November 25, 2007
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Gigging
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Gigging:
“The idea is to go out on a boat in shallow water at night. Then you shine a spotlight into the water so you can see the fish. Then, you have something called a ‘gig’ that looks like a giant fork on a long wooden pole. Then you slam it into the water and hopefully into the fish. You pin it down until it stops squirming and then you pull it up into the boat.”
Is gigging redneck?
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Yes. It’s incredibly redneck. i asked my dad if anyone other than rednecks gigged. He named his cousins. And I said, “Case and point”
I wouldn’t say so.
chancy, though.
Never done it, but I’d rather catch a big fish on a rod and reel and fight him. Now that’s fun
Or, you know, you could be like the other 49% of the population and consider “gigging” as when a band goes and plays in front of a crowd. But hey.
possibly.
sounds like an opening to Law and Order or something. you know, when they find the dead body.
Does Jeff Foxworthy own baby blue cowboy boots?
Yes, to both.
Gigging means you go out with your instrument and play a music job.
Why is everything fun considered to be Redneck? I honestly think that sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.
Yes and they are very proud of it. just ask my neighbors….
SOUNDS TRIBAL AND VERY SAVAGE LIKE.
SO YES… a redneck exactly.
the name is definitely redneck. gigging…wow
Uh, I dunno. And I’ve NEVER heard of such a thing. But uh, I’m from the city, so all that stuff is foreign to me.
heh
would it be considered gigging if you used a spear instead? lol
and in that case, would it still be redneck?
Finally seeing a definition makes it seem so redneck and very fitting…
Not at all. I could see many other stereotypes doing it
Psh, yeah it is. But redneck or not, that’s disgusting. What’s wrong with nets?
Yupper! It is redneck with a slice of cruelty. Not sure which is better – winging a fish or leaving a scar from a hook. Food is food.
Oh yeah, take it from a former Arkansas resident.
As far as redneck goes… that’s not too far gone.
Now, if you’ve ever been deer shining, you might have issues…
It’s more Arkansas than southern…
haha! I just though of Jeff Foxsworthy saying “You know you’re a redneck if you pin a frog down with a wooden stick with a hook on it and eat it!”
yes. and i’ve heard it frog gigging here in west virginia.
My friends do it and I am from Cajun Town Louisiana…So, I would say so!
and cripes, you want me to get facebook??
There really is such a thing? Yeah call the blue collar comedy tour
Dan… why did you tag “nudity” on a post about fishing?
Sounds kinda like spear fishing to me….so if spear fishing is redneck, you better tell all those third world countries so they can know what they are.
Depends on your definition of redneck I guess haha. I live in a small town with farmlands and hunters everywhere, and just moved to Indianapolis for college where things are so much different. I came home for Thanksgiving and went hiking in the woods nearby in my hometown, and heard shotgun blasts and my friend and i decided to walk toward it, since we didn’t want to be in the distance walking along and get shot. We’d rather face the hunter. So we were walking and eventually almost literally stumbled onto the hunters catch. A seven point buck right at my feet as I wasn’t paying attention to my right side haha. Then today we got told not to hike out there ’cause we could get hurt, plus the hunter’s dad and grandpa would just about kill us if we were trespassing. The only property border we crossed was a really old beaten down wire fence. So in conclusion, redneck means something entirely different to me than it does to a city person, and I think that the definition of redneck could be an interesting blog.
Troy
LOL yea, you can say that..
Bring some beer and them good ol’ boys, and I reckon it’d be a helluva good time.
Absolutely.
And for proof of this fact, one need only know that the official Texas Aggies “battle cry” is Gig ‘Em, Aggies!
If that’s not redneck — from a redneck uni, no less — I don’t know what is.
Yeah, I could just about see my Uncle Jim doing that. Not to mention my cousin’s trailer mates. Those people give rednecks a bad name…
Poor fishies D:
Sorry. I love fish. ^_^
I’d have to say that it is. But who said doing something “redneck” from time to time is bad? Go with it.
Yes it is redneck and no it is not about fish at all. Out in the west at least you gig frogs, fish you spear.
Hahaha… YES.
No, but noodling is.
sure sounds like it…
yes
Way redneck…
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Fishing in general is redneck
I’d just call it “spearing” – I don’t think it’s redneck.
Not unless there is at least a case of beer involved.
i would kind of think so…
Sounds like some country stuff.
IDK about redneck, but its definitely stupid.
I’m thinking redneck is when people wander out into the water, and find these holes in the mud, and grab the fish [or whatever else] is in the hole. It’s pretty scary. I’ve never done it, and I don’t know the technical name for it, but people all through Oklahoma do it to look for catfish. It’s intense. I have heard, too, that people have lost fingers because of it. O_O
lol. Probably. But that’s pretty impressive to actually catch fish that way.
It’s less redneck than noodling.
redneck? I don’t know about that… fun… well yeah.
Yes. Also cruel. I gotta admit it sounds pretty fun tho.
I have never heard of fish gigging but I would say frog gigging is definitely a Southern thing, which most people would call red neck.
To most people yes, but not to Aggies.
ya think??!
Giggling comes from the Younger Self inside, so NO, it’s not redneck only!
I have never ever heard of this thing. Ever. I feel left out of the fun!
Only if you don’t know what’s fun.
Whether for fish or frogs, yep it’s redneck. And your point it?
uhhh…yeah it is
sounds like an opening to Law and Order or something. you know, when they find the dead body.
DeskGnome
I was just thinking that!
So very redneck. Ranks right up there with noodling.
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Yes.
yes…
Can be.
I’d do it if I were hungry. I don’t think that’d make me a redneck.
No…it sounds like to really catch anything you have to have some kind of skill..
It sounds like spearing fish.
There’s a certain amount of ingenuity involved, but I still have to say, redneck.
Sure sounds like it
I just asked my friend if she does it…. she says she does. This is a girl whose dad lives in a trailer in the middle of nowhere with two trucks in his yard and they burn furniture for fun. So yes, it is very redneck!
Yes.
Redneck is the new black honey
Haha… I used to do what we called “machete fishing”. It’s a lot of the same concept: you go out at 11PM-1 AM when the fish sleep up against the rocks of the riverbanks. A light pinpoints them, carefully so as not to show your shadow, then you raise your machete and slam the blunt end down on the back of the fish, hopefully stunning them enough for you to flip them out of the water and onto shore. There’s something so viscerally satisfying about it.
Granted, I was living in the jungle in Bolivia. I don’t think redneck qualifies there.
heck yes, why, we went frog giggin and treed an oppossum.. Oklahoma.
I hadn’t heard of doing that to fish, I have heard of noodling, finding big fish that way but pulling them out with your hand. eeeewwww. yuck. Don’t fish have teeth. creepy. Just kidding about the teeth.
Very redneck.
I have some very redneck friends and this definately sounds like something they would do.
What do they do with the fish? Do they eat it? Is eating redneck?
wow this has to be one of the worst posts ever.
I think the idea of spearing fish in that manner came from the native Americans.
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Cheers.
Seems like a lot of work !
TRY DYNAMITE ! Way less work !
Its not redneck its just cruel
hah! I thought it said giggling! lol
it’s a form of hunting. how is that any more redneck than any other hunting? lol