fishable

American  

[fish-uh-buhl] / ˈfɪʃ ə bəl /

adjective

1. that may be fished in.

   nonpolluted, fishable streams.

2. lawful to be fished in.

   a lake that is fishable only with a permit.

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Other Word Forms

• fishability noun
• unfishable adjective

Etymology

Origin of fishable

First recorded in 1605–15; fish + -able

Example Sentences

“None of the waterways in L.A. County are considered fishable or swimmable” due to pollution, he said, and tests show “toxicity in every drainage for some pollutant of concern.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023

So as the northern Bering Sea continues to warm, there’s certainly the potential for snow crab to grow to fishable size in that region.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2022

With the goal of allowing rivers to become swimmable, fishable and drinkable once again, the legislation made it illegal to discharge pollutants into waterways without securing a permit.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2022

The paleontologist Paul Sereno’s 2000 discovery of a Stone Age cemetery and what it tells us about life in a Sahara once green with swimmable, fishable lakes is particularly fascinating.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2020

One pool of the highest repute for salmon in a fair height of water was walled by lofty rocks on the village side, but was fishable from shore on the other.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William