jigging

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37578

jigging vbl n .Jigging Done by 2 Large hooks Each of them twice as large as those used for bait these hooks are fastened together back to back and a heavy Lead Plac'd upon their shanks which the french whither out of whim or from any use they find in it I do no Know Cast in/Shape of a fish these Jiggs are fastened to the Ends of their Lines & Let Down to the bottom from whence they are raised Every half minute or their abouts by a strong Jerk of the Fishermans arm in hopes of striking them into the fish who are accidentaly swimming by, . G.M.Story OCT 1971 JH OCT 1971 DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I JIG v, jigging ground, GROUND, SQUID (JIGGING) jigging veil, jigging machine Checked by Adrian Young on Wed 10 Jun 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 07 Aug 2015