sport fish

noun

: a fish important for the sport it affords anglers

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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 Smallmouth bass are among the hardest-fighting freshwater sport fishes, popular with anglers for the leaping acrobatics the fish perform trying to unhook themselves. Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025 Data will illustrate the potential impacts excessive debris has on popular sport fish. Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sport fish

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First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sport fish was in 1915

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“Sport fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport%20fish. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.

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