mooched herring

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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herring used as bait in mooching.

Quotations

1961

. . . taking 11 prizes each are plugs ... and mooched or trolled herring . . . the latter as strip, plug-cut or whole bait.

1961

. . . wise in the ways of a mooched, whole herring [he] took two quick salmon 13 miles down the inlet. . . .