Reportedly looked at small fish (3)
I believe the answer is:
ide
'small fish' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'reportedly looked' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'looked' becomes 'eyed' (eyeing is a kind of looking).
'eyed' is a homophone of 'IDE'.
'at' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ide that I've seen before include "Silver orfe" , "Fish, the orfe" , "Fish of the carp family" .)