Sniggle

·vi To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.

II. Sniggle ·vt To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to Insnare.

to sniggle
A method of fishing for eels in small streams and ponds. Sniggling is thus performed. In a warm day...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.