landlocked salmon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of landlocked salmon
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Unlike many women of the time, she was surprisingly adept around an automobile engine, and she loved to fish, traveling with my father to Florida for bonefish and to Maine for landlocked salmon.
From New York Times • May 2, 2022
Trolling for these landlocked salmon has been fair to good with kokanee averaging 11 to 13 inches and some up to 16 inches.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2017
Swift Reservoir – Opens to fishing for hatchery rainbow trout and landlocked salmon the first Sat. in June.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2016
Among his favorite locales: Maine's Millinocket Lake, which he calls a canoer's and hiker's paradise, though he travels there to fish for large brook trout and rare landlocked salmon.
From Forbes • Jun. 1, 2010
The second week in May they spent together at a house-party near Portland, Maine; and he tried the landlocked salmon in Sebago Lake, twice.
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry
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