How to Use game fish in a Sentence

game fish

noun
  • Stocking rivers and lakes with game fish is good for anglers.
    — Richard Conniff, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2017
  • That’s when plankton and bait fish are stirred up, so game fish are biting like crazy.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Biologists have shown that the species presents no threat to game fish.
    — National Geographic, 25 Feb. 2020
  • And why is the foremost of those touchstones a toothy, googly-eyed game fish?
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
  • Redhorse and other suckers are a vital food source for game fish.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Florida has a new length record for one of the state’s most popular game fish.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
  • To pursue big-game fish offshore, look for a burly oversized spinning reel.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The group is most interested in the latter as game fish that can be caught and released.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • Then as now, the club targets all species of game fish while trading knowledge and techniques to improve their skills.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Early morning or evening are when anglers find game fish moving in to shallow waters to feed.
    — Carla Minsky, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2018
  • Martin said that can’t happen with game fish unless it can be proven there is a benefit to doing so.
    — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Some anglers are choosing a black marabou jig tipped with live bait, a combination that will hook all three species of game fish.
    — cleveland, 5 May 2022
  • Freezes can kill game fish in shallow bay waters and cause fish to group together in deeper, warmer areas.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 2018
  • The mascot’s origin comes from a local fish species called a wahoo, a highly valuable game fish.
    — USA Today, 24 June 2021
  • Crews use sonar to triangulate schools of game fish, trading tips and sightings over the radio.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • First, bass - only right since largemouth bass are, by far, the most popular game fish in Texas, fresh or salt.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2018
  • The plankton die-off in turn has affected yellow perch, walleye, and other native game fish.
    — Tim Folger, National Geographic, 2 Dec. 2020
  • There is hardly a month of the year that isn’t favorable for catching one or more species of game fish from the shoreline of your nearest coast.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Little is known about the history of game fish even as recently as the 1970s.
    — Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Aquatic life includes supporting game fish, but headwaters of streams are too shallow and won’t be fishable.
    — Bob Pepalis, Washington Examiner, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The contamination turned the lake water a fluorescent green and killed off game fish.
    — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 June 2018
  • But the real gems - the true treasures - of the upper Nueces River are Guadalupe bass. The Nueces holds largemouth bass, the nation's most popular game fish.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Pociu said the types of fish being tested include smallmouth bass, which is a predatory game fish, and white suckers, a bottom feeder.
    — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 13 July 2019
  • And more than 80 species of Great Lakes’ fish, like many game fish, rely on wetlands to spawn, feed or protect their larvae.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • Most game fish in the destinations above haven’t seen a hook, line, or iPhone camera flash for a year, upping your odds to have the best fishing of your life.
    — Jill Dutton, Field & Stream, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Important game fish, such as red drum, bass and speckled trout, are also expected to flock to the location once the reefs are settled and thriving.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Those, in turn, are eaten by the large game fish that create a multibillion-dollar fishing tourism industry in Michigan.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Some of the largest threats include climate change and fish introductions -- both by invasive species or game fish stocking, scientists say.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Final Thoughts Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass are two of the most popular and widely distributed game fish in the world.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
  • When the water levels go up, Watras found, levels of mercury can increase to unsafe levels in walleye, one of the state’s most prized game fish.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2019

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