overtackle

overtackle

English

Etymology

over- +‎ tackle

Verb

overtackle (third-person singular simple present overtackles, present participle overtackling, simple past and past participle overtackled)

1. (fishing) To use or equip with excessive tackle.
   • 1963, Heinz Ulrich, America's Best Deep-sea Fishing, page 234:

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

   • 1976, Nick Karas, America's Favorite Salt-water Fishing, Dutton Adult, page 122:

     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.

   • 2013, Paul Schullery, The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors, Skyhorse Publishing Inc. (→ISBN), page 40:

     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.