coarse fish

British  

noun

1. a freshwater fish that is not a member of the salmon family Compare game fish

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Other Word Forms

• coarse fishing noun

Example Sentences

Every year, the Environment Agency's Calverton Fish Farm near Nottingham breeds coarse fish to be released into rivers and still waters across England to help boost fish populations.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2021

In stocking a water which contains no fish, the amateur may wish to hurry on the process of nature in the case of coarse fish; and, fortunately, this is fairly easily managed.

From Amateur Fish Culture by Walker, Charles Edward

With pike and coarse fish we are not troubled on the upper reaches, though lower down they exist in certain quantities.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur

"Look here, old boy," cried East, holding up a miserable coarse fish or two and a small jack, "would you like to smell 'em and see which bank they lived under?"

From Tom Brown's School Day's by Hughes, Thomas

Among coarse fish the rudd is one of the best from the fly-fisher's point of view.

From Amateur Fish Culture by Walker, Charles Edward