black-fisher

If he have a feeling of partiality in his whole disposition, it is for the poachers and fishers, at least I know that they all think that he has a fellow-feeling with them, -- that he has a little of the old outlaw blood in him, and, if he had been able, would have been a desperate poacher and black-fisher.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832 Various

” Equip this figure in Scott’s cast-off green jacket, white hat and drab trousers; and imagine that years of kind treatment, comfort and the honest consequence of a confidential grieve3 had softened away much of the hardness and harshness originally impressed on the visage by anxious penury, and the sinister habits of a black-fisher; —and the Tom Purdie of 1820 stands before us.

Paras. 50-73 1909

Each black-fisher brought his own spear and torch, both more or less home-made.

Auld Licht Idylls 1898

One black-fisher, a noted character, was nicknamed the "Deil o 'Glen Quharity."

Auld Licht Idylls 1898

Each black-fisher brought his own spear and torch, both more or less home-made.

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

Through the medium of that venerable character John Pirner, professed weaver and practical black-fisher in the Aultoun of St. Ronan's, who usually attended Tyrrel, to show him the casts of the river, carry his bag, and so forth, the Squire had ascertained that the judgment of Sir Bingo regarding the disputed weight of the fish was more correct than his own.

St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801

Through the medium of that venerable character John Pirner, professed weaver and practical black-fisher in the Aultoun of St. Ronan’s, who usually attended Tyrrel, to show him the casts of the river, carry his bag, and so forth, the Squire had ascertained that the judgment of Sir Bingo regarding the disputed weight of the fish was more correct than his own.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008