steelhead
noun
steel·head
ˈstēl-ˌhed 
plural steelhead also steelheads
: an anadromous rainbow trout
called also steelhead trout
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Additionally, seasons are around the corner for other large fish like lake sturgeon, muskellunge, northern pike, steelhead and others.
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Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2024
Steelhead Where: Not nearly as many anglers play the spring steelhead game along the Great Lakes shoreline as do the fall.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
Earlier this month, environmental groups urged a federal court to intervene amid a dramatic increase in deaths of steelhead trout at pumps operated by state and federal water managers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
That includes salmon, steelhead, lampreys, other fish that normally call that river home.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Wild steelhead must be released, while hatchery fish may be harvested.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Dining The resort has two on-site restaurants led by chef Karl Holl: the Ranch House serves casual, family-friendly all day, while Range Restaurant & Bar is more upscale and showcases PNW ingredients like Columbia River steelhead, local chicories, and Oregon elk.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
So for the last 110 years, salmon, steelhead and other fish that used the river above where the dams were for spawning, have been unable to get there.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Of the roughly $1.2 billion a year spent on endangered and threatened species, about half goes toward recovery of just two types of fish: salmon and steelhead trout along the West Coast.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2024
Steelhead Where: Not nearly as many anglers play the spring steelhead game along the Great Lakes shoreline as do the fall.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024
Earlier this month, environmental groups urged a federal court to intervene amid a dramatic increase in deaths of steelhead trout at pumps operated by state and federal water managers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
That includes salmon, steelhead, lampreys, other fish that normally call that river home.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Wild steelhead must be released, while hatchery fish may be harvested.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Dining The resort has two on-site restaurants led by chef Karl Holl: the Ranch House serves casual, family-friendly all day, while Range Restaurant & Bar is more upscale and showcases PNW ingredients like Columbia River steelhead, local chicories, and Oregon elk.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
So for the last 110 years, salmon, steelhead and other fish that used the river above where the dams were for spawning, have been unable to get there.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Of the roughly $1.2 billion a year spent on endangered and threatened species, about half goes toward recovery of just two types of fish: salmon and steelhead trout along the West Coast.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
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steelhead
noun
steel·head
ˈstē(ə)l-ˌhed
plural steelhead also steelheads
: a rainbow trout that migrates to the sea to mature and returns to rivers to breed
called also steelhead trout
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