How to Use bonefish in a Sentence

bonefish

noun
  • For bonefish, the troubles come when there’s too much water arriving at the wrong time.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Mangrove snappers, snook, sea trout and bonefish also were biting.
    — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 May 2017
  • One of the pinnacles of fly fishing is watching a tailing bonefish slurp down your fly and the chaos that ensues.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Catch and release a bonefish or fish for bigger game like yellowfin tuna and barracuda.
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2024
  • From bonefish flats to deep lakes to jungle river loaded with exotic species, the Clouser will make the play.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The recent cooler water temperatures can make bass stop biting and send bonefish and snook in search of warmer water.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Thousands of acres of mangroves—key to supporting bonefish and myriad other species—were killed when the storm stalled over the region.
    — Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • The bonefish averaged seven kinds of drugs in their systems and one particular fish held 17.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
  • An angler with good eyesight and a little luck can snag a bonefish, which, when hooked, goes on a breakneck run 200 yards into the distance.
    — David Coggins, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Whether you’re just getting started catching stripers from the surf or looking for the most advanced fly reels for that bonefish trip of a lifetime, there’s sure to be something that fits your needs.
    — Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • For those who take on big-running fish like bonefish and permit on the flats or kings offshore, the drag is butter smooth and starts without any tendency to stick, even at heavier settings.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 13 Aug. 2017
  • For fly-fishermen the world over, hooking a bonefish becomes habit forming, a kind of narcotic that keeps bringing anglers back to places like Swain’s.
    — Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • Research has shown that a significant source of postrelease mortality in tarpon and bonefish is shark predation.
    — Popular Science, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The hotel also caters to anglers—trophy fish (bonefish, permit and tarpon) can be caught alongside more common varieties (snapper and jack).
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And catching the fish — whether a lightning-fast Caribbean bonefish or a colossal Pacific salmon — is always a sweet reward.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 29 June 2018
  • During that study, FIU also found pharmaceuticals in bonefish prey, like shrimp, crabs, and smaller fish.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Small lemon sharks can be especially plaguing to flats fishermen chasing bonefish, permit, and tarpon in extremely shallow water.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
  • By day guests can prowl the flats between Harbour Island and North Eleuthera for hard-fighting bonefish and barracuda—or snorkel, dive, sail, or kitesurf.
    — Darrell Hartman, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
  • Years of poling clients to victory in his skiff kept his schedule booked nearly every day with anglers wanting to catch one of the Keys’ cherished sportfish — bonefish, permit or tarpon.
    — Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024
  • The current research followed a 2018 study conducted on bonefish in the Florida Keys.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
  • And while catch and release has become popular with plenty of species from bonefish, tarpon, and permit to smallmouth bass, walleye, and even sharks, few species dominate the catch-and-release culture quite like trout.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The atoll is a nature sanctuary that lures bird watchers (for parrots and seabirds like the great frigate and noddy) as well as snorkelers and divers that come to see colorful parrotfish, blacktip sharks, bonefish, and nesting turtles.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • On the shallow flats, bonefish, sharks, permits and tarpon can be targeted and over the grass flats and basins around the islands sea trout, redfish, pompano, Spanish mackerel, barracudas and jacks are available.
    — Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The brothers also have exclusive access to Lime Caye, a shallow flat 40 miles east of Punta Gorda known for its bonefish, permit, and diving sites.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Elsewhere in the Keys, worsening water quality has been identified as one of the factors responsible for a decline in bonefish and tarpon, and the devastation of Florida's coral reefs.
    — Greg Allen, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The remote archipelago of 300 islands boasts exceptional fishing opportunities in turquoise waters and near coral reefs, including fly-fishing for bonefish and permit.
    — Claire Volkman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
  • As in much of McGuane’s fiction, the natural environment—in this case, the vitreous Florida flats, and the angler-tormenting tarpon, permit, and bonefish that populate them—provides the foil.
    — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Exumas are known as one of The Bahamas’ better fishing areas, with champion fisherman and beginners alike coming from far and wide in hopes of landing everything from silvery bonefish and snapper to wahoo and mahi-mahi.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Keoni Chang, the corporate chef of Foodland, a statewide supermarket chain founded by an Irish immigrant in 1948, remembers that his great-grandfather ate poke made of oio (bonefish), caught on the flats, the flesh roughly scraped.
    — Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2018

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