Overtackle

Quick meaning: Overtackle is a verb meaning (fishing) To use or equip with excessive tackle.

Meaning

(fishing) To use or equip with excessive tackle.

Example Sentences

You can use virtually any sturdy tackle and, generally speaking, it is better to overtackle than to undertackle.

A lot of kings are taken by accident, by fishermen trolling for marlin and sailfish, and as a result they are often overtackled and the fighting qualities of this great fish are not appreciated.

The explosive strike of a tenor fifteen-pound largemouth bass as it rushed from the cover of lily pads to take the bob must have been as exciting sport as any had by the most overtackled present-day angler.

Word Forms

• overtackles
• overtackling
• overtackled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overcatch, overhandle, overload, overtighten, overtask, overtag.

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