Definition of "freshwater" []

• Of, relating to, living in, or consisting of water that is not salty: freshwater fish; freshwater lakes. (adjective)
• Situated away from the sea; inland. (adjective)
• Nautical Accustomed to sailing on inland waters only: a freshwater sailor. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "As most know, spinning in freshwater is mostly lighter line and lighter lures -- usually 12-pound-test or lighter."
• "If in freshwater, the stripers take Rattletraps, big Rapalas, and large jigs."
• "On most spinning and baitcasting reels used in freshwater, all the wear on your old line has occurred on the first 100 feet or so."