How to Use coho in a Sentence

coho

noun
  • The daily limit will be any two salmon, and coho don’t have to be fin-clipped.
    — oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Mild coho fresh from the ocean, with a touch of balsamic vinegar?
    — Rep. Bryce Edgmon, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 Aug. 2017
  • While the bay no longer hosts migrating coho salmon, nearby rivers and creeks that flow to the ocean do.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Visitors watch coho and chinook salmon head home to fresh waters to spawn.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • My favorite is the flaky, crispy coho and chips but keep your eyes peeled for their salmon chowder, not always on the menu.
    — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Until this year, no coho weighing less than 15 pounds had won the derby.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The menu’s other two mains, skirt steak and wild coho, are grilled over oak with the same exactitude.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 25 Oct. 2018
  • This time around, the tacos are available with wild Alaska coho salmon as well as steak and chicken.
    — Chris Ross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Chilkoot Lake, near Haines, also has sockeye, pink, and coho salmon.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Across the state, the peak for coho salmon production is still a few weeks but catches so far are skimpy compared to past years.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The trees will be used for coho restoration projects in the Clackamas River.
    — oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The male coho, long and scarred, his flesh beginning to decay, followed her around the weeds, patrolling.
    — Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • So, in time, this Colorado boy learned about his first walleye and coho, yellow perch and whitefish.
    — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Just 2 miles east of Camp Taylor, this spot has good access to see spawning coho.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Steep hills rise and fall to a tributary of the Eel River that has steelhead trout and coho salmon.
    — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
  • While coho salmon were the second-most abundant species caught in 2019, this year so far there were fewer.
    — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The coho and chinook action is a highlight for many private anglers and charter boats in the warmest months.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Long runs of fall and spring Chinook, coho salmon, and winter steelhead cross the falls to spawn in its tributaries.
    — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Larger mains encompass octopus, scallops, and coho salmon on the seafood side, and steak, duck, and pork on the meat side.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The agency points out that 2023 has been a good year for coho salmon returns in Idaho.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Out of the three, chinook has the greatest content of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids, then sockeye, then coho.
    — Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2018
  • One key question is how Jones’ decision will affect trollers’ harvests of coho and chum salmon, which make up the rest of their catch.
    — Max Graham and Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2023
  • The North American waters are home to five kinds of salmon—chinook or king, chum, coho, pink and sockeye.
    — Noma Nazish, Forbes, 26 June 2022
  • Five minutes later, after a little help from Johnson and her father, a 4-pound coho salmon was in the net.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2018
  • The Cowichan was the perfect habitat for chinook, chum and coho salmon, which could gorge on insects and swim in cool water shaded by trees.
    — Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Nenn said coho salmon were observed spawning last fall in the river near Pilgrim Road in Menomonee Falls.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Chum and coho salmon in particular appear to be more important than previously thought in the late summer and early fall.
    — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The water levels are back to normal at Wallace Lake in Berea, where there are plenty of rainbow trout, bass and even the odd coho salmon and brown trout to catch.
    — cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • Some of the restrictions also include a prohibition on commercial fishing for coho salmon, and the maximum number of lines per vessel is capped at six.
    — Chaewon Chung april 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Lamprey wounds on fish increased significantly in Lake Ontario — on chinook and coho salmon also by more than tenfold.
    — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 15 Dec. 2025

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