квок, пятачок квока
English translation: clonk
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| 09:41 Aug 1, 2002 |
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20 mins confidence: 
clonk Explanation: The clonk is a strangely shaped tool which is used when boat fishing for catfish. The angler strikes the water with it in such a manner as to produce a weird sound which can bring up fish from the depths to investigate, only to find themselves confronted by a baited hook. Discussing this with Andy Little recently, Andy told me that he could not believe that the clonk could work, but after seeing with his own eyes the results, he just had to. "You couldn't believe that boat fishing four identically rigged rods on a fast flowing river would produce fish to only one of those rods. And it was always the rod immediately behind the buschello". (The Spanish name for the clonk). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-01 10:04:37 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://pub8.ezboard.com/fcatfishkingdomcatfishandcatfishing.... ....a clonk is a shaped piece of wood, like a stick with a flat, concave or convex head which you hit the surface of the water with. It attracts the cats (catfish) by emulating prey fish hitting or jumping from the surface. It takes some practice but should make a \"clonking or plopping\" noise. Best used when drifting downriver with float fished livebait close to the boat. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-01 10:06:09 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.pescare.com/siluro/Attrezzature/the_clonk.htm <-------this site has pictures] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-01 10:14:54 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- as for the пятачок: clonk head (in some of the above references) or Head of the Clonk - with the following reference: [the round part of the clonk] or Top of the Clonk -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-01 19:23:01 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- P.S. Synchronized thinking w/Jack....LOL Reference: http://www.cygnet.co.uk/ukfw/gmart/catmn.html |
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24 mins confidence: 
clonk, clonk snout Explanation: Clonk does appear to be a term used in fishing. From reference given: The clonk is a strangely shaped tool which is used when boat fishing for catfish. The angler strikes the water with it in such a manner as to produce a weird sound which can bring up fish from the depths to investigate, only to find themselves confronted by a baited hook. Discussing this with Andy Little recently, Andy told me that he could not believe that the clonk could work, but after seeing with his own eyes the results, he just had to. "You couldn't believe that boat fishing four identically rigged rods on a fast flowing river would produce fish to only one of those rods. And it was always the rod immediately behind the buschello". (The Spanish name for the clonk). More confirmation came from Kevin Maddocks. Drifting baits down a five mile stretch of the Italian River Po brought Kevin and his fishing partner Keith Lambert no takes at all. Then they tried drifting the same stretch using the clonk and had one fish after another. So many, in fact, that they stopped bothering to weigh fish in the 40 to 60lb region, as the big ones became their only quarry. Not so sure about "snout", but this word, like "neck", "nose" etc., can be used in describing inanimate objects as well as animals. Reference: http://www.cygnet.co.uk/ukfw/gmart.html |
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