troulling

Updated: May 6, 2025

"Now, the experiment I propose to try is what in my region we call 'troulling, which consists of throwing out a baited hook and paying out, as the boat moves on, a hundred feet, or so, of line, that is left to trail, floating on the surface of the water behind; when most large fish, like bass, or trout, especially if you make a sharp tack, occasionally, so as to draw the line across an undisturbed portion of the water, will see, and, darting up, sieze it, and hook themselves.

D. P. Thompson - Gaut Gurley