kokanee
Noun
Meaning
kokanee (plural kokanees)
A lacustrine (that is, land-locked, found in lakes and not in the ocean) sockeye.
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Examples
A rendering of the Kokanee Systems device which measures five specific variables in water: PH, temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and turbidity.
Spring netting surveys set for mid-May at Deadmans Basin will be the first chance to see how rainbow trout and kokanee have mixed with the predacious tiger muskies in these low-water conditions.
In the years “post mysis,” kokanee salmon have all but disappeared from Flathead Lake, although the fish remain in places like Ashley Lake, Lake Mary Ronan, Middle Thompson Lake and Lake Koocanusa — bodies of water where lake trout aren’t thriving.
Some of the popular catches in Grand Lake are brown, brook and rainbow trout, along with kokanee and mackinaw.
His family has lived on lake for a few generations, but he really hadn’t done much kokanee fishing since he and his granddad used to when he was very young.
Multiple limits are the norm for most of our regular kokanee fishermen.