game fish
noun
1
: a fish of a family (Salmonidae) including salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes
2
: sport fish
especially
: a fish made a legal catch by law
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Spring and summer are the most productive times of the year for many different inshore and offshore game fish, according to FishingBooker.com.
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Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Florida has a new length record for one of the state’s most popular game fish.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
How to catch them: Largemouth bass are America’s most popular game fish.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
The department uses the money for a host of fish and wildlife management programs, including stocking game fish, restoring habitats, wardens, monitoring chronic wasting disease and paying farmers’ wolf depredation claims.
—Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
How to catch them: Mountain whitefish are a native Idaho game fish with silvery sides, white bellies and pudgy noses.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Those baitfish are not available in most Idaho waters, so walleye are likely to eat other game fish that are highly valued by Idaho anglers.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
Common and red-breasted mergansers, also known as fish ducks, do indeed eat a wide variety of fish, including salmon smolts, trout, minnows, shad, and game fish.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
Important game fish, such as red drum, bass and speckled trout, are also expected to flock to the location once the reefs are settled and thriving.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Florida has a new length record for one of the state’s most popular game fish.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
How to catch them: Largemouth bass are America’s most popular game fish.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
The department uses the money for a host of fish and wildlife management programs, including stocking game fish, restoring habitats, wardens, monitoring chronic wasting disease and paying farmers’ wolf depredation claims.
—Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
How to catch them: Mountain whitefish are a native Idaho game fish with silvery sides, white bellies and pudgy noses.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Those baitfish are not available in most Idaho waters, so walleye are likely to eat other game fish that are highly valued by Idaho anglers.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2023
Common and red-breasted mergansers, also known as fish ducks, do indeed eat a wide variety of fish, including salmon smolts, trout, minnows, shad, and game fish.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
Important game fish, such as red drum, bass and speckled trout, are also expected to flock to the location once the reefs are settled and thriving.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
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