jack herring

B.C.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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small male herring used as bait in angling.

Quotations

1961

Comfortably leading all other combinations as a Sun Derby prize-getter is the old herring dodger (flasher) and herring strip (or jack herring).

1963

We prowled the shoreline, armed with about 50 live herring and two packs of frozen jack herring.