sport fish

noun

: a fish important for the sport it affords anglers

Examples of sport fish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the continuation of sport fish stocking means the razorback sucker doesn’t stand a chance of recovering, even with expensive interventions. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2026

Adobe Creek Reservoir, locally known as Blue Lake, and Thurston Reservoir are popular locations for anglers looking for catfish, crappie, saugeye, walleye, and other sport fish. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 June 2026

The Kvichak has legendary sport fish, but the guides planned to fly me to the Nushagak, the river that has historically had the best king salmon returns in Alaska. — Kim Cross, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026

In addition, dense colonies of the species consume large quantities of microscopic plants and animals that are critical to native species and sport fish. — Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sport fish

• bluefish
• catfish
• codfish
• crawfish
• dogfish
• finfish
• flatfish
• goldfish
• groundfish
• kingfish
• offish
• redfish