pinfish

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I think they finally named their pinfish because they were on their rigs so long.

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  1. noun A small, spiny-finned fish (Lagodon rhomboides) found along the southeast coast of the United States.

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  • I think they finally named their pinfish because they were on their rigs so long. —  Island Packet: Home
  • Natural -- pinfish, shrimp, mud minnows and finger mullet. —  Island Packet: Home
  • One day when I was only seven years old and fishing, I pulled a pinfish -- they're called, with sharp dorsal spines -- up too hard and fast. —  E.O. Wilson on saving life on Earth
  • Loaded down with a live well full of pinfish, boxes of squid and fried chicken (a must if you expect to catch bottom fish), we eased away from the dock. —  Island Packet: Home
  • Yet good numbers of pinfish are being caught. —  TheState.com: The Buzz
 

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