黑漂 (hēipiāo): "black float" (fishing term: float fully submerged = fish has taken bait)

Meanings

1 "black float" (fishing term: float fully submerged = fish has taken bait)
2 a full-submerge bite indication

Characters

黑

to float; (noun) float, bobber

Examples

刚才出现了一个漂亮的黑漂。

Gāngcái chūxiàn le yí gè piàoliang de hēipiāo.

Just now there was a beautiful black-float (full-dive bite).

遇到黑漂要果断提竿。

Yùdào hēipiāo yào guǒduàn tí gān.

When you see a black-float, lift the rod decisively.

Tips

usage

黑漂 is angler jargon: the fishing float gets pulled completely underwater ("goes black" from the surface viewpoint) when a fish takes the bait hard. It's one of several named bite patterns (顶漂 = lift, 送漂 = push, 黑漂 = dive). Not a general-dictionary word.