| Summary: | bag n This is a term used when the cod fish is very plentiful - so plentiful that one trap skiff would not be able to carry the capacity of one trap. The remainder would be put in a net the shape of a bag, and tied to the trap, until the fishermen had time to come for it. "Dad and them got the bag on" was a common and joyous remark when I went to school. That was before the inshore fishery had declined to the present position. DNE-cit JH 3/72 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I COD 2; COD-BAG, DRAW v, n [see 'bags', 'bag net', 'bagged off', 'cod bag'] Checked by Suzanne Power on Thu 23 Jul 2015; Source listed as C 71-90 in DNE and only part of quot is used
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