Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
bac à vifs
English translation:
live bait tank
Added to glossary by
Steve Melling
Apr 18, 2006 15:03
18 yrs ago
French term
France
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Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
bac à vifs
French to English
Other
Fisheries
Fishing
describing a gîte.
Features include:
bac à vifs 200 litres
Is this for bait or for the fish you catch?
Features include:
bac à vifs 200 litres
Is this for bait or for the fish you catch?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | live bait tank |
David Goward
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| 4 | bait-kettle |
kelime
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| 4 | live catch tank |
Debbie Tacium Ladry
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| 3 | fish/bait tank |
Anne McKee
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Proposed translations
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17 mins
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live bait tank
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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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.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: No, actually, people DO catch and keep fish alive sometimes, for a number of reasons; but of course, it might be small fish used for catching bigger fish, or e.g. "crévisses' --- when you fish for them, you start off by catching something else first...
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"small fish used for catching bigger fish"... yep, that's "live bait"!
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df49f (X)
: absolutely - un "vif" en français is a live fish you keep alive until ready to use it to bait and catch the big one
2 hrs
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especially in the context of pike fishing. Thanks df.
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Graham macLachlan
4 hrs
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Thanks Graham.
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sporran
9 hrs
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Thanks sporran!
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Gina W
1 day 18 hrs
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Thanks gad!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Went for David's answer in the end. Many thanks. My question was not as "idiotic" as I'd feared."
2 hrs
fish/bait tank
I don't know much about fishing but looking at this forum, it seems to me that you can keep both bait and fish that you want to keep alive for the moment in the tank. Looking at the forum, they are talking some pretty big fish!!!!
Peer comment(s):
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David Goward
: The fish they are wanting to keep alive are to be used as bait, prob. for pike fishing. One guy keeps larger fish in his tank (could even be a pond) at home so that they flap about a lot and oxygenize the water.
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1 hr
Debbie Tacium Ladry
Native in English
Medical writing, clinical + research exp
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
live catch tank
...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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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.
Peer comment(s):
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David Goward
: The context is a gîte offering a service to predominantly French anglers. Taking the fish back to the gîte to release them later is an unlikely scenario, I feel.
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Discussion
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???