Definition of kokanee
:a small landlocked sockeye salmon
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Fishermen in waders stalked its rocky periphery, hunting for 10-pound kokanee salmon and huge, 30-pound lake trout.
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BOCA RESERVOIR Fishing remains slow for kokanee but decent for trout.
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Fishing is still good in the narrows for kokanee salmon.
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The trout and kokanee Edens of East and Paulina lakes rest atop Oregon's mini-Yellowstone, a caldera still considered an active volcano despite the comfortable envelope of a bright spring day.
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Huge kokanee in excess of 2 pounds are possible, but the numbers are limited at the present time.
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The 27-mile Banks Lake is found just southwest of the Grand Coulee Dam, a reservoir that is home to smallmouth bass, walleye, lake whitefish, panfish, rainbow trout and kokanee.
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Huge kokanee is excess of 2 pounds are possible, but the numbers are limited.
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Fair to good for lake trout and kokanee in Lake Chelan.
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Origin and Etymology of kokanee
perhaps from Shuswap (Salishan language of British Columbia) kəknǽxʷ
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