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Skrypzak said the commission’s Lake Erie stamp and Lake Erie Access Improvement programs have been vital to securing Erie County public stream access on tracts of previously unfishable private property.

From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2016

"We didn't lose one day with unfishable water," Easterbrooks said, "because it was a severe drought year -- low and clear for the entire duration of the fishery."

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2011

The Willamette River was hot for spring chinook, but the rain turned it into a muddy scene and unfishable by Wednesday.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2010

The river water was so low as to be unfishable, but in the string of lakelets below Loughannilaun Radway landed half a dozen sea-trout with Gabrielle, who knew the stones in every pool, as ghillie.

From The Tragic Bride by Young, Francis Brett

The large fish prefer sluggish water, but in these artificial ripples fish may be caught on days on which the stream would be unfishable under ordinary circumstances.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur