Oh, the proch is used for catching eels "great Yeles" as hinted by this entry for the verb to proke:
b. intr. To make a thrust (at something); to make a poking movement; to root about; (also) to pry. N.E.D. (1908) included here a sense ‘to fish for eels by thrusting bait into their lurking-places’, app. on the basis of quot. 1688 at PROKING n., but evidence for the verb is lacking.
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Date: 2008-10-24 11:33 pm (UTC)b. intr. To make a thrust (at something); to make a poking movement; to root about; (also) to pry.
N.E.D. (1908) included here a sense ‘to fish for eels by thrusting bait into their lurking-places’, app. on the basis of quot. 1688 at PROKING n., but evidence for the verb is lacking.