channel bass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of channel bass
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Through Ocracoke Inlet, where modern sportsmen go for coppery channel bass, in 1585 sailed Sir Walter Raleigh's English colonists, the first in North America.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into its tanks went sea creatures: sharks, channel bass, tropical lungfish, giant morays, sea turtles, penguins, alligators, crabs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, around Cape Hatteras, No. 1 locale for channel bass, surfcasters were hopefully trying to beach one bigger than the world's record 74-pounder taken off Virginia in 1929.
From Time Magazine Archive
A distant relative of the striped bass is the copper-colored channel bass, a surf fish whose sportiness is confined to acting like a Japanese tumbler.
From Time Magazine Archive
Florida sea fishing requires such heavy tackle, because one is never certain whether he may hook a forty-pound channel bass or a shark, and an ordinary hook would be quickly torn loose.
From The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf by Allen, Quincy
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