coarse fish
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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
"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 Days by Hughes, Thomas
The same remarks apply to a certain extent to waters which will not support trout, or where the owner wants more coarse fish.
From Amateur Fish Culture by Walker, Charles Edward
Other coarse fish are as a rule easy to introduce into a water.
From Amateur Fish Culture by Walker, Charles Edward
For coarse fish like perch and pike, a bait was permissible.
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry
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