Angling. Also leger. [f. LEDGER sb. (sense 5).] intr. To use a ledger-bait.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. 324/2. Ledger is another way of fishing for a Pike, the Angler being absent.
1859. F. Francis, N. Dogvane (1888), 19. An adept in spinning, trolling, ledgering. Ibid. (1867), Angling, ii. (1880), 63. The fishermen who require to cast a long line on the Thames, for ledgering or spinning.
1883. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4), 106. Jew Fish, caught by Messrs. Curtis and Senior, ledgering, Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia.
