bottom fish

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bottom fish

A fish, such as a catfish, carp, or flounder, that lives on or near the bottom of a body of water.

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bot′tom fish`

any of certain fishes that live at or near the bottom of a body of water. Also called ground fish.

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bottom fish - fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)

groundfish

food fish - any fish used for food by human beings

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She rolls her humpback three times over in fierce ascent, And then she blows, Ambergris and bottom fish, Gushing oil and gushing mud, Dating back to Noah's Flood.

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"It's a great time of year to bottom fish, from West End all the way down past Bimini," Minia said.

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Bottom line, you can troll a lure like this from bottom fishing spot to spot--and then even bottom fish with the same rig, if you liked.