spot n COHEN, p. 119 for sense 2: 'The rower (andoer) required great skill, for when the men were 'into fish' it was his responsibility to keep the boat on the 'spot' by controlling its drift.'
2 1903 Deep Sea Fishers Oct, p. 9 [Grenfell speaks of a sort of communication or telepathy between the cod.] Herein lies the whole secret of the so called 'spots' of fish. [1937] 1945 SCAMMELL 37 "Payne's Cove Bait Skiff": Alf Gatehouse's baitskiff is here on the spot,/They've shot the seine twice, but they've got no great lot. P 245-89 'But there's only little spots of fish comes in this year.'
3 1858 Harper's Weekly 22 May [caption]...near as may be to the many spots of water, or rather bottom, which experience has shown to be the favorite [locations of fish]. 1982 MCDOOLING 115 As with most fishing ventures there are good spots to fish in the harbours but there are also those areas which are not so good. 1986 FELTHAM 54 The several miles of ocean fished by the fishermen of any one settlement had hundreds of fishing 'spots.'
4 1924 Deep-Sea Fishers xii (4), 139 Tuckamore--Little spot of woods--Underbrush.
