DEFINITION of "a 

 game-fish " could hard- 

 ly be made to suit all 

 fishermen, or even all 

 anglers. The essential 

 idea is that the fish shall 

 be caught for game or 

 sport, and not for food or gain ; and one 

 may accept the opinion that game-fishing 

 is " fishing of every kind requiring skill 

 and carried on humanely and for enjoy- 

 ment/' Angling-books, from Walton and 

 Venables to Francis and Norris, speak of 

 the gudgeon or " sunny " as well as the 

 trout, the eel as well as the salmon. If a 

 more restricted definition be attempted, 



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