jeff wrote:
Dave LaCourse wrote:

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:24:19 -0500, jeff
wrote:


"trail": [def. #14] - "to fish by trailing a line from a moving boat;
troll."


I stand corrected on the dictionary fact. It is, however, not called
trailing in the U.S. And I believe you know that.

Dave



i have always called and known it as trolling...don't know if everybody
in the u.s. calls it the same, but that may be true. still, i had no
difficulty accepting "trailing" as accurate, nor did i have a visceral
response to the statement as made by its author. i suspect there may be
an interesting etymology lesson behind the words.

jeff

I went trolling once but it somehow evolved into snoring.

Russell