The creek was reputed to contain blackfish and Nathan […] arranged the extraordinary collection of American lures he had inherited from an uncle.
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Blackfish
//ˈblakfɪʃ//
Synonyms for "blackfish" (14 found)
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Asturian
3 entries- arruaxe noun (pilot whale)
- calderón noun (pilot whale)
- moscote noun (pilot whale)
German
1 entries- Grindwal noun (pilot whale)
Māori
2 entries- tukuperu noun (pilot whale)
- upokohue noun (pilot whale)
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Earlier (Caldwell and Caldwell 1971a), we concentrated on the blackfishing at St. Vincent, the fishery with which we were most familiar, and listed known localities of fishing for blackfish and other species in the southern Caribbean.
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Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and Narragansett Bay have many spots where blackfishing is productive year after year.
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Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder.
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