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Definition of Channel bass

1. Noun. Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Channel Bass

Literary usage of Channel bass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"INNES RANDOLPH has described the channel- bass or red-drum in verse : — " Long as a salmon, if not so stout, And springy and swift as a mountain trout. ..."

2. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"While fishing in the Homosassa River, February 2, 1885, I caught a channel bass of six pounds on a home-made fly, which resembled, when new, the Blue Jay of ..."

3. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"(m /-ii 1 For channel bass GEORGE TROWBRIDGE, New York, NY I noticed your inclosure about Supplement to " Fishing with the Fly." Here is an account of one ..."

4. The big game fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"CHAPTER XIII THE CHANNEL-BASS " The blessing of St. Peter's, master, ... INNES RANDOLPH has described the channel- bass or red-drum in verse : — " Long as a ..."

5. The Call of the Surf by Van Campen Heilner, Frank Stick (1920)
"And then again, it isn't only the channel bass that prove so fascinating. How many of us long to wander down the misty beaches on long, drowsy days in ..."

6. Salt Water Game Fishing by Charles Frederick Holder (1914)
"ONE of the finest game fishes in American waters is the channel bass, or red drum; just as game by any ... The channel bass may be known at once by the spot ..."

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