snoek, verb intransitive

To fish for snoek.

Derivatives:: Hence snoeker noun, one who fishes for snoek; snoeking verbal noun, snoek-fishing; also attributive.

1913 W.W. Thompson Sea Fisheries of Cape Col. 50It is a pretty sight to watch a fleet of fishing boats snoeking under sail.

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c1937 Our Land (United Tobacco Co.) 1During the snoeking season this corner of the Cape Town docks is a scene of great activity and the snoekers recall the old sailing days.

1935 L.G. Green Great Afr. Mysteries (1937) 137The total catch by all the snoeking vessels often amounts to a million fish.

1942 Off. Yr Bk of Union No. 22, 1941 (Union Office of Census & Statistics) 769‘Snoeking’ is still one of the most important branches of the Cape fishing industry.

1952 L.G. Green Lords of Last Frontier 299Snoeking, a trade that has prospered here for forty years, keeps a grand fleet of small craft in commission.

1959 Cape Times 5 May 2Snoeker found ringed bird...While snoeking at St. Helena Bay, John Mentor..found a dead black sea-duiker.

1981 Cape Times 12 Sept. 3Spawning season hits Cape snoeking. Snoeking in Cape waters has now come to a virtual standstill.

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