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bait v Cp OED ~ v1 9 b (1753 quot), Fisheries of U S
i, 185 for sense 2.
1 In the 'bank fishery,' to supply a
vessel with caplin, herring and squid for use in trawl-fishing for cod; of a vessel, to
take on a supply of bait.
[1929] 1979 Evening Telegram 10
July, p. 26 Seventeen bankers baited at Cape Broyle yesterday and 20 more are baiting
there today. Caplin are in abundance. 1960 FUDGE 4 Seining for herring to bait the French
and American Vessels made up the greatest trade up until about the year 1880 [at
Belleoram]. M 68-16 Everyone was baiting vessels at that time, so we never got back. P
143-74 When these (foreign] vessels were sighted, Cape Broyle fishermen raced in their
motorboats to the ships. The first man to reach each vessel 'baited it.'
2 In fishing with trawl lines, to place bait on the hooks in
preparation for setting, esp in phr bait out/up.
1960 FUDGE
18 'Boys, there have been fish caught here, so bait up and we will spend the day here.'
We dropped our anchor and caught about four hundred quintals on our small baiting. P
148-64 [We were] down baiting up (i.e. baiting trawls with squid for the next day's
fishing). M 67-10 After this first day, the night-setters will get their bait in the
mornings and haul and 'bait out' their trawl as they did the first morning. 1971
CHIARAMONTE 40 Normally both men would have had equal say as to where they were going to
fish, if they should 'bait up,' and whether or not they should go out.
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