This is what the fishermen used to fish in. They'd come back so full
that they nearly sunk...

"JR" wrote in message
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This is what the fishermen used to fish in. They'd come back so full
that they nearly sunk...


The fishing was good in those days, JR.

Whenever we anchored in Conception Bay awaiting clearance to dock at the ore
jetty on Bell Island we would fish for cod to relieve the boredom. The
method used was 'jigging' where each person lowered a weighted reflective
lure fitted with a treble hook on a nylon line to approx one metre of the
sea bed and then jigged by hand (raised and lowered the jigger approx a half
metre) until a catch was made. Sometimes the fishing was slow but if the cod
were 'running', Whoopee! Fish of 20lb. (9Kg) were average, Fish of 30 -
50lb (13 - 22Kg) were frequently caught and on one occasion a fish of nearly
100lb ( 45Kg) was landed. The Charlton Mira never bought fish - the freezer
room was always full from our 'do it yourself' efforts.

Regards,

Tuppence