Definition of Game fish

1. Noun. Any fish providing sport for the angler.

Exact synonyms: Sport Fish
Generic synonyms: Fish

Definition of Game fish

1. Noun. like sport fish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Game Fish

game bird
game birds
game board
game boards
game camera
game clock
game clocks
game club
game console
game consoles
game engine
game engines
game equipment
game face
game faces
game fish (current term)
game fowl
game law
game license
game manager
game managers
game master
game masters
game misconduct
game of chance
game of gotcha
game of skill
game over
game plan
game plans

Literary usage of Game fish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"Fisheries, game and forest law of the state of New York relating to game, fish and wild animals, and to the forest preserve and Adirondack Park. ..."

2. Report (1904)
"THE BENEFITS OF THE PROPAGATION OF game fish TO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. FB DICKERSON. Michigan spends annually about $35000 for fish propagation, ..."

3. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"THE game fish OF NORTH AMERICA. BY game fish, we understand all those which will take the natural or artificial bait with sufficient boldness and avidity, ..."

4. Journal by Texas Legislature. Senate, Legislature, United States Congress. Senate, Texas State Library, Texas (1909)
""If there be a resident Deputy Game. Fish and Oyster Commissioner in any such ... "It shall be the duty of the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner to keep in ..."

5. Food Products by Henry Clapp Sherman (1914)
"... GAME, FISH, AND SHELLFISH POULTRY, game, fish and shellfish belong in their essential characteristics with the meat foods discussed in the last chapter. ..."

6. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1921)
"From the game, fish and forestry laws of 1903." (Mo. bull, of division of zoology v. 1, no. 7: 23-26.) . Hunting notes for November. (Same v. 1, no. ..."

7. Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman (1856)
"And also that they vary in weight from three to fifteen pounds, and ought to be highly prized as a game fish, their flesh being of a rosy hue, and excellent ..."

8. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"Fisheries, game and forest law of the state of New York relating to game, fish and wild animals, and to the forest preserve and Adirondack Park. ..."

9. Report (1904)
"THE BENEFITS OF THE PROPAGATION OF game fish TO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. FB DICKERSON. Michigan spends annually about $35000 for fish propagation, ..."

10. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"THE game fish OF NORTH AMERICA. BY game fish, we understand all those which will take the natural or artificial bait with sufficient boldness and avidity, ..."

11. Journal by Texas Legislature. Senate, Legislature, United States Congress. Senate, Texas State Library, Texas (1909)
""If there be a resident Deputy Game. Fish and Oyster Commissioner in any such ... "It shall be the duty of the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner to keep in ..."

12. Food Products by Henry Clapp Sherman (1914)
"... GAME, FISH, AND SHELLFISH POULTRY, game, fish and shellfish belong in their essential characteristics with the meat foods discussed in the last chapter. ..."

13. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1921)
"From the game, fish and forestry laws of 1903." (Mo. bull, of division of zoology v. 1, no. 7: 23-26.) . Hunting notes for November. (Same v. 1, no. ..."

14. Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman (1856)
"And also that they vary in weight from three to fifteen pounds, and ought to be highly prized as a game fish, their flesh being of a rosy hue, and excellent ..."

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