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  2. Big-game fishing - Wikipedia

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    Seven-foot (two-meter) Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara).This big-game fish was caught near Cabo San Lucas, on the Pacific coast of Mexico.. Big-game fishing, also known as offshore sportfishing, offshore gamefishing or blue-water fishing, is a form of recreational fishing targeting large game fish, usually on a large body of water such as a sea or ocean.

  3. List of marine game fish - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of marine fish pursued by recreational anglers. African pompano; African threadfish; Archosargus probatocephalus; Arripis trutta; Atlantic Spanish mackerel; Australasian snapper; Bar jack; Barcheek trevally; Bigeye trevally; Black drum; Black grouper; Black-banded trevally; Blacktip trevally; Bludger (fish) Blue trevally; Bluefin ...

  4. Recreational fishing - Wikipedia

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    Sport fishing or game fishing is recreational fishing activities that focus mainly on the physical exertion and thrilling experience during the process of subduing a hard-fighting fish, which provides the fisherman the excitement of a challenge (a good "sport" or "game") and a satisfying sense of achievement after successfully catching the ...

  5. List of freshwater game fish - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of freshwater fish pursued by recreational anglers. Alligator gar; American paddlefish; Amur catfish; Amur pike; Arapaima; Arctic grayling; Asian arowana; Asp (fish) Atlantic salmon; Atlantic sturgeon; Australian bass; Australian grayling; Bagarius yarrelli; Barramundi; Basa (fish) Bayad; Beluga (sturgeon) Biara; Black arowana ...

  6. 'Weights in fish' fishermen sentenced to 10 days in jail ...

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    The two men involved in a scheme to stuff fish with weights in order to win tournaments have been sentenced to 10 days in prison and ordered to forfeit a $130,000 boat. ... and one count of ...

  7. Game fish - Wikipedia

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    Game fish, sport fish or quarry refer to popular fish species pursued by recreational fishers (typically anglers), and can be freshwater or saltwater fish. Game fish can be eaten after being caught, preserved as taxidermy (though rare), or released after capture. Some game fish are also targeted commercially, particularly less bony species such ...

  8. Coffin ray - Wikipedia

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    The shock can still be perceived by a person pouring a stream of seawater on the ray, [5] or handling a net in which a coffin ray is held. The fish is capable of issuing multiple shocks in a short period of time, though each shock is weaker than the last.

  9. Coarse fishing - Wikipedia

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    The distinction between coarse fish and game fish, terms that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century, has no taxonomic basis [5] Before that time, recreational fishing was a sport of the gentry, who angled for salmon and trout and called them "game fish". There was a view that other fish did not make as good eating, and they ...