sheefish

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sheefish (plural sheefishes or sheefish)

  1. Synonym of inconnu
    • 1998, Dan Heiner, Fly Fishing Alaska's Wild Rivers, →ISBN, page 159:
      Anglers who successfully locate, hook, and land sheefish usually accomplish the feat using stout 12- and 15-pound spinning gear cast into deep, moderate-flowing rivers, and retrieved deep along a graveled stream bottom.
    • 2003, Scott Haugen, Dan Busch, Flyfisher's Guide to Alaska, →ISBN, page 13:
      I've been fortunate to taste a wide variety of fish from around the globe, and one whose flavor always makes my mouth water is the sheefish.
    • 2007, E. Donnall Thomas, Redfish, Bluefish, Sheefish, Snook, →ISBN:
      Furthermore, sheefish in the Kuskokwim drainage come and go unpredictably, which meant we might be casting to fish that were actually hundreds of miles away.