A question for James............

[Fish Gazer]

What does RAPACIOUS mean?


Nice article

Jeff

[Fish Gazer]

Any ways, I liked it........... a lot!

ARRRRR, me thinks it should be a pirate's word, to plunder.

As in, "Lock me in the closet with the captains daughter,

Early in the morning.

:)

Fishing for the next 3 days, Wahoo

Jeff

[jamessig]

LOL. Sounds like you need a couple days of fishing.


the other James

[flyfishrob]

Okay I'll speak for James and have him jump on and correct me if Im wrong. The word Rapacious in the context which he wrote means:

predatory: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

[Fish Gazer]

Thanks Rob, its just I can't remember the last time while reading a fishing article I had to pull the dictionary out. I kind of skimmed over it, the word rapacious that is, kind of clicked like ravenous, but wasn't ravenous.



rapacious \ruh-PAY-shuhs\, adjective:
1. Given to plunder; seizing by force.
2. Subsisting on prey.
3. Grasping; greedy.

And because its great we have access to authors such as James on this board, I thought I would tease or rib him a little. Hopefully make him smile. These fish do plunder and I for one thought the article was great. I would describe muskie and striper as rapacious also. Maybe; hopefully, this adjective has been used in other fishing related articles and I missed it. I personally hope James's use was the first.

Jeff

[James Buice]

I wrote it on "National Talk Like a Pirate Day"

[spinboy]

you're talking about the American Angler article, right? If so, I don't remember that word, but I did enjoy the article James. Sounds just like what it means to me. :pop: Gave me something good to read while I was rotting away in the uncomfortable hospital room chair last week.