How to Use rockfish in a Sentence

rockfish

noun
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  • Queen of Hearts and Riptide worked spots south of town for lingcod and rockfish.
    — sacbee, 11 Dec. 2017
  • New Sea Angler fished off of Point Reyes for lingcod to 13 pounds and rockfish to 8 pounds.
    — By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee.com, 9 May 2017
  • The flavor is rather mild, a little like rockfish or striped bass.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • Use any firm-fleshed white fish, such as halibut, bass or rockfish.
    — David Tanis, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Also in house this week is fresh rockfish and dover sole fillets.
    — Steve Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2018
  • No more boat rides on Chesapeake Bay to fish for rockfish or croaker.
    — Brian Hamilton, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2016
  • The small, oily fish help form the base of the bay’s food chain and are a significant source of food for rockfish and other bay predators.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The two bright spots compared with the five-year baseline were a 17% increase in crab revenues and a 6% increase for rockfish.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Boats are targeting black rockfish throughout the Gulf and along the Aleutians.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Salmon have been scarce in the Monterey region, and most anglers have switched to sure-thing limit rockfish trips.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2018
  • Sea Wolf ran through the Golden Gate and made mincemeat of rockfish and lingcod at the Farallones.
    — sacbee, 30 Apr. 2018
  • In other parts of the world, catch rates for species like cod and rockfish have fallen by 50 to 70 percent in the days after seismic tests.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 6 July 2017
  • The limit on party boats this year is 10 Dungeness crab, 10 rockfish.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Shore fishers had great catches of lings, rockfish, cabezon and kelp greenling at Old Mill.
    — sacbee, 19 Aug. 2017
  • There’s also a chance that DeGraff’s rockfish would have outweighed the current world record.
    — Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Halibut, Lingcod and rockfish such as black bass are here all summer.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • Three years ago, for example, was a great year for survival rates of young darkblotched rockfish.
    — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017
  • Coastal bottom-fishing is very good for black rockfish and lingcod.
    — Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times, 24 May 2017
  • The process is used to catch rockfish, but can damage deep sea corals and other sensitive habitat.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Go the deep sea route for king salmon, halibut, rockfish, and cod; or stick to the rivers and streams for sockeye, silver and pink salmon, Dolly Varden, and steelhead.
    — Stephanie Granada, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Common catches were kelp greenling, black rockfish and perch, but cabezon and even a limit of lingcod came up.
    — Bee Staff, sacbee, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Small bites and appetizers, grilled rockfish or prawns, pasta and filet mignon round out the dinner menu.
    — oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Along the Half Moon Bay jetty, kids were fishing gaps between the rocks and having fun catching perch and smallish rockfish.
    — sacbee, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Katie Leslie is sorting through ribbons of intestines belonging to a rockfish that’s been dead for 41 years.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Use any firm-fleshed white fish fillets, such as halibut, snapper or rockfish.
    — David Tanis, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • All passengers have their own seats and portholes to look for garibaldi, urchins, rockfish and bat rays, among other sea life.
    — Kathie Bozanich, Orange County Register, 22 May 2017
  • Although abundant today, rockfish was nearly wiped out in the last half of the 20th century, Yeck says.
    — Catherine M. Allchin, The Seattle Times, 27 June 2018
  • The rougheye rockfish can reach ages of at least 205 years, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The rockfish presented an opportunity to get out of my rut.
    — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The vermilion rockfish is recognizable by its vivid red color, but others are brown, blue, gray.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024

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