leather-mouthed

He is a leather-mouthed fish, so that once hooked you are sure of him; he struggles fiercely for a moment, then yields without further effort, and allows himself to be dragged unresistingly to land.

The Teesdale Angler R Lakeland

My arms ache yet from bein 'near pulled out of the sockets by that leather-mouthed brute.

Thoroughbreds William Alexander Fraser 1896

But it was only for a moment; and then came that foolish, feeble shaking of the line from side to side which tells the angler that he has hooked a great, big, leather-mouthed chub -- a fish which Izaak Walton says "the French esteem so mean as to call him Un Vilain."

Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness Henry Van Dyke 1892

And you will be as sure to catch him; for he is one of the leather-mouthed fishes, of which a hook does scarce ever lose its hold; and therefore give him play enough before you offer to take him out of the water.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

But before you go further, I pray, good master, what mean you by a leather-mouthed fish?

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

The Roach is a leather-mouthed fish, and has a kind of saw-like teeth in his throat.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

He is one of those leather-mouthed fishes that I told you of, that does very seldom break his hold if he be once hooked: but he is so strong, that he will often break both rod and line, if he proves to be a big one.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

You may, if you stand close, be sure of a bite, but not sure to catch him, for he is not a leather-mouthed fish.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

By a leather-mouthed fish, I mean such as have their teeth in their throat, as the Chub or Cheven: and so the Barbel, the Gudgeon, and Carp, and divers others have.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

He is one of those leather-mouthed fish that has his teeth in his throat, and will hardly be lost off from the hook if he be once strucken.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653