sportfishing

American  

[spawrt-fish-ing] / ˈspɔrtˌfɪʃ ɪŋ /

noun

1. fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.

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Etymology

Origin of sportfishing

sport + fishing

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Example Sentences

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sportfishing

I was idling through a no-wake zone near Holden Beach, N.C., on my way to the fueling dock when some joker in a sportfishing boat yelled out, “Hey, man, what’d ya pay for that thing?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

An Alaskan pays $60 for an annual sportfishing and hunting license, a nonresident pays $260; a nonresident pays $1,000 for a brown bear tag, a resident $25.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Just as she, too, began to give up, the skipper of a commercial sportfishing boat spotted an orange smudge bobbing in the water through his binoculars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

War Heroes on Water is expecting to have their biggest fishing tournament to date, with 100 veterans signed up to fish on a fleet of 40 sportfishing yachts and over $1.2 million raised.

From Fox News ● Oct. 2, 2021

Abbey said he was probably a gnarly old mate from one of the sportfishing boats, or maybe a bridge person who’d seen us around the island and overheard us calling each other by name.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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