Curious, tell me?
California Fishing
Jan 1, 2024 16:31:56 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
We go fishing trying to catch a "lunker". How did that word become a synonym for big fish 
Jan 1, 2024 17:02:11 #
charlykilo wrote:
We go fishing trying to catch a "lunker". How did that word become a synonym for big fish
Well Charly, you piqued my interest so I did some checking. The thing I found amongst everything that kinda makes sense is the root Scandinavian word that means a blowhole in a piece of cast metal.
Perhaps this led to thoughts of a whale, that while a mammal & not a fish, is pretty close ? It's certainly close to a BIG fish.
I'd be interested in what others find, so I'll be checking in here again.
Jan 2, 2024 13:21:10 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
The noun lunker has two meanings: something large and unruly, and a large game fish, especially a bass. It was originally an Americanism, and its etymology is obscure: lunk, lunkhead, and clunker have all been suggested. Lunker entered English in the second half of the 19th century.
Jan 2, 2024 22:46:32 #
Grizzly 17
Loc: South central Pa
bapabear wrote:
The noun lunker has two meanings: something large and unruly, and a large game fish, especially a bass. It was originally an Americanism, and its etymology is obscure: lunk, lunkhead, and clunker have all been suggested. Lunker entered English in the second half of the 19th century.
When I was a kid I heard lunkhead often.
It had nothing to do with size then.
It was kinda a nice way of saying dumbaxx 🤣
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