game fish
noun
1
: a fish of a family (Salmonidae) including salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes
2
: sport fish
especially : a fish made a legal catch by law
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And why is the foremost of those touchstones a toothy, googly-eyed game fish? 
Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 Steve Kambouris, 38, a snakehead devotee from Dundalk, Md., believes the species will eventually be considered a nonnative game fish, something to market to sport fishermen, not a pest to eradicate. Jason Nark, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 The general statewide game fish season opens annually on the first Saturday in May and runs through early March. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022 TC Palm's Ed Killer described the special size of Cubera snapper in a 2018 article about the popular game fish, which is sometimes referred to as a Cuban snapper or Cuban dog snapper. Dan Carson, Chron, 13 June 2022 The giant trevally, a stubborn and powerful apex predator, is one of Hawai‘i’s most coveted game fish. Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2022 Alabama conservation officials’ latest update about red snapper fishing includes warning of an ominous outlook for greater amberjack, another popular game fish for anglers who foray into the Gulf of Mexico. al, 3 May 2022 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 Anglers can land nine species of game fish in the lake, and everyone can enjoy watching the resident bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, that nest near the shore of Big Bear Lake. Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2022 See More
Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 Steve Kambouris, 38, a snakehead devotee from Dundalk, Md., believes the species will eventually be considered a nonnative game fish, something to market to sport fishermen, not a pest to eradicate. Jason Nark, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 The general statewide game fish season opens annually on the first Saturday in May and runs through early March. Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022 TC Palm's Ed Killer described the special size of Cubera snapper in a 2018 article about the popular game fish, which is sometimes referred to as a Cuban snapper or Cuban dog snapper. Dan Carson, Chron, 13 June 2022 The giant trevally, a stubborn and powerful apex predator, is one of Hawai‘i’s most coveted game fish. Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2022 Alabama conservation officials’ latest update about red snapper fishing includes warning of an ominous outlook for greater amberjack, another popular game fish for anglers who foray into the Gulf of Mexico. al, 3 May 2022 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 Anglers can land nine species of game fish in the lake, and everyone can enjoy watching the resident bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, that nest near the shore of Big Bear Lake. Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1