: a fish important for the sport it affords anglers
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebSteelhead, a favored sport fish classified as threatened in 1997, include fish in the Snake, Salmon and Clearwater rivers and in the Tucannon, Grande Ronde and Imnaha rivers in Washington state. Keith Ridler, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 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 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 The chub is resilient — but hasn't evolved to withstand the sudden introduction of predatory sport fish.CBS News, 15 June 2022 The sport fishery along the western shores of the Kenai Peninsula may reopen in June after being closed for seven years, said Mike Booz, Lower Cook Inlet sport fish area manager with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2022 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 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 The proliferation of northern pike in Utah Lake is a story playing out across the West where nonnative sport fish have been introduced, oftentimes illegally, into lakes and streams. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022 See More