panfish
Americannoun
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panfishes,
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panfish
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Origin of panfish
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Sutton Lake became popular with boaters and anglers, yielding bass, crappie, bluegill and other panfish.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
The spill killed roughly 3,000 fish, including panfish, shad, channel catfish, bass and walleye, and forced the closure of beaches in Portage and Ogden Dunes.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2019
Hence, I have been thinking about the ungainly panfish around dinner time for a month or so now.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2019
Bass, panfish, walleyes, pike and muskies all associate with weeds, though perhaps for different reasons and at different times of the year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bill," he shouted, as Dick Lee's father came within hearing,—"Bill! put a lot of your best panfish in this basket, and then go and fetch us some lobsters.
From Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy by William Osborn Stoddard
They are also perhaps the most abundant of all panfishes in the northern half of the United States and are usually the easiest to catch, especially right around now.
From Time Magazine Archive
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