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06/08/05 03:29 PM
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HuntnCutters
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Hey guys ..I have a question??
Where did the name trotlines come from??
I am doing some local outdoor videos (hunting and fishing ) and we put some useful tips and info in the show ...but this is a question that came up and I don't know the asnwer...been trotlining my whole life (46) and never even thought about where trotline came from...how they orginated or got the name...anyone know??
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Re: Trotlines
#569696
06/08/05 08:09 PM
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grandpa75672
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I looked it up in the on line dictionary and they referred to set line and gave a definition but not the derivation. Be interesting to know tough
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.... W.C.Fields
I know a little about a lot of things but not a whole lot about anything....CGD
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Re: Trotlines
#569697
06/08/05 10:52 PM
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Ranger Rick
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well when I was a kid many many years back, I used to callem troutlines. I used to wonder why as none ever seemd to catch any trout on them. 
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Re: Trotlines
#569698
06/09/05 02:14 PM
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bw44
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could it come from "trawl" as in "trawl-line"?
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Re: Trotlines
#569699
06/09/05 02:20 PM
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Catfish_fear_me
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I always thought it was because you would "trot" down the line checking for fish, thus the name of trotline.
Makes perfect sense to me.
I don't trust a catfisherman who doesn't have shad scales on his hands or his reels...period.
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Re: Trotlines
#569700
06/09/05 02:58 PM
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breambuster
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Seigrist - either you're right or darn close...I was told that the name came from "as you trot" is about 3-4' per step/trot and that's where each drop or stagging is attached to the main line giving a trot then a drop, which is almost the same principle as what you said.
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Re: Trotlines
#569701
06/09/05 03:37 PM
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Bullard
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I am not sure where the name came from, but I know for a fact that various native american groups in Texas used them.
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Re: Trotlines
#569702
06/09/05 09:08 PM
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grandpa75672
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Ever try to run a trot line on a windy day from a pontoon boat by your self? I bout trotted myself to death that day. Now I like those jug lines. He He
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.... W.C.Fields
I know a little about a lot of things but not a whole lot about anything....CGD
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Re: Trotlines
#569703
06/09/05 10:05 PM
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Ratmo
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Grandpa, why dont you move a little closer to me ill go out with ya.
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Re: Trotlines
#569704
06/09/05 10:07 PM
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Ratmo
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Better hurry on this, ill go out fishin with ya. lol
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Re: Trotlines
#569705
06/21/05 03:32 PM
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TROB
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I have fished with both trolines and juglines. Both catch fish. I have a fishing log from my great granfather and it says the name came from the indians with the word [trot] meaning running, so forth trotlines.
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