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- noun fishing
Fish deemed suitable for thesport ofangling , as opposed to those caught primarily for food.
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Examples
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They supposedly attract minnows, which then would bring in gamefish, so ... give it a try ant tell me what happens.
Do you think a light is effective in catching more crappies at night, or is it a gimmick? 2009
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This call for gamefish is a desperate move on the part of for profit recreational concerns, which have seen revenues hit hard with the economic meltdown, less people are spending less money on recreational fishing.
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This call for gamefish is a desperate move on the part of for profit recreational concerns, which have seen revenues hit hard with the economic meltdown, less people are spending less money on recreational fishing.
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They supposedly attract minnows, which then would bring in gamefish, so ... give it a try ant tell me what happens.
Do you think a light is effective in catching more crappies at night, or is it a gimmick? 2009
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The fabled mahseer of India's mountain rivers, one of the world's hardest-fighting gamefish, is a carp.
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They're the gamefish that seems to not exist in the world of outdoor media.
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I think by most accounts it's not only unethical, but illegal in most states to catch gamefish that way.
snagging fish 2009
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If there were such a legal, high-priced market, those gamefish would of course become rare by overfishing.
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I for one am really interested in obscure sub-species of popular gamefish.
Holy Grails 2009
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I think by most accounts it's not only unethical, but illegal in most states to catch gamefish that way.
snagging fish 2009
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