Definition of rockfish
: any of various fishes that live among rocks or on rocky bottoms: such asa : any of a genus (Sebastes) of scorpaenid fishes including many important food fishesb : striped bassc : any of several groupers
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EUREKA Taking full advantage of good weather and calm seas, boaters fished Cape Mendocino where the rockfish were thick and lingcod were biting everything in sight.
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Fisherman after rockfish or crabs had arrived early.
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