overtackle

present singular third person overtackles · participle present overtackling · participle past overtackled · past overtackled

1. fishingTo use or equip with excessive tackle.

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

   1963, Heinz Ulrich, America's Best Deep-sea Fishing, page 234

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   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.

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

   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.

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