How to Use sport fish in a Sentence

sport fish

noun
  • And as a bonus, now locals would be able to enjoy a great sport fish.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Salmon, the most popular seafood and sport fish in the world, are in danger.
    — Courtney Linder, Gloria Dawson, Dan Shapley, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Wait, the state is going to rid a lake of a native Utah fish to create a safe haven for nonnative sport fish?
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
  • But none was found to have played a significant role in the sport fish trends in the upper Mississippi.
    — John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • At the time some commercial fishers sought to keep bycatch, or incidentally caught sport fish such as walleyes.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The chub is resilient — but hasn't evolved to withstand the sudden introduction of predatory sport fish.
    — CBS News, 15 June 2022
  • The chub is resilient but hasn't evolved to withstand sudden introduction of predatory sport fish.
    — Brittany Peterson and John Flesher, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022
  • With more predators around, populations of shrimp, crabs and smaller fish that sport fish commonly eat, all declined.
    — Joseph W. Reustle, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Atlantic pollock are closely related to cod, but never gained the same acceptance as either a food or a sport fish.
    — Capt. John McMurray, Field & Stream, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The sport fish, introduced in lakes over the past 100 years, have outcompeted native bull trout in many of them.
    — Janine Latus, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2016
  • Steelhead, which are also known as inland stream rainbow trout, are among Michigan's most popular sport fish.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The reefs will provide hard-bottom habitat where saltwater sport fish such as speckled trout, redfish and flounder are likely to hang out.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Inland fisheries also were affected by the freeze, but not as severely and not to the detriment of freshwater sport fish.
    — Matt Watt, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Pike, with their mouthful of teeth, are revered as a sport fish for their fight, but the fast-growing predatory fish don’t belong in Utah Lake.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Carp are fast-growing and prolific feeders, hoarding food resources and out-competing native sport fish.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Popular sport fish species have declined in the lower portions of the system, as well as forage fish, which represent the middle of the food chain.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2022
  • By midcentury, the sea was considered a regional amenity and stocked with popular sport fish.
    — Brent Haddad, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The surveys range in scope from simply talking to anglers all the way to using nets, traps and shocking devices for sampling sport fish populations.
    — Dallas News, 8 May 2021
  • According to public records, Holman is a pilot and owns a sport fish lodge in the Bristol Bay region.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2022
  • So the sport fish division gets the revenue from that, although commercial fishing does the assessment and management for it.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Weakfish used to be a popular and abundant sport fish in southern New England and the mid-Atlantic.
    — Capt. John McMurray, Field & Stream, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The sport fish restoration program obtains its money through a 10% excise tax on fishing rods, reels and lures as well as a motorboat fuel tax.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The sport fish restoration program obtains its money through a 10% excise tax on fishing rods, reels and lures as well as a motorboat fuel tax.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Join a naturalist for this live Zoom program to find fishing hot spots and learn about common sport fish of Will County.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2021
  • The Dingell-Johnson sport fish restoration program has been active since 1950.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2018
  • That might be idyllic for a summer dip under the blazing Arizona summer sun, Gunn said, but approaches peril for the beloved sport fish.
    — Brittany Peterson, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The intersex findings in bass at the refuges don’t appear to be linked to any population-scale reproductive problems for the popular sport fish.
    — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
  • In 1950, Congress placed a similar tax on fishing and boating equipment to fund the recovery of sport fish.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2022
  • In addition, dense colonies of the species consume large quantities of microscopic plants and animals that are critical to native species and sport fish.
    — Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Officials said gizzard shad are a common source of food for other sport fish in Ohio's reservoirs and make popular bait, especially for catfish.
    — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 15 Mar. 2018

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