200 litres would be just under 4x the size of my son's aquarium so it's not excessively big really. |
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David Goward
France
| Note from asker to answererWent for David's answer in the end. Many thanks. My question was not as "idiotic" as I'd feared.
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| live catch tank
Explanation:
...is what I've heard it called.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-04-18 18:26:39 GMT)
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As Tony has said, it's not necessarily for bait: there are many places - in Quebec we call them 'pourvoiries' - where the fish are caught and released.
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| live bait tank
Explanation:
Yes, it's where live bait is kept to keep it.... errr.... alive!
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Note added at 27 mins (2006-04-18 15:31:45 GMT)
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As Tony points out, 200 L does seem quite large for such a tank, unless the gite is designed to accommodate several anglers. However, I can't see why you would keep your catch alive... if you didn't want to kill the fish, you'd chuck 'em back!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-04-18 20:08:18 GMT)
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"Pêche au vif" using live bait is a common pike-fishing technique in France. Given the extra info provided by Chappy above, I'm fairly sure that the gîte would offer a live bait tank for anglers on a fishing holiday.
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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2006-04-20 10:15:09 GMT)
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Re. the size: 200 litres would be just under 4x the size of my son's aquarium so it's not excessively big really.
| David Goward
France
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answerer| Went for David's answer in the end. Many thanks. My question was not as "idiotic" as I'd feared. |
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