game fish

noun

game fish

First recorded in 1860–65

When plankton populations crash, that sinks small fish numbers, which in turn decreases game fish numbers.

The catch was confirmed by the International Game Fish Association, replacing the two-ounce snakehead caught in Japan in 2004.

The rigs act as reefs; the little bait fish hang out there, then bigger game fish come to eat the bait fish.

I say again, on good authority, there are no game fish in Alaska.

They came very short, but were remarkably game fish when hooked, and in first-rate condition.

When he stopped leaping we drew him away from the other boat, and settled down to a hard fight with a heavy, stubborn, game fish.

I took this thirty-six pound fish to be a sea-roe, a game fish lately noticed on the Atlantic seaboard.

The use of light tackle by experts for big game fish of the sea has come to be an established practice in American angling.

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