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pêche aux carnassiers

English translation: predators fishing

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French term or phrase:pêche aux carnassiers
English translation:predators fishing
Entered by: Richardson Lisa

14:30 Mar 30, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / fishing
French term or phrase: pêche aux carnassiers
Hi all
Can't seem to find a direct equivalent for this .
All help much appreciated.
TIA
Lisa
Richardson Lisa
France
Local time: 00:21
predators fishing
Explanation:
I found many websites using the term "predators fishing".
Selected response from:

Benjamin Hall
France
Local time: 00:21
Grading comment
Thanks Benjamin - that's what I used, without the 's' of course!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6predators fishing
Benjamin Hall
5 +3predator fishing
Paul KLINKENBORG (X)
5Fishing for carnivorous fish
Alison Sparks (X)


  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
predators fishing


Explanation:
I found many websites using the term "predators fishing".

Example sentence(s):
  • Pêche sportive des carnassiers

    Reference: http://www.predators-fishing.com/
    Reference: http://www.worldpredatorfishing.com/agence.htm
Benjamin Hall
France
Local time: 00:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Benjamin - that's what I used, without the 's' of course!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: You mean predator.
14 mins
  -> yes predator, sorry I added the s, my mistake :)
agree  writeaway: predator fishing is the actual term (you should use English sites-predators fishing is on Fr sites)
20 mins
agree  Paul KLINKENBORG (X): Definitely predator fishing.
26 mins
agree  JaneD: Yes, definitely without the S
33 mins
neutral  Alison Sparks (X): even without the s, the predator could be a heron or anything else that eats fish other than fish imo
1 hr
agree  Colin Rowe: With philgoddard. @Alison: The clue is in the term "fishing". One does not normally "fish" for herons. It is generally understood that what is being fished for is fish.
2 hrs
agree  Simon Mountifield: 30 years' fishing experience (so not quite as much as Paul!) and this is definitely the term used by EN anglers.
16 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
predator fishing


Explanation:
With 46 years' fishing experience I can safely say that no angler would say 'fishing for carnivorous fish' - it's definitely 'predator fishing' (NOT predatorS) - in France this category would mainly include pike, zander and Wels catfish.

Example sentence(s):
  • Lake xxx in France offers top quality predator fishing
Paul KLINKENBORG (X)
Local time: 23:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: answer already given at 9 minutes (abeit with an s too many). this is a duplicate answer
2 mins
  -> One 's' can make the difference between correct and incorrect.
agree  JaneD: Quite right, but too late! I've never seen any either - and I fish too (though not for predators if I can help it).
8 mins
  -> Just wanted to give an angler's viewpoint - this is the first angling question I've seen on ProZ...
agree  Yolanda Broad
43 mins
neutral  Benjamin Hall: duplicate indeed
44 mins
neutral  philgoddard: This does not merit a separate answer.
2 hrs
agree  Marian Vieyra: I think it does merit a separate answer.
21 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Fishing for carnivorous fish


Explanation:
These are fish such as perch, pike and sandre which eat other fish. Usually give good sport and the latter two are very good eating.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-30 16:00:26 GMT)
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Brief def: carnivorous - flesh eating from Lat: carno; vorare
Predator: living by prey from Lat: praeda, (booty)

IMO predators may live off their prey but often just kill for the pleasure; Carnivores need to eat flesh to live.

Alison Sparks (X)
Local time: 00:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michel F. Morin
1 min
  -> thanks Michel
neutral  Benjamin Hall: I agree, but arn't sharks carnivorous fish? Isn"t there a more specific term?
1 min
  -> I thought sharks were predators and would just eat anything.
agree  Jean-Louis S.
6 mins
  -> thanks Jean -Louis
neutral  writeaway: any refs?/spoke too soon. it's in all the Fr-En dictionaries. as it turns out it's the dictionary definition of carnassier but not the actual fishing term, which happens to be predator fishing.
23 mins
  -> Predators are anything which eats anything else not necessarily its own species/sub species. I think humans are often described as the worst predators, no?
disagree  Paul KLINKENBORG (X): Not a term an angler would use.
31 mins
  -> Precisely the term French anglers use in the region.
disagree  JaneD: definitely not
40 mins
  -> Precisely the term French anglers use in this region.
neutral  Colin Rowe: Quote: "Precisely the term French anglers use in this region." Erm, why are French anglers using an English phrase?
1 hr
  -> They don't but will tell you that "carnassiers" are "carnivores" not "predateurs", but as you wish!
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