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bag n Fisheries of U S i, 144 for sense 1.
1 A net in which cod-fish are kept in the water temporarily
until they can be loaded on boat or towed ashore; COD 2; COD-BAG.
[1856] 1977 WHITELEY 37 Carpenter on his first visit to the
Labrador in 1856 described how the [cod] seine would be pulled to make a 'bag' of fish
and then be moored, 'the modus operandi' is simply for the boats to anchor on either side
of the bag ... draw it up, fastening the ends to the thole pins of both boats and then
pitch out the cod. 1898 GRENFELL 68 Large bags of net are produced and filled with the
rest of the fish. These, after being buoyed, are thrown overboard to wait till they are
'wanted.' 1936 SMITH 25 When we arrived in the harbour then men with the cod seine had
their boat loaded and two bags of fish moored on the west side of the Island. C 71-90
'Dad and them got the bag on' was a common and joyous remark when I went to school. P
9-73 Cod-trap fishermen carry bags of about a four-inch mesh size. In case of [catching]
more than a skiff-load, including the load of the punt, the fish is put in a bag and the
bag is tied fast to a mooring of the trap until next time around.
2 Part of cod-trap in which fish are contained when the trap
is hauled.
T 141/67-652 He hauled up the doors, and we
with the best part o' the bag o' the trap up, and took eighty barrels out of un.
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