game fish
noun
1
: a fish of a family (Salmonidae) including salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes
2
: sport fish
especially
: a fish made a legal catch by law
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Many Florida game fish, for example, especially snook and tarpon, use mangrove estuaries as nurseries.
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Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Florida fishing is superb with year-round fishing weather, a vast supply of diverse game fish, and 2,276 miles of tidal shoreline.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Spring and summer are the most productive times of the year for many different inshore and offshore game fish, according to FishingBooker.com.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Florida has a new length record for one of the state’s most popular game fish.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
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Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Florida fishing is superb with year-round fishing weather, a vast supply of diverse game fish, and 2,276 miles of tidal shoreline.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Spring and summer are the most productive times of the year for many different inshore and offshore game fish, according to FishingBooker.com.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Florida has a new length record for one of the state’s most popular game fish.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Game fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/game%20fish. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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