a. [f. FISH v.1 + -ABLE.] a. That may be, or admits of being, fished in. b. Of the weather: Suitable for fishing, rare.
1611. Cotgr., Pescheable, fishable, which may be fished in.
1819. Blackw. Mag., V. Aug., 591/2. He was constantly running on before me, in order to secure the better chances; leaving me, however, at the same time, in undisputed possession of all that part of the water, which in such a day in particular was fishable.
1867. F. Francis, Angling, ix. (1880), 315. Where a long rod is desirable is upon a good-sized sporting river, fishable from the shore, where you have broken ground and water, and where you must often run with your fish.
1892. Illust. Sporting News, 14 May, 328/3. Warm, genial, and withal eminently fishable weather.
