Recreational Fishing

The Basics of Fishing

To describe your new outdoor hobby, you will need the verb pecati (to fish).

Of course, you cannot fish without the right equipment. The word for a hook is the feminine noun udica.

You will also need bait, which is the masculine noun mamac. When you want to say you are doing something "with" an object, you use the preposition s (or sa) followed by the instrumental case. For masculine nouns ending in -c, the instrumental ending is -em, making it s mamcem.

Making a Catch

When your fishing trip is successful, you will bring home a catch, which is the masculine noun ulov.

The related verb is uloviti (to catch). In Croatian, there is a difference between the ongoing process of fishing and the completed action of actually catching a fish. You use pecati for the activity itself, but uloviti for a successful, completed result.

Essential Gear

Let's look at a few more tools you will use by the water. The word for fishing line is the feminine noun struna.

You attach a bobber, the masculine noun plovak, to see when a fish bites.

To get your line into the water, you need the verb zabaciti (to cast).

You also use a reel, the feminine noun rola, to manage your line.

The Prize

One of the most popular river fish you might catch is the trout, known as the feminine noun pastrva.

Like other feminine nouns ending in -a, it changes its ending to -u when it becomes the direct object of a sentence (the accusative case). So, if you order or catch a trout, it becomes pastrvu.