jack fishingn.
/ˈdʒak ˌfɪʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdʒæk ˌfɪʃɪŋ/ 1. Fishing for jack (see Jack n.2 35).
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grayling fishing1704
sun fishery1782
drum fishing1818
jack fishing1820
bluefishing1838
drumming1849
snappering1870
stingareeing1871
barbelling1876
swordfishing1879
pollacking1886
weakfishing1888
snoeking1937
1820 Gentleman's Mag. May 441/2 Matters connected with, and relative to Jack and Pike fishing.
1826 Courier 1 Sept. The truth of which we have ‘proofs as strong as Holy Writ,’ of jack fishing.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 54 Jack Tackle of every description..Tackle for bottom and jack fishing.
1970 Playground Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) 1 Oct. 16/1 He would place the center of the best jack fishing in the country in the Florida Panhandle.
2016 Fraser Coast (Queensland) Chron. (Nexis) 15 Dec. 23 The creeks on the island have been producing some great jack fishing.
2. U.S. The action or practice of fishing at night using a jacklight; jacklighting for fish. Cf. Jack n.2 29. rare (now historical).
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tickling1616
twitchelling1689
yair-fishing1796
ice-fishing1842
foul-hooking1860
pointing1860
fish-wood1861
muddying1877
snatching1878
roll casting1897
jack fishing1899
cod jigging1921
free spooling1937
noodling1937
electrofishing1950
shocker1953
ghost fishing1963
catch-and-release1973
1899 Outing Jan. 391/2 One's fishing experience in Florida is incomplete without the unique exhilaration of jack-fishing for sheepshead before daybreak.
1978 Daily Gaz. (Sterling, Illinois) 9 May 18/1 Such a device was used for jack-fishing, which means fishing at night with illumination from a jack-light, cresset or basket-torch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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