fishing ground

a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.

Origin of fishing ground

First recorded in 1635–45

Now I saw the mackerel fleet on its fishing-ground, though I was not at first aware of it.

Cape Cod |Henry D. Thoreau
Brigades were sent eastward to the fishing-ground of Cook's Inlet for supplies.

Vikings of the Pacific |Agnes C. Laut
One evening the old angler was rowing home late from his fishing-ground.

Grim: The Story of a Pike |Svend Fleuron
This had been made as a fishing-ground by a club of Pittsburg anglers.

America, Volume II (of 6) |Joel Cook

A couple of years ago a boat was found drifting in the Galveston fishing-ground off Texas, with a dead angler and a dead tarpon.

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries |Francis Rolt-Wheeler

fishing ground

an area of water that is good for fishing